Cancer

Is Multiple Mylemona Hereditary?

Mar 28, 2016 · · Cancer
Q. My brother has just been diagnosed with multiple myeloma. What is this and am I also at risk? A. Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell found in bone marrow and responsible for generating disease-fighting antibodies. In multiple myeloma, the plasma cells … Read More

Post-Treatment Cancer Survivor Care

Mar 28, 2016 · · Cancer
Researchers at Yale School of Public Health and Yale Cancer Center found that long-term cancer survivors—as far out as nine or 10 years after cancer diagnosis and treatment—still want health information, particularly in the areas of cancer screening, long-term side effects of cancer and treatment, and how to help prevent … Read More

Drug Makes Breast Cancer Treatment Less Cardiotoxic

Mar 28, 2016 · · Cancer
Powerful chemotherapy agents called anthracyclines save the lives of countless women with breast cancer, only to cause heart failure later. But taking the angiotensin-receptor blocker candesartan (Atacand) may help preserve the heart’s function. A study presented at the 2015 meeting of the American Heart Association found that women who took … Read More

Prostate Cancer Rates Decreasing as Screening Declines

Mar 28, 2016 · · Cancer
In May 2012, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine prostate cancer screening for all men, focusing instead on screening men at high risk and very high risk. The high risk category includes African Americans, and men with a first-degree relative, (brother, father, son) diagnosed with prostate … Read More

Moles Are Clues to Your Melanoma Risk

Mar 25, 2016 · · Cancer
Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, can originate with a mole. Fortunately, most moles, known to doctors as nevi (singular: nevus or naevus), are usually benign, but their total number should be monitored, because risk of melanoma increases with each additional one. A simple test devised by researchers at … Read More

Alcohol Consumption and Cancer Risk

Mar 25, 2016 · · Cancer
Using data from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, researchers investigated cancer risk for light-to-moderate alcohol consumption in 88,000 women and 48,000 men. Light-to-moderate is defined as less than 15 grams (g) daily for women—slightly more than one-half ounce—and for men, 30 g—slightly more than one … Read More

New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines

Mar 24, 2016 · · Cancer
Late last year, the American Cancer Society (ACS) released its new breast cancer screening guidelines. The changes include when women should start having mammograms, at age 45 (previously 40) and then every other year beginning at age 55. These ACS guidelines apply to women at average risk, which are most … Read More

Ovarian Cancer Risk Linked to Number of Children Birthed

Mar 23, 2016 · · Cancer
Researchers have discovered that women who have given birth to more children, as well as those who have undergone tubal ligation, have a lower risk of ovarian cancer. The researchers, who studied risk factors for four different types of ovarian cancer, presented their findings on Nov. 3, 2015 at a … Read More

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