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[0:00:15] ... Care treatment diagnosis and prevention from the resources of Roswell Park Cancer Institute a comprehensive cancer treatment and research facility in Buffalo, New York. I'm Tim Wenger in this week the subject of second hand smoke and the more we're learning about its dangers and impacts on health in general. My guest in studio today doctor Andrew highland he's a research scientists department of health behavior division of cancer prevention. And population sciences at Roswell Park Cancer Institute doctor highland thank you so much for being here thank you for inviting me send thank you well it is important subject indeed and I mean. We I don't think you can go a day without hearing something about secondhand smoke and usually the associated dangers. And the institute of medicine has conducted some new users. As part of what what is. ...
[0:01:09] ... medicine has put together a review of but. The evidence really that secondhand smoke. And whether or not it causes. Two -- cardiac disease. So they've reviewed a bunch of sort of basic science studies -- really looking at. The you know is it plausible this exposure to this you know compound secondhand smoke can't really can cause heart attacks I was really the first component. And then the second component. Was to. Assess whether or not places that have passed smoke free laws -- like me here in New York State where you can't smoke and indoor workplaces restaurants bars. If there are if there's enough evidence to indicate that they're -- fewer heart attacks in those places. What did fine. I'm entered found an awful lot but it means some key findings of this this. Research in -- yeah I think a key finding is yes secondhand smoke causes side heart disease. And yes there's evidence to show that up places that have passed comprehensive smoke free laws. Have pure heart attacks and those places. So -- sort of the basic evidence that secondhand smoke causes heart disease you're looking at exposure. To smoke. It basically causes your platelets to get stickier. And for the some people ...
[0:02:46] ... and after the smoke free law and we somebody percent fewer. Our heart attacks which is consistent with the institute of medicine recommendations and their conclusions. ...
[0:02:58] ... I think one of the first things we gotta do is defined secondhand smoke okay you know we're in this room together if I were laid at the cigarette but I won't. You know what we areas where it's secondhand smoke begin and end where rate next to someone smoking were in the backseat where some of smoking the same room in the ...
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[0:00:17] ... Research from the resources of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. A truly comprehensive cancer treatment and research facility in Buffalo, New York I'm -- Wenger. And this time among other issues some ...
[0:01:32] ... we do have many many insurance contracts. With the rest of her cancer institute and their clinical practice and on factory of about fifteen or sixteen. And our intent. Is to encourage access for anyone especially ...
[0:03:35] ... of coverage. And I also had addressed a little bit about the Medicare beneficiaries and their community or older population because there's some choices available comes overseeing in Western New York. The time to think about ...
[0:18:12] ... the diagnosis of cancer could be correct but maybe instead of being lung cancer may be it's. Metastatic breast cancer in a woman and then dramatically alters what it's done so I think having a high ...
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[0:00:16] ... and care from the resources of Roswell Park Cancer Institute a comprehensive cancer treatment and research center in Buffalo, New York. This time we explain the group women against prostate cancer the Western New York chapter and we'll discuss intimacy issues following prostate cancer diagnosis. And treatment and with me today to open discussion is doctor -- she's medical psychologists department of psychosocial oncology. At Roswell Park Cancer Institute doctor Taylor thank you for being here it's good to be here aren't -- appreciate the time and you've brought with you ...
[0:10:15] ... male psyche if you. There are a lot of issues and side side effects that come up. During following prostate cancer treatment if you could comment on though -- and open that discussion. ...
[0:10:34] ... its overlaid with a lot of these other issues. Issues like sexual side effects. Things like that those issues can be. Very difficult to talk about and we know that couples often times ten to avoid ...
[0:11:23] ... it's important to really broaden our focus when we're talking about these side effects. Rather than looking at the specific details of the side effect as a man's issue. Two rather look at -- and as ...
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[0:00:16] ... And and care and research to from the resources of Roswell Park Cancer Institute a comprehensive cancer treatment and research center in Buffalo, New York. This time will revisit the -- study which we've discussed on ...
[0:07:01] ... to relate to a point -- here in buffalo Roswell Park Cancer Institute. The -- talked in terms of prevention with prostate cancer and I think. In some cancers when we talk about it. There's ...
[0:07:56] ... We can't do that with. We can do that by screening for lung cancer. With prostate cancer what we do is identify -- very early stage same thing with breast cancer. If we do anybody any good it's because we identify breast cancer and its earliest stages when it's still small. And when we hope it's less aggressive. So with prostate cancer what -- our ...
[0:10:31] ... And I'm so we use that evidence and went to the national cancer institute and said. All right we've shown we can do this we can study it in men who have prostate cancer and of ...
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[0:00:20] ... Resources of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Truly comprehensive cancer treatment and research center in Buffalo, New York. This week early detection of prostate cancer why it's so important. ...
