Some Cancer Survivors Face Lingering Side Effects 

Some Cancer Survivors Face Lingering Side Effects 

After 33 rounds of full-body radiation and a risky surgery to remove the golf ball-sized tumor from the back of his brain, then-21-year-old Matthew Zachary walked out of the hospital on April 30, 1996, cancer-free and grateful to be alive. But his relationship with the disease had only just begun. In the coming years, he … Read more

Does Marijuana Help With Breast Cancer?

Does Marijuana Help With Breast Cancer?

SOURCES: April Curtis, breast cancer patient. Breastcancer.org: “Medical Cannabis.” Donald Abrams, MD, integrative oncologist and professor emeritus at the University of California San Francisco Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. National Conference of State Legislatures: “Deep Dive: Marijuana,” “State Medical Marijuana Laws.” Marisa Weiss, MD, director of Breast Radiation Oncology at Lankenau Medical Center in … Read more