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June 2013
- Friday, June 14, 2013
The War on Cancer: An Update from the FrontBy Richard C. Frank, MD I recently attended the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago. With 30,000 (more...)
April 2013
- Friday, April 19, 2013
Letting GoBy Richard C. Frank, MD A patient of mine whom I had become very close to was dying of cancer. I visited her at home because she was (more...)
March 2013
- Friday, March 29, 2013
"Breakthrough" Therapy for Lymphoma and CLLBy Richard C. Frank, MD “Everyone always talks about when you have cancer, well if you live long enough there might be a miracle (more...)
February 2013
- Friday, February 08, 2013
Origin UnknownBy Richard C. Frank, MD I recently saw a 79 year old woman in good health who detected a large mass in her abdomen. A CAT scan showed (more...)
January 2013
- Thursday, January 03, 2013
The Value of Checking Metastases in Advanced Breast CancerBy Richard C. Frank, MD Breast cancer begins in the breast, where it can be detected by imaging tests, such as mammography and MRI or (more...)
December 2012
- Wednesday, December 05, 2012
The Big PictureBy Richard C. Frank, MD When you are in the throes of cancer treatment, it is sometimes easy to overlook or avoid looking at "the big (more...)
November 2012
- Thursday, November 01, 2012
Take a Chemo HolidayBy Richard Frank, MD It is a fact of life for some cancer patients that they will be off and on some form of cancer treatment for (more...)
October 2012
- Thursday, October 04, 2012
Coping With The High Cost of Cancer CareBy Richard C. Frank, MD I rarely give my patients prescriptions for cancer- fighting medicines. I know there is no way they can just (more...)
August 2012
- Monday, August 13, 2012
Immune Therapies Come of AgeBy Richard Frank, MD Ever since the late 1800's, when Dr. William Coley tried to treat cancerous tumors in his patients by injecting (more...)
July 2012
- Monday, July 09, 2012
Stress and CancerBy Richard Frank, MD One of the most common and difficult-to-answer questions I receive from my patients is, "Does stress cause cancer?" (more...)
June 2012
- Monday, June 04, 2012
Am I Cured Yet?By Richard Frank, MD When a person is diagnosed with cancer, the first thing they want to know is whether or not the cancer can be (more...)
April 2012
- Monday, April 09, 2012
What are the "Blood Cancers?"By Richard C. Frank, MD A 60-year-old woman came to see me recently for an oncology consultation and she was, as is often the case, very (more...)
February 2012
- Wednesday, February 22, 2012
How Much Do Oncologists Care?By Richard Frank, MD In response to my last post, I heard from many of you about both good and not so good experiences with cancer (more...)
January 2012
- Monday, January 30, 2012
What is Great Cancer Care?By Richard Frank, MD I remember meeting Mr. Albert and his wife about four years ago. In their 70’s, they had been married for nearly (more...)
December 2011
- Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Bilateral Mastectomy for Breast CancerBy Richard C. Frank, MD When a famous person is affected by illness, especially one as serious as cancer, they may publicly share their (more...)
- Thursday, December 01, 2011
With Cancer, Every Patient is UniqueBy Richard Frank, MD I have practiced oncology for nearly twenty years and met thousands of cancer patients. I have blogged in this (more...)
November 2011
- Monday, November 07, 2011
Dealing With the Fear of RecurrenceBy Richard Frank, MD One of the most difficult challenges in coping with cancer is dealing with the fears of recurrence. In the (more...)
October 2011
- Thursday, October 20, 2011
PSA: To Test or Not To Test, That Is the QuestionBy Richard C. Frank, MD This past week, a government appointed scientific advisory board, the United States Preventive Services Task (more...)
- Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Live for TodayBy Richard C. Frank, MD The patient and her husband were in distress. Seated in my examination room, she perched on the exam table, he (more...)
September 2011
- Thursday, September 22, 2011
A Cancer MiracleBy Richard Frank, MD How do you define a miracle? It can be thought of as an event brought on by divine intervention or more commonly as (more...)
- Thursday, September 08, 2011
Cancer and Blood Clots: Patients BewareBy Richard Frank, MD One of my patients came to my office recently and reported that he had been feeling well but noticed that one of (more...)
August 2011
- Thursday, August 25, 2011
Chemotherapy: One Size Does Not Fit AllChemotherapy drugs are the mainstay of cancer treatment. There are many different types and combinations of chemotherapy drugs. I have (more...)
- Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Cancer: A Disease of AgingCancer can affect children, young adults and adults under 65 years of age. But cancer is much more common as we grow older. Consider these (more...)
July 2011
- Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Alternative Medicine and Cancer Treatment"Doctor, do you believe in alternative medicine to treat cancer?" As a medical oncologist, this is a question I am frequently asked by (more...)
- Tuesday, July 12, 2011
"Hey Doc, Thanks for the Chemo!"Cancer treatments are often strong therapies that cause many side effects. One of the main types of treatment is chemotherapy; the other (more...)
June 2011
- Tuesday, June 28, 2011
What is a Targeted Cancer Therapy?By Richard Frank, MD The treatment of cancer has gone through different phases during the past half century. The era of effective cancer (more...)
- Friday, June 10, 2011
The War on Cancer 2011: Progress and Promiseby Richard Frank, MD I write this blog entry from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. (more...)
May 2011
- Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Hospice: Five Mythsby Richard Frank, MD There are two words in the English language that most individuals would rather never hear. The first was (more...)
- Monday, May 23, 2011
My Replies to Your Commentsby Richard Frank, MD To all those who have responded to my blog, thank you so much! I will try to address your questions. As an (more...)
- Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Importance of Being Organizedby Richard Frank, MD When It’s Cancer: First Steps, Part Two Once you have dealt with the shock of a cancer diagnosis and followed (more...)
- Tuesday, May 03, 2011
When It's Cancer: First Steps -- Part Oneby Richard Frank, MD If you are reading this blog entry, then either you or someone you know may have just been told that they have (more...)
April 2011
- Tuesday, April 19, 2011
There Is Always Room for Hopeby Richard Frank, MD I am grateful to the staff of WebMD for granting me the opportunity to start and develop this cancer blog. My goal (more...)
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