Dr. Edith Mitchell

Last night, Dr. Edith Mitchell of Thomas Jefferson University Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA, updated colorectal cancer patients on the latest research and treatment news in an online webinar.

Dr. Mitchell highlighted the most important news for colon and rectal cancer patients to come from the 2011 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium held in San Francisco last month. She answer such questions as…

“Can doctors determine the chances that my cancer may return?”

“Can my doctors determine if I need chemotherapy?”

“Does Avastin or Erbitux benefit my stage III cancer treatment?”

“Are there any promising new treatments on the horizon?”

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C3 advocate Suzanne Lindley testified at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing entitled “Medical Radiation: An Overview of the Issues” on Friday, February 26, 2010.  The Subcommittee held the hearing to examine the potential benefits and risks of the use of radiation in medicine.

Suzanne spoke eloquently about how radiation therapies have allowed her to live and thrive with cancer.  She told the Subcommittee Members her story of hope and survival made possible by medical imaging technology and advances in radiation therapy.

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