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Dr Susan Love's Breast Book: A Detailed Look at the Leading Breast Cancer Title
For a book that is supposed to be the best book to use on breast cancer, Dr Susan Love's Breast Book falls short in many important areas. I am not saying that one should not ...
Antioxidants And Cancer Prevention
Antioxidants are present abundantly in our day to day foods. Over the years, a lot of research has been happening regarding the medical benefits of anti oxidants and how they can help prevent some incurable diseases from occurring. Antioxidants seem to have the capability of preventing cancer.
How Lycopene Affects Prostate Cancer And How This Substance Can Help Men To Get Healthy!
One of the newest forms of nutritional therapy introduced to the realm of medicine is paving the way to a new way to heal the body, which is shown with how Lycopene affects prostate cancer in men. This health condition occurs due to many factors, and appears in men as they age. This key ingredient i
Epidemiology Informing Clinical Practice
Changes in epidemiology from high-throughput genotyping, identification of genetic and gene-environment causes of disease, and high-throughput proteomics will influence all aspects of medical practice
Breast Cancer Drug Eribulin Extends Survival
The new breast cancer drug eribulin (Halaven) extends survival two and a half months longer than other therapies for advanced breast cancer, researchers report.
Radioactive Iodine Scan And Treatment Preparation
The thyroid gland is the only gland or organ that absorbs iodine. This makes it safe to use radioactive iodine (RAI) in treating thyroid diseases, such as Graves' and thyroid cancer. RAI is an effective ...
Does Oncology Have a Recruitment Problem?
With a potential shortage of oncologists looming, oncology fellows and physicians weigh in on recruitment issues facing the field.
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS, formerly known as preleukemia) are a collection of blood-related medical conditions that cause ineffective production of the myeloid class of blood cells.
The Risk of Lung Cancer From Asbestos
Asbestos has been categorized as a known human carcinogen (a material that causes cancer) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the EPA, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Studies have revealed that exposure to asbestos may add to the risk of lung cancer and mesothel
3 Important Steps To Help You Deal With Recurrence Of Mesothelioma Cancer
Cancer recurrence is defined as the return of cancer after treatment and after a period of time during which the cancer cannot be detected. (The length of time is not clearly defined.) The same cancer may come back in the same place where it first started or in another place in the body.
Brain Cancer Survival Rate - Dare to Know Your Chances
A brain cancer survival rate refers to the percentage of people who were reported still living after being diagnosed with the cancer about 5 yrs ago. Basically, brain tumor is the abnormal growth of cells in the brain and we commonly refer to it as cancer cells. There are different ways in which a t
Common and Advanced Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is a rising cancer in women and its early detection makes it treatable and fully curable. The most common way of excision involves cutting out the abnormal cells.
Too Few Women Get Counseling Before Breast Cancer Gene Test: Study
But outside expert questions whether counseling may be more important after test comes back positive
An Update on Laparoscopic Resection for Rectal Cancer
Laparoscopic surgery on rectal cancer is more challenging than the same procedure on the colon. This review explores data on laparoscopic resection for cancer in the mid to lower rectum.
New Teacher Profile: Mr. Frengel - Harrisburg Academy
- New Teacher Profile: Mr. Frengel:This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2013 issue of the Academy's student-run newspaper, the Insider. -- By Jackie T. '17With many fascinating, new faculty this year, HA has much to look forward to in the coming years. I sat down with an already much
Do Natural Remedies For Prostate Cancer Work?
Prostate cancer is a disease affecting hundreds of thousands of men worldwide. It is most often a disease that affects older men, but it is not unheard of for younger men to also suffer from it.
Femara Benefits Younger Women With Breast Cancer
Most women with breast cancer do not need to take the breast cancer drug Femara after completing five years of standard tamoxifen treatment, researchers report.
What Are the Early Warning Signs of Skin Cancer?
There are a number of skin afflictions that may happen to an individual in an entire lifespan. However, none is more serious than the advent of skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer among humans. It was appraised that about 1 in 10 people will develop malignancy at least once