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Medical Edge from Mayo Clinic
Prosthesis for Children with Bone Cancer Osteosarcoma is a deadly cancer for some children diagnosed with the disease. However, early treatment can mean a cure for some of these patients. While many of these children may beat the cancer, they have to deal with prosthetic bone implants that do not grow as they grow. Doctors at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale removed a tumor from a little girl's leg bone and replaced it with a special prosthesis. Click here to see video of this story. Related Stories on MayoClinic.com Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN: Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL: Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ: Canada toll-free appointments: 888-441-2133 Information and appointments for Turkish patients: 0-312-235-2326
Brain tumors, not all are curable, but technology and medicine continue to get better, giving better lives to people who struggle with these diseases. Click here to see video of this story. Related Stories on MayoClinic.com
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Have you ever heard of the drug thalidomide? It was banned from use in the 60's because it caused severe birth defects in babies whose mothers took it during pregnancy to reduce symptoms of morning sickness. But the same properties that make thalidomide so dangerous, are helping in the treatment of multiple myeloma - a deadly cancer of the bone marrow for which there is no cure. Click here to see video of this story. Related Stories on MayoClinic.com
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Modern medicine has made amazing advances in the treatment of many cancers. Take prostate cancer, for example. If you catch it early, it's often curable. But once the cancer spreads to other parts of your body, it can be much harder to stop. That's why researchers at Mayo Clinic are studying how cancer cells move. They want to learn how cancer cells spread, or metastasize - in hopes of one day finding therapies to stop the progression of these deadly diseases. Click here to see video of this story. Related Stories on MayoClinic.com
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