118 Posts
October 5, 2022
8 visible signs that may indicate breast cancerIt’s a good idea to report any suspicious lumps or breast changes to your physician right away, because some may be signs of breast cancer. Doing so may help catch cancer in its earlier stages, when it’s easier to treat.
September 28, 2022
The complexities behind breast cancer’s racial disparities, and how to address themAdvancements in screening, diagnosing and treating breast cancer has not changed the fact that the disease does not affect all racial and ethnic groups equally.
August 31, 2022
HPV and throat cancer: What’s the connection?The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a leading cause of throat cancer and several other cancers and may infect as many as eight out of 10 people during their lives.
May 11, 2022
Why are patients with lung cancer living longer?After decades of relatively unchanging lung cancer survival rates, researchers are now reporting promising trends at every stage of the disease.
April 27, 2022
Why are lung cancer rates rising in people who’ve never smoked?For several decades, scientists have been vexed by a confounding trend: the increase in the number of lung cancer diagnoses in people who never smoked.
April 20, 2022
Patients have options to restore their voice after head and neck cancer treatmentFor patients with head and neck cancers, cancer symptoms and treatment side effects often complicate two innate tasks that are usually taken for granted—speaking and swallowing.
April 6, 2022
COVID may have reversed important strides made in cancer preventionThe COVID-19 pandemic, and the delays in cancer screenings it's caused, came at a time when America was making promising strides in the treatment of cancer.
March 23, 2022
For prostate cancer patients, it’s always good to know the scoreThe Gleason score is a critical calculation designed to help determine the extent of the disease, the aggressiveness of the cancer cells and how it may be treated.
February 9, 2022
Why men get cancer more than women and how they can manage their riskDoctors have known for decades that men are more likely to develop cancer than women. Now they may know why.
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