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June 2013

April 2013


  • Letting Go

    By 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

February 2013


  • Origin Unknown

    By 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

December 2012


  • The Big Picture

    By 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


  • Take a Chemo Holiday

    By 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

August 2012


  • Immune Therapies Come of Age

    By 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


  • Stress and Cancer

    By 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


  • 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


  • 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


  • 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


  • 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

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September 2011


  • A Cancer Miracle

    By 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...)


  • Cancer and Blood Clots: Patients Beware

    By 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...)

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  • There Is Always Room for Hope

    by 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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