KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses Radiation Therapy For Benign Conditions (September 2, 2017) In most cases, radiation therapy is not the first treatment option we recommend in the management of benign (non-cancer) ... [Read More]
Conventional Treatments
In this section, you will learn about various conventional cancer therapies, pharmaceutical drugs, procedures and tests that are either innovative or merely interesting topics that Dr. Lawenda wants to share with patients.
Dr. Lawenda Discusses Brain Tumor Management
KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses Brain Tumor Management (August 19, 2017) In most cases, patients with brain tumors have time to gather information about their condition (workup, staging, treatment, surveillance.) In this ... [Read More]
Dr. Lawenda Discusses Colorectal Cancer Care
KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses Colorectal Cancer Care (August 12, 2017) In most cases, patients with colorectal cancer have time to gather information about their condition (workup, staging, treatment, surveillance.) In this ... [Read More]
Complementary Therapies For Chemotherapy Neuropathy
"Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy" (CIPN) effects the lives of up to 40% of cancer patients who receive chemotherapy. CIPN symptoms can be so bothersome that we have to lower our treatment doses or stop treatment all ... [Read More]
Absolute Risk: The Most Important Statistic You Need To Know
Before you get too excited about the next sensationalized media headline or drug advertisement proclaiming a new "practice changing breakthrough" in cancer treatment, read this. Almost weekly, there seems to be yet another announcement of a new ... [Read More]
Dr. Lawenda Discusses The Importance Of Second Opinions In Prostate Cancer Care
KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses The Importance Of Second Opinions In Prostate Cancer Care (July 29, 2017) In most cases, a new diagnosis of prostate cancer doesn't need to be treated (or even screened in the first place.) ... [Read More]
Dr. Lawenda Discusses The Importance Of Second Opinions In Breast Cancer Care
KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses The Importance Of Second Opinions In Breast Cancer Care (July 15, ... [Read More]
Dr. Lawenda Discusses Cancer Pain Management
KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses How He Manages Cancer Pain (June 16, 2017) https://vimeo.com/222211611 ... [Read More]
Dr. Lawenda Discusses A Better Way To Choose Cancer Drugs
KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses How Oncologists Choose Cancer Drugs (June 3, 2017) https://vimeo.com/220555064 Most of us in oncology like to say that we practice “personalized” medicine. What we mean by ... [Read More]
A Non-Invasive Painless Skin Cancer Treatment
If you have had skin cancer in the past, you were likely treated with surgery to remove it. If you are diagnosed with another skin cancer in the future, be aware that there is a new, state of the art therapy that is: Non-invasive Painless ... [Read More]
