Cancer

5. Skin Cancer

Nov 7, 2018 · · Cancer
Nearly half of all Americans who live to the age of 65 will develop some type of skin cancer. Almost all of them, if diagnosed and treated early, will be cured. If not, all three types of skin cancer—melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma—can be disfiguring and/or deadly. … Read More

Early Detection of Gynecological Cancer Means Higher Cure Rates

Oct 29, 2018 · · Cancer
Approximately 100,000 women will be diagnosed with cervical, endometrial (uterine), or ovarian cancer in 2018, according to the American Cancer Society. For all of these cancers, the earlier they are diagnosed, the easier they are to treat successfully. However, of these three types of cancer, only cervical cancer has a … Read More

Editor’s Note: Sugar’s Link to Cancer

Oct 29, 2018 · · Cancer
Want to reduce your risk of cancer? Cut back on processed foods that are high in rapidly-digested sugar, such as sodas, cookies, and other sweets, says Lewis Cantley, MD, director of the Meyer Cancer Center of Weill Cornell Medicine. According to Dr. Cantley, there are several links between sugar and … Read More

A Type of Obesity You Can’t See May Raise Your Breast Cancer Risk

Oct 29, 2018 · · Cancer
In their quest to gain a better understanding of what causes breast cancer, researchers have identified several risk factors, including getting older, early menstruation (before age 12) and/or late menopause (after age 55), family or personal history of breast cancer, mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, having dense breasts, … Read More

News Briefs: Penile Cancer; Lifestyle Choices & AD; Irregular Heart Rate & Thyroid Hormone Levels

Aug 20, 2018 · · Cancer
Many Men with Penile Cancer Forgo Treatment Not all men with penile cancer that has spread to nearby lymph nodes receive recommended treatments that could improve their survival, according to a large retrospective study published in JAMA Oncology. Using records from a national cancer treatment database, researchers found that about one-third of these men did … Read More

Hope, Options, and “Cures” for Cancer

Aug 20, 2018 · · Cancer
Telling patients that their cancer could be cured has long been taboo in the oncology world. But in his remarks to the 2018 attendees of the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, Norman Sharpless, MD, National Cancer Institute (NCI) director, said that’s changing. “We are, in fact, curing patients … Read More

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