Treating and coping with cancer.
3rd November 2015
Prostate cancer, hernias, multiple surgeries, and a stoma: Tony was alive, but his quality of life was suffering. That’s when his surgeon came to him with an idea. He would reconstruct Tony’s abdominal wall… using pig skin. Tony’...
14th October 2015
Bret was 17 when he found the lump. He checked again and it was still there. At first, it didn’t seem to make sense. Isn’t breast cancer a ‘women’s disease’? For many men who develop breast cancer, it ...
5th October 2015
This is the second part of an interview with Fabian Bolin, who happily agreed to inspire “This is Medtech” readers with his uplifting story about perseverance and the power of a positive attitude. You can read the first part of ...
23rd September 2015
This is the first part of our interview with Fabian Bolin, former Made In Chelsea actor, who happily agreed to inspire “This is Medtech” readers with his uplifting story about perseverance and the power of a positive attitude. “I’ve ...
2nd September 2015
Oncologists have to break bad news to patients and their families all the time. But last year, cancer doctor Lucinda Melcher found out what it’s like when that patient and family are your own. Lucinda’s husband Adam had ...
29th July 2015
For many women, the months leading up to your 40th birthday can bring on typical mid-life crisis anxieties: you’ve already peaked, you’re starting to look a bit frumpy, your bikini days are over. Karen also belonged to this ...
20th July 2015
It was a busy but exciting time. Eileen Casey's three kids were all in college and she was moving house. But when her doctor told her she had bone cancer, everything was turned upside down. Eileen embarked on a journey ...
12th May 2015
Instead of planning her daughter’s first birthday, Raakhee Mirchandani thought about her funeral. Satya, her cherub-cheeked 10-month-old, had just been diagnosed with cancer. Satya Devi Singh – whose name translates to “Truth Goddess Lion” – was a happy, calm baby. As ...
14th January 2015
Suppose you opened your postbox to find an empty plastic container and instructions on how to collect and post a sample of your stool to be screened for colon cancer. Would you casually precede to the bathroom and take care ...
8th October 2014
Nobody wants to hear their name or their loved one’s name mentioned in the same sentence as the “C” word. But let’s face it: it can happen to anybody and when it does, hearing the news that you ‒ ...