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Patient Safety Awareness Week
March 14, 2022

Patient Safety Awareness Week

Patient Safety Awareness Week, an annual celebration of patient safety and quality improvement initiatives, takes place this week, March 14-18.  Alliance Cancer Care is committed to providing the North…

What Are the Current Options for Patients with Brain Metastases, including Surgery, SRS, WBRT, and Drugs?
March 10, 2022

What Are the Current Options for Patients with Brain…

As a radiation oncologist, I am frequently asked to help care for patients who have brain metastases (mets). The first question is of course “what is a brain metastasis?” Metastasis (1) or metastases (more…

The Role of Nutrition in Cancer Care
March 04, 2022

The Role of Nutrition in Cancer Care

March is National Nutrition Month.  A nutrition education and information campaign, created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, that focuses on the importance of making informed food choices and…

Exercise to Beat Cancer
February 24, 2022

Exercise to Beat Cancer

30 minutes a day. 3 or 4 days a week. That is all it takes to drastically reduce your risk of cancer, reduce your risk of heart disease and diabetes, and improve your overall health, but I’m a cancer…

How to Prevent Cancer With Food
February 10, 2022

How to Prevent Cancer With Food

"Is there a cancer prevention diet?" "What should I eat?" "What shouldn’t I eat?" "Does it really matter what I eat?" Should I stop eating sugar?" ""Should I eat more blueberries?" "What supplements…

What Do I Need to Treat My Side Effects During Radiation?
January 28, 2022

What Do I Need to Treat My Side Effects During Radiation?

Radiation therapy is a type of local treatment.  This means that it is focused on a particular part of the body, and does not travel throughout the body.  Because of this, radiation treatment causes side…

Four Proven Ways to Prevent Cancer
January 14, 2022

Four Proven Ways to Prevent Cancer

In my practice, people often ask me about ways to prevent cancer. Sometimes it’s a patient finishing his cancer treatment, hoping to do all he can to keep his cancer from coming back. Sometimes it’s a…

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
January 07, 2022

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

Vaccines work. My generation and generations to come will not know the symptoms or effects of polio, measles, mumps, or smallpox. These viruses are now essentially eradicated due to widespread vaccination.…

Alliance Oncology Forms Joint Venture with Center for Cancer Care and Huntsville Hospital Health System
January 03, 2022

Alliance Oncology Forms Joint Venture with Center for…

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIQ) (the “Company”, “Alliance”, “we” or “our”), a leading national provider of outsourced radiology, oncology and interventional services, announced that its…

Coping with Cancer Through the Holidays During the COVID-19 Pandemic
December 05, 2021

Coping with Cancer Through the Holidays During the…

As the classic holiday song goes, it is the most wonderful time of the year. But do you know what else the happiest season of all brings? Stress. This year is no exception, especially with the added threat…

Cancer Screen Week 2021
December 05, 2021

Cancer Screen Week 2021

In 2021, more than 1.9 million Americans were expected to be diagnosed with cancer – and early detection remains our best bet for treatment.1  View the Cancer Screening Factsheet to discover which common…

Types of Scans for Cancer Patients
December 01, 2021

Types of Scans for Cancer Patients

If you or a loved one are diagnosed with cancer, you start to learn a new language.  It can be very confusing and overwhelming.  One of the most commonly asked questions involves scans, or imaging studies. …