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Unusual Skin Cancer Risk Identified
In honor of National Skin Cancer Awareness month, here's some unexpected news. If you spend lots of time behind the wheel, you might have an increased skin cancer risk based on the findings of a new study recently published....More...
Asbestosis and the Respiratory Distress Due to Asbestos
Asbestosis, the name says it all, is a disease caused by the inhalation of asbestos. The lungs become less elastic so that the patient may have difficulty breathing, the patient also has a greater chance of lung cancer. The therm Asbestos is a generic term for a number of naturally occurring mineral...More...
Take Steps To Prevent Colon Cancer
Colon Cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States and among the top contributors of cancer-related death. But it is also one of the more treatable and preventable cancers. Since March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, it is a good time to learn about prevention. It's important to...More...
Colon Cancer and Gerson Cancer Therapy
The American cancer society projected that 112, 340 cases of colon were discovered last year. And that about 52, 180 death case will result from colon cancer this year. However, the good news is that ... ...More...
Getting It So Wrong
A woman with a history of breast cancer goes to her Doctor complaining of shoulder pain. He sends her for an X-ray and the radiologist says it reveals a cancerous tumour. But her GP "forgets" to mention this crucial information. The woman later dies for the disease. Should the Doctor be na...More...
Radiation & Hodgkins Disease
Hodgkin's disease is a rare type of lymphoma or cancer that affects the lymphatic system, the part of the body that plays a large part in immune system functioning. Approximately 11.4 percent of all lymphomas are Hodgkin's disease, according to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society....More...
Can A Person With Voice Box Cancer (Larynx) Speak After Surgery?
The cancer caused by tobacco consumption are on rise of which head & neck cancer top the list. The presenting symptom could be recent onset persistent change of voice or heavy voice, prolonged throat irritation, ... ...More...
Gene Mutations Linked to Colon Cancer in Black Patients
Finding might lead to better treatment of the disease, researchers say...More...
Ra-223: New Arrow in Prostate Cancer Quiver
Drs. Johann de Bono and Howard Scher discuss the fifth active agent in prostate cancer as well as imaging as a biomarker and upcoming immunoconjugates, as reported at ASCO 2013....More...
Immunotherapy Study in Early-Stage BC Patients Using Oxidized Mannan-MUC1
After more than 5 years, no patients with stage II breast cancer who received a MUC1-based immunotherapy had a recurrence, compared with an almost 30% recurrence rate among placebo-treated patients....More...
Coping with Taste Changes Following Cancer Treatment
Taste changes are a common and distressing side effect of cancer treatment. Here is what causes it, and what you can do about it....More...
Genetic Risk Assessments for Inherited Breast Cancer
What's the value of genetic counseling and testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer?...More...
Why YOU Are Also Prone to Prostate Cancer
If you think you are not prone to prostate cancer, think again. You might end up dying of prostate cancer like the many other prostate cancer sufferers out there have died... unless you constantly do ...More...
What Do IGE Class Levels Mean?
IgE class levels provide an indication of the severity of a suspected allergy. For a patient exhibiting symptoms of an allergic reaction, two types of blood allergy tests exist: the radioallergosorbent, or RAST, and the IgE antibody or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test, also known as ELISA. Dif...More...
Cancer Screening in the USA
One out of four deaths in the US is due to cancer. In 2010, approximately 569,490 Americans die of cancer. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for female breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer....More...
Family History Raises Breast Cancer Risk
Women with a strong family history of breast cancer who do not have genes associated with increased risk of the disease have a fourfold greater chance of developing it than the average woman, new research indicates....More...
Kidney Cancer
Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of kidney cancer, including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more....More...
Fish, Exercise May Help Thwart Colon Cancer's Return: Study
Healthy habits important even when you're sick, researcher says...More...
Cervical Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]-Recurrent Cervic
The size of the primary tumor is an important prognostic factor and should be carefully evaluated in choosing optimal therapy.[1] Patterns-of-care studies in stage IIIA/IIIB patients indicate that survival is dependent on the extent of the disease, with unilateral pelvic wall involvement predicting...More...
The Three Types of Skin Cancer
Can skin cancer be avoided? While scientists still have miles to go before they can determine whether or not skin cancers can be completely deterred, at least one type is associated with definite risk factors....More...
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