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Norton Buffalo dies at 58
November 3rd, 2009
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A world-renown and Grammy-winning musician who called Paradise home died peacefully Friday afternoon with his family by his side in Feather River Hospital after a brief struggle with a late-diagnosed lung cancer that spread to his brain.
Norton Buffalo was 58.
Buffalo was diagnosed with cancer on Sept. 3, Lisa Flores-Buffalo, Norton’s wife of eight years said.
“It was a total blindside,” she said. “Sept. 3 he was diagnosed – it just spread like wildfire.”
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Obesity significantly increases side effects of stereotactic body radiation therapy in lung cancer patients
November 2nd, 2009
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Obesity, not the amount of radiation given, is the greatest factor in whether early-stage lung cancer patients develop chest wall pain after receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy to the chest wall, with obese patients being more than twice as likely to develop chronic pain compared to those who have less body weight, according to a first-of-its-kind study presented Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
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Balloon Launch Honors Those Battling Lung Cancer
November 2nd, 2009
New Treatment Option Emerging For Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
November 2nd, 2009
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Patients with early stage, non-small cell lung cancer who are not able to undergo surgery, now have a highly effective treatment option. Physicians say that option, radical stereotactic radiosurgery performed with CyberKnife, leads to a 100 percent overall survival after three years in patients with good lung function before treatment.
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What are the Real Benefits Versus Risks of Preventative Brain Radiation for Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
November 2nd, 2009
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Patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with preventative brain radiation (called prophylactic cranial irradiation or PCI), significantly decrease their risk of developing brain metastases (cancer spread in the brain) by more than 50 percent (from 18 percent to 8 percent), compared to those who did not receive the treatment, according to a randomized study presented at the plenary session November 2, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
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Delays in Lung Cancer Care More Common in Public Hospitals
November 2nd, 2009
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The length of time a patient has to wait between lung cancer diagnosis and treatment is influenced by a number of health-care system factors, a new U.S. study finds.
Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center analyzed data on 482 patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer.
They found that factors such as type of hospital (private or public), insurance coverage, age and race have a major impact on the time it takes for a patient diagnosed with lung cancer to receive treatment
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Stereotactic Radiotherapy Stops Lung Cancer From Growing in Frail Patients
November 2nd, 2009
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Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) stopped the growth of cancer at its original site in the lung for three years among nearly 98 percent of patients with early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are unable to have the cancer surgically removed, according to an updated three-year study presented November 2, 2009, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
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Preventative Brain Radiation for Lung Cancer Patients: The Benefits and Risks
November 2nd, 2009
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A new study is taking a closer look at the benefits versus risks for lung cancer patients to undergo preventative brain radiation therapy as a means to stop cancer from spreading to the brain.
Study results show that while preventative brain radiation for patients with non-small cell lung cancer – the most common form of lung cancer – does reduce the chance of developing brain metastases, it impacts some short-term and long-term memory.
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Steve Miller Band Member Norton Buffalo Dies at 58
November 2nd, 2009
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Norton Buffalo, a singer-songwriter and the harmonica player for the Steve Miller Band since 1975, died Friday, Oct. 30, at the age of 58. Buffalo first wrote about being diagnosed with lung cancer in September after feeling ill following a concert.
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Doctor’s Orders: Finding a Better ‘Position’ to Deal with Disease
November 1st, 2009
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At major cancer centers across the country, patients are putting themselves in a better “position” to cope with their cancer.
Some of the biggest names in cancer care — M.D. Anderson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, and Dana Farber among them — now offer their patients classes in yoga.
In the past, physicians may have written off the complementary therapy as merely a trendy yuppie pastime. But today, researchers — mainly psychologists — are asking questions about the benefits of yoga in a variety of conditions, including cancer, asthma, sleep disorders, depression, and attention disorders.
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