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April 2, 2024
Are cancer patients or survivors allowed to donate blood?Because cancer patients and survivors understand how important blood donations are, many are eager to donate.
March 28, 2024
4 things we learned from Olivia Munn’s breast cancer diagnosisActress Olivia Munn recently revealed she’d been treated for Luminal B breast cancer. Learn four key facts about her diagnosis and this aggressive cancer.
March 26, 2024
Do high-protein diets increase your cancer risk?The source matters when it comes to protein and health—and that includes its connection to cancer.
March 21, 2024
AML vs. ALL: What’s the difference?Acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphocytic leukemia both start in bone marrow but are hardly the same and the prognoses for patients of the two diseases are vastly different.
March 19, 2024
Can cancer show up in a simple blood test?Blood tests can detect some cancers, or provide an indication of a potential cancer, which needs to be confirmed or ruled out through additional testing.
March 14, 2024
Why do children and adolescents get cancer?Though the causes of pediatric cancer are not fully understood, innovative approaches to care have helped reduce childhood cancer mortality rates by 70 percent over the past 50 years.
March 12, 2024
Why thyroid cancer patients may require a low-iodine dietTo help improve the effectiveness of radioactive iodine therapy, patients are often asked to significantly reduce the amount of iodine in their diets before starting treatment.
March 7, 2024
If you have cancer, should you still worry about risk factors?Practicing behaviors like eating well and exercising may not only help reduce your risk of another cancer, it may also help your treatments work better and improve your quality of life.
March 5, 2024
Increase strength, build muscle to fight cancer cachexiaResearch shows that having good muscle mass may improve your cancer prognosis, while helping you withstand some side effects of cancer treatments.
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