Monday, December 11, 2006

Online Tools Help Cancer Patients Select Treatments - iHealthBeat - Daily News Digest on Health Care Information Technology

Online Tools Help Cancer Patients Select Treatments - iHealthBeat - Daily News Digest on Health Care Information Technology: "Computer program 'decision aids' are being used by cancer patients to help them choose the most effective treatment options, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the Tribune, many of the computer programs 'can be accessed by patients on their own, though they are best used in consultation with a doctor.'

Adjuvant! Online and Numeracy, used by the Mayo Clinic, help translate technical information about cancer treatments into terms patients can understand, and Decision Board helps women with breast cancer decide between mastectomies and lumpectomies and provides an online calculator to help men decide whether to have biopsies to diagnose prostate cancer. The computer programs help cancer patients at a time when they 'have more information than ever' and physicians 'often have access to less time for counseling,' the Tribune reports. "

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  1. Dear sir/ madam

    My name is Shiv pratap Singh belong a semi urban area BHIND locate in Madhya Pradesh India. Dear sir/madam my mother is only 52 year old and she is surviving gall bladder cancer. Dr says she is primitive stage of cancer symptoms. But god knows what reality is.

    Sir we are small family and very limited source of Earnings. My father is a Govt. teacher and I am done some time ago masters in journalism but now searching a job. My father is already spending money approx 2 lakh rupees and more and now they are totally unable. That’s why we are unable to afford high class treatment like regular chemotherapy and other therapy of my mother

    Dear sir/madam we are request to you please help us and safe my mothers life for that type disease.

    Sir/madam I am also attached to with this letter ultrasound report copy and Madison details…if u need any thing more please tell me any communication given blow. Please help us.

    Thanks



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