How to give people with breast cancer the support they really need.
Cancer survivorship programs and services used to be something that patients would think about as they neared the end of active treatment, but that’s changing. “More Americans are surviving cancer than ever before, and partly as a result of that, the model for survivorship care is changing,” says Ann Partridge, …
The American Cancer Society acknowledges that emerging evidence suggests that even modest use of dietary supplements during cancer treatment may be detrimental.
HER2-positive breast cancer is a subtype of breast cancer that affects about 20 percent of breast cancer patients. Around fifty percent of HER2-positive cancers also have hormone receptors for estrogen and/or progresterone. HER2, which stands for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, is a gene in the cancer cell that …
A WHO group says processed meat causes cancer, and red meat might as well
There are a multitude of cancers that affect the bodies, organs, and systems of our dogs. Included in this are tumors, bone and blood cancers, and cancers of the skin, stomach, lungs, liver, intestines, brain, and other organs. What is the next step when your dog has been diagnosed with cancer? Read more.
Too much chemo. Too much radiation. And way too many mastectomies
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. But there are still some things you may not know about it.
Physical activity, even including walking, can substantially reduce a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, encouraging new science shows, in part, it seems, by changing how her body deals with estrogen.
Learn how to reduce your risk of colorectal cancer, which has the second highest mortality rate of cancers affecting both men and women in the U.S.
A strange and rare side effect of some cancer drugs
A creative new program aims to train barbers in black barbershops to talk to their clients about colon cancer.
Thanks to early detection and treatment, deaths due to cervical cancer have dropped in recent decades throughout most of the developed world. Yet inequitable access to screening and medical services place the mortality burden largely on the lives of women in low and middle-income countries. Every year cervical cancer claims the lives of over 200,000 … Continued
Scientific evidence has been accumulating for decades that colon cancer is more common among people who eat the most red meat and processed meat.
Cannabis has been making a lot of noise lately. Multiple American states, along with many countries around the world, have successfully legalized medical marijuana, and Uruguay’s parliament recently voted to create the world’s first legal marijuana market. This is good news, as the health benefits of cannabis are vast, with multiple medical and scientific studies to […]
Vitamin D deficiency may cause disorders associated with weak bones. However, some evidence has emerged suggesting that vitamin D may be associated with other diseases, including bowel and lung cancers.
Cancer often hits like a bolt of lightning—totally unforeseen, seemingly random, chalked up to a bad genetic hand or other forces outside of our control.
Turning the big 5-0 is a milestone. It’s also the time to start getting screened for colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of c...
The new guidance aims to simplify cervical cancer screenings.
Harvey Brody has had all three types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and, most dangerous, melanoma. Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Everyday Health.