Health briefs: Personal nutrition coaching; cancer patient?s treatment choice is key

By Karen Motosicky

Published: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 8:45?p.m.
Updated 9 hours ago

Highmark offers personal nutrition coaching at Mills

Highmark Personal Nutrition Coaching is available at Allegheny Valley Hospital?s Destination Wellness, Pittsburgh Mills, Frazer.

This program empowers an individual to sustain healthy lifestyle changes by assisting with setting goals, selecting food and planning meals.

Receive a one-on-one counseling session facilitated by a registered dietitian that is designed to address the nutritional changes needed to manage heart disease, diabetes, weight management and other health-related issues.

Sessions are by appointment only. There is no fee for Highmark members; a nominal fee for non-Highmark members. Call 724-274-5202 today for an appointment or details.

Cancer patient?s treatment choice is key

According to a report in NewsUSA, the most important decision a newly diagnosed cancer patient will make is the type of treatment that will be used.

A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that when molecular profiling was used to guide the selection, a drug known to target the specific biomarkers of a tumor was found in 98 percent of advanced cancer patients studied.

Through molecular profiling, newly diagnosed cancer patients can avoid treatment paths that are not a good match or will not work for them, said Dr. Sandeep Reddy, an oncologist and clinical associate professor of medicine at Gefffen/UCLA School of Medicine Molecular. It can also help in the treatment of advanced cancers when standard therapies have been exhausted.

Today, molecular tumor profiling technology, called Caris Target Now, identifies the genetic and molecular structure of a tumor and its biomarkers, and matches this information with information about how these biomarkers respond to different cancer drugs.

For more information about this technology and whether it can be useful to you, talk with your doctor or visit www.mycancer.com.

? Staff reports

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