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Archive | March, 2011
Brown Bag Chat: Sun Safety & Melanoma
Date: May 13, 2011 Time: 12-1pm EST Join the OncoLink Team for a live, interactive webchat about sun safety, melanoma risk, diagnosis and treatment. Our experts will address your questions during the live event, or you can submit questions ahead of time. You can use your (public) Twitter account to participate during the live event [...]
Reaction to the nuclear threat in Japan
Robert D. Forrest, CHP Director, Radiation Safety, University of Pennsylvania James M Metz, MD Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Clinical Division Radiation Oncology at Penn Medicine and Editor and Chief of OncoLink With the nuclear trouble unfolding in Japan we are receiving many questions regarding the current situation and risk for individuals and travelers to [...]
Radiate
The whole world is watching, as the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant in Japan teeters on the abyss. Will its nuclear fuel melt, resulting in a huge release of high levels of radiation? Will valiant workers get this radioactive monster back under control? Stay tuned… Radiation and cancer are often paired together. As I understand [...]
Greetings from CancerLand: Sometimes I Almost Forget
Alysa Cummings is a certified poetry therapist who focuses her energies full-time in support of cancer survivors using writing as a tool for healing.