Category: Cancer
Will eating chicken reduce your risk of breast cancer?
The association between eating chicken and a lowered breast cancer risk may because of eating less red meat — not some protective factor in chicken.
Modern Wildfires Pose New Health Risks For Firefighters
New research underscores the risks that modern wildfires pose to firefighters’ long-term health, including an increased risk of cancer.
There’s no evidence 5G is going to harm our health, so let’s stop worrying about it
The radio frequencies powering 5G will be well below the exposure limits known to cause harm.
Proton therapy for prostate cancer: does the evidence support the hype?
While proton therapy has been shown to be effective for prostate cancer, no consistent advantage has been seen for either long-term survival or quality of life.
UW researchers turn back the genetic clock to see how cancer evolves
It’s possible to take precancerous cells back in time, so to speak, to identify the genetic mutations that triggered their transformation.
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.
