MAY 2007
CANCER CARE

The mission of St. Luke's Texas Cancer Institute is to provide high quality, personalized cancer care to each patient through a full range of integrated, state-of-the-art services, ministering to the whole patient: body, mind, and spirit.


 In This Issue
Put the Brakes on Excess Sun Exposure
What Your Treatment Options Are for Testicular Cancer
On the Barbecue, Charred Is Barred

Put the Brakes on Excess Sun Exposure
If you’re like many Americans, you are unknowingly exposed to the damaging rays of the sun everyday. Find out where you might be getting these rays and learn how to protect yourself.

 
What Your Treatment Options Are for Testicular Cancer
Treatment for testicular cancer depends on the type of tumor and the stage of the cancer. A cancer stage refers to how far the cancer has spread from the original site in the body.

 
On the Barbecue, Charred Is Barred
Many foods seem to taste better hot off the grill. But there’s a dilemma facing those of us who love to barbecue in warm weather. Researchers have found that cooking muscle meats—beef, pork, poultry, and fish—at high temperatures may pose a risk for cancer.

 


Now Online
Information on Testicular Cancer

Information on Skin Cancer

Information on Melanoma

Cancer: What You Need to Know







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