[0:02:50] ... team in your life expectancy. So therefore if you have. For example. Lung cancer. In your life expectancies and -- ten years or year have bad liver heart longs. -- life expectancies and a ten years the party should not participate in detection program. However if you that child. And fifty years. Older oh ...
[0:13:39] ... the level of understanding. From a community perspective as we -- with breast cancer and cardiovascular. Risk. That the answer that. Certainly not so we have the move prostate cancer into that -- Wednesday. Such that. ...
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[0:00:17] ... And and prevention. With the resources of Roswell Park Cancer Institute a comprehensive cancer treatment and research facility in Buffalo, New York. This time we're talking about breast cancer in particular breast cancer in the younger women. With us to discuss today doctor Tracy O'Connor attending physician department of medicine at Roswell park doctor O'Connor thank you for being here thank you for having me and I'll see you brought along today one of your patience. Lisa -- a young breast cancer survivor -- thank you for coming in and sharing your story today you know. Doctor O'Connor it's -- we've talked about breast cancer on the program before. And I know one of the the risk factors if you will is -- you know we start screening after the eight generally of forty years of age. So this is something new to me younger women with breast cancer -- about it. ...
[0:01:08] ... women a year under the age of forty -- diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and an additional 2000 women a year in the United States are diagnosed have been noninvasive. Breast cancer so certainly represents a small. Percentage of patients that present at the age of forty. I'm however their treatment and outcome. Can be very different from older -- breast cancer and said they deserve cannot receive some special attention. ...
[0:01:49] ... diagnosis I. There's no good screening tests are very young women after breast cancer and demography is not generally used until around the age of forty sometimes starting at 35. And unfortunately because of the density ...
[0:03:50] ... I just didn't abuse my honey and I don't even have to breast cancer and eighteen cents. So for me for this to happen to me recess totally unbelievable and of course the first thing out ...
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[0:00:17] ... And prevention. With the resources of Roswell Park Cancer Institute a comprehensive cancer treatment and research facility in Buffalo, New York. This time we discussed some new treatment options for bladder cancer. ...
[0:05:08] ... risk factor for bladder cancers. And it is put other cancers like lung cancer and I think it's gonna go for people don't know that smoking has to be stopped and this should be a part ...
[0:18:57] ... it's pretty simple if you specialize in something. In huge mistake -- cancer patients and then you did good did it -- you have more experience -- it. An and nothing is a community physicians I ...
[0:21:53] ... That they understand the importance of robotics and -- can of that cancer patients that they have partnered with us in August and they have done this for the good of although patients like Nancy. If ...
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[0:01:52] ... it get from day air through all the valuation preclinical testing and clinical trials and become part of medical practice. That's what translation we're searches moving it discovery from the laboratory. Two the patient. It's always been someone. Mind boggling to me as I sit here with the folks from Roswell and they talk about the clinical trials in the research and men in headed program and genetics and you know it seems so out there and so. Incredibly complicated ...
[0:09:20] ... and insensitive that allows people like me to study the effect of Andruw Jones and who really controlled environment a culture ask. So this all happened in the eighties Roswell was also one of the first ...
[0:22:11] ... get to prevention of diabetes or hypertension early detection of colorectal. Raster lung cancer. And so one of the messages to President Obama. Is we need to fix us we all need to have the same ...
[0:26:22] ... mutation. Which is really rare and prostate cancer -- more common in breast cancer women. You have any of those high risk factors you need to be religious about getting the PSA of rectal axiom every ...
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[0:00:18] ... And research with the resources of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. One of the nation's distinguished comprehensive cancer treatment and research facilities in Buffalo, New York. This time on the program that donor ...
[0:02:53] ... Why do Indian particular Roswell cancer patients need. The platelets as opposed to a whole blood product which I'm sure at some cases they do -- ...
[0:05:59] ... walls of the hospital is doctor Packers had in directly serving their cancer patients. ...
[0:14:03] ... Is thirty -- you mentioned that cancer patients use platelets a great deal is very. Equality and the need at Roswell for blood and platelets or do you use the ...
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[0:00:16] ... Treatment research and much more from the resources of Roswell Park Cancer Institute truly comprehensive cancer treatment and research center in Buffalo, New York. In 2009. An estimated 21500. Women in the United States will ...
[0:01:19] ... common cancer in women but it's the fifth most common cause of cancer death and element and what's so scary about appearing cancer is set for the most part it is being detected -- agents and ...
[0:02:00] ... case why is this cancer detected. Late very often. Because unlike for breast cancer where we have wonderful screening. We don't have an effective screening test for curing cancer and unlike the breast the ovaries are ...
[0:10:05] ... be done in the early stages of the disease so just fly. Breast cancer as if it's in stage 15. Can we just cut out and often you don't need need to further action with therapeutic ...
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