Category: Cancer
Elle Macpherson’s breast cancer: when the media reports on celebrity cancer, are we really getting the whole story?
Media coverage of Macpherson’s situation has largely missed a key piece of information: her breast cancer is not invasive.
Is alcohol good or bad for you? Yes.
It’s tempting to assume that because heavy alcohol consumption is very bad, lesser amounts must be at least a little bad. But the science isn’t there.
Mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer, according to a major review of 28 years of research
The possibility that mobile phones might cause cancer has been a long-standing concern. Mobile phones – and wireless tech more broadly – are a major part of our daily lives. So it’s been vital for science to address the safety of radio wave exposure from these devices.
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Ovarian cancer is hard to detect. Focusing on these 4 symptoms can help with diagnosis
Symptoms that may be due to ovarian cancer:
-persistent abdominal distension (women often refer to this as bloating)
-feeling full shortly after starting to eat and/or loss of
-pelvic or abdominal pain
-needing to urinate urgently or more often.
Endometriosis types and ovarian cancer risk
Researchers found that women with certain types of severe endometriosis are at significantly increased risk of ovarian cancer.
Small-Town Patients Face Big Hurdles as Rural Hospitals Cut Cancer Care
For rural patients, getting cancer treatment close to home has always been difficult. But in recent years, chemotherapy deserts have expanded across the United States, with 382 rural hospitals halting services from 2014 to 2022.
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Millions became uninsured as Medicaid programs cut coverage – More than 700 US hospitals at risk of closing – High cost of cancer screening
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From immunotherapy to mRNA vaccines – the latest science on melanoma treatment explained
Sarah Diepstraten, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and John (Eddie) La Marca, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute More than 16,000 Australians will be diagnosed with melanoma each year. Most of these will be caught early, and can be cured by…
Scientists Link a Single Type of Bacteria to Colorectal Cancer
“It sounds scary, but this is good information to have,” said Susan Bullman, Ph.D., of Fred Hutch Cancer Center, who co-led the study. “Microbes are manipulatable—you can target them. So [as] we see that this microbe is getting to tumors and may be contributing actively to disease progression, we can harness that information and think about how to prevent that.”
First Cancer TIL Therapy Gets FDA Approval for Advanced Melanoma
In this treatment, immune cells from the patient’s tumor are collected and expanded in culture and then infused back into the patient.
By looking for fragments of DNA that have escaped from tumors into the bloodstream, or circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), doctors may be able to identify which of their patients with colorectal cancer need chemotherapy after surgery.
Reduce Radon for a Safer Home –
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas. We can’t see it, taste it, or smell it, but it is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers in the United States. Radon is responsible for about 21,000 deaths in the United States each year.
‘I’m not going to be cured’. How breast cancer awareness and support sidelines people with metastatic disease
There have been incredible advances in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in recent years. And stories about celebrities who have “beaten” breast cancer continue to be a source of inspiration for many people. However, this emphasis on fighting, beating and surviving cancer shuts out the voices of those who will not survive. That is, the many people diagnosed with incurable, life-limiting metastatic breast cancer.