Category: Cancer
Measles and cancer patients. What to do?
Measles is worrisome to cancer patients because those receiving chemotherapy or recovering from a transplant may have weakened immunity.
Pancreatic cancer: challenges and advances
Pancreatic cancer remains a major cancer killer, but advances are happening, writes cancer specialist.
Palliative Care Power Couple Faces Cancer At Home
Since her diagnosis with advanced ovarian cancer, she chose to forgo treatment for palliative care, It’s a choice made by fewer than 2% of patients.
Black Women More Likely to Die of Breast Cancer — Especially in the South
Breast cancer survival rates among all U.S. women have improved, but the gap between white and black women has grown: Black women are 40% more likely to die.
Komen Puget Sound Awards $590,000 to Local Breast Health Providers
The Susan G. Komen Puget Sound has awarded $590,000 to six local groups working to end disparities in access to breast cancer screenings and breast health care.
Popular Weed Killer’s Alleged Link To Cancer Spreads Concern
What do we really know about the human health risks of glyphosate, the chemical in Roundup and other commonly used herbicides?
Cervical pre-cancer rates down 88% in decade since HPV vaccinations began in UK
New findings clearly show that the routine HPV vaccination program has been a resounding success.
UW Scientists prod immune cells to attack pancreatic cancer
Their findings challenge the commonly held view that pancreatic cancer does not elicit an immune system response that is robust enough for immunotherapy to be effective.
Frozen immature testes tissue used to restore fertility in monkeys
Technique will make it possible for boys made infertile by cancer treatments will be able to father offspring later in life.
Exposure to chemical in Roundup increases risk for cancer
Exposure to glyphosate — the main ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup — ups the risk of some cancers by more than 40%.
Obesity-Related Cancers up in Young Adults
Rates up for six of the 12 obesity-related cancers: colorectal, endometrial, gallbladder, kidney, multiple myeloma, and pancreas.
Vitamin D Supplements Don’t Reduce Cancer Incidence, Study
In the largest-ever randomized clinical trial testing vitamin D for cancer prevention, the supplement did not reduce the risk of developing cancer.
Fish Oil And Vitamin D Pills No Guard Against Cancer Or Serious Heart Trouble
A widely anticipated study has concluded neither vitamin D nor fish oil supplements prevent cancer or serious heart-related problems in healthy older people.