Cancer Treatment
Just the mention of cancer sends a chill down your spine. And when it comes to talking about cancer treatment (complete cure), one is just left looking around for answers. Yes, it’s a well known fact that there is no fail-proof or definitive cancer treatment for most types of cancer. Unavailability of cancer treatment is what makes cancer so dreaded. Well, it’s not just the unavailability of cancer treatment that makes the things so grim but also Read More...
Staging Colon Cancer
Staging is a method of evaluating the progress of colon cancer in a patient. That is, it looks at the colon cancer (tumor) and the extent to which the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Once doctors know how far along the colon cancer is, they can decide on the best course of treatment.
Today, the most common used system for the staging of colon cancer is the American Joint Committee on Cancer's (AJCC) TNM staging system. This stagi Read More...
Cure Lung Cancer - Is Lung Cancer Curable?
As you know, our lungs are the most vital organs of our body. It absorbs oxygen from the air and distributes it to different parts of our body; it also expels carbon dioxide from our body into the air. When however, malignant cells develop in our lungs, we suffer from lung cancer.In this article I will tell you whether lung cancer is curable or not.
Needless to say, the primary cause behind lung cancer is smoking. It is sad that even after a lot Read More...
World Cancer Day Facebook App Hopes to Beat Cancer Before it Starts Two international cancer prevention groups think the online community can -- and should -- take a stab at the worldwide cancer epidemic. In honor of World Cancer Day, Feb. 4, Stand Up To Cancer and the Union for International Cancer Control are launching a Facebook app that they hope will create a digital buzz that will reduce the spread of the disease. Read More...
Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see. Read More...
World Cancer Day should be every day Saturday, Feb. 4 is World Cancer Day, but for me, and for countless people around the globe, every day is Cancer Day ? because you or someone you love has the disease Read More...
Cancer patients on abiraterone face cost conundrum Prostate cancer drug is currently available through the Cancer Drugs Fund, but funding issues mean patients could either have to buy it themselves or take out health insurance Men in England with late-stage prostate cancer could soon be stopped from accessing "breakthrough&quo t; drug abiraterone unless they can afford to buy the drug themselves or pay for private medical insurance. Trials of ... Read More...
Bowel cancer screening extended Northern Ireland's bowel cancer screening programme is to be extended with more people being targeted across all of the health trusts. Read More...
Breast cancer fund to restore money after outcry A major US breast cancer foundation Friday reversed its decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood after outcry over the move sparked a political and fundraising backlash by women's health advocates. Read More...