Archives: September 2020

• Las Colinas Cancer Center is a Pioneer in Prostate Cancer Treatment

  September 19, 2020
  Irving, Texas – September 19, 2020 - Las Colinas Cancer Center understands how cancer patients feel after receiving their prostate cancer diagnosis. Knowing that prostate cancer comes with potentially life-threatening consequences, the doctors provide adequate support and personal care to their patients. The center has proficient oncologists and radiation specialists who systematically and assertively develop individualized treatment plans for...read more

• Advances in Lung Cancer Treatment Have Seen a Decline in Mortality Rates

  The annual statistics for this year show that overall cancer deaths have declined by 2.2%, with lung cancer having the largest drop. The death rates have declined faster than cancer incidences. According to research: Biomedical cancer research conducted over the decades is yielding positive results. Researchers compared mortality and incidence from non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. Non-small cell...read more

• U.S. Researchers Identify a New Potential Drug for Breast Cancer

  Researchers from the U.S. have identified a new potential drug for breast cancer. The drug offers hope for patients with breast cancer that is resistant to conventional therapies. The scientists discovered a molecule that can help oncologists treat breast cancer in patients who don’t respond to traditional therapies. The molecule works by shutting down estrogen-sensitive breast cancer. Novel medicines work through...read more

• Why Colorectal Cancer Incidence Is on the Rise among the Youth

  Only about 5% of colorectal cancers are hereditary. Most of these cancers develop in people with no family history or known genetic dispositions. The rise in colon cancer among young people is alarming, and various theories have come up for the causes, including the sedentary lifestyles they live and gut microbiome changes. There was evidence earlier in the year linking...read more