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• Cancer Screening Recommendations

  December 25, 2019
  Every person is somehow at risk of developing a form of cancer, and these risks increase with time, based on several factors. Knowing your risk factors and keeping track of your cancer-related health information can help you stay healthy. Screening is one of the ways to find cancer early before it affects other body tissues and organs. It also...read more

• A New Colorectal Cancer Vaccine Can Benefit Patients with Pancreatic Cancer Too

  December 15, 2019
  Colorectal cancer is a form of cancer that originates from the colon or rectum. In most cases, it is considered a disease of the old. Colorectal cancer does not present any symptoms while in the early stages. Its symptoms are based on the tumor location, and how the cancer has progressed to the surrounding organs. The causes of this...read more

• Common Cancer Myths Debunked!

  November 25, 2019
  You may or may not have come across the following myths related to cancer: You Cannot Get Cancer If No One in Your Family Has Cancer. Family history increases your risk for developing cancer, but this is not all about cancer, some cancers are not inherited and it may be that you may develop cancer from the environment or poor lifestyle...read more

• 3 Ways to Detect and Prevent Breast Cancer

  November 20, 2019
  October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, where worldwide campaigns were targeted at creating awareness on the second most prevalent cancer among women.The aim is to one day eradicate it. There are roughly 270,000 new cases of breast cancer that have been predicted to be diagnosed in the year 2019 among women. This is an alarmingly high number and it’s why...read more

• Using a Microstrip Antenna to Detect Breast Cancer

  October 26, 2019
  The number of breast cancer patients keeps increasing every year. There is need for more reliable methods that can help detect the disease early and save patients’ lives. Breast cancer is common in women all over the world. It is one of the most invasive cancers in women. The conventional method of screening for breast cancer is mammography. Mammography has...read more

• Genetic Testing Can Help to Manage Cancer Risk

  October 16, 2019
  Almost 10% of cancers are hereditary, with over 50 hereditary syndromes associated with gene mutations. Hereditary disease is caused by inherited gene mutations passed from parents to children in a family. Through genetic testing, a patient will know if they are at high risk for particular types of cancer including ovarian, melanoma, prostate, colorectal, breast and other less common...read more

• Treating Breast Cancer without Chemotherapy

  September 24, 2019
  Some women at the early stage of breast cancer have a reduced chance of experiencing recurrence, and this makes chemotherapy unnecessary. However, for other breast cancer patients, chemotherapy is all they need. During the early stages of breast cancer (typically stages 1 and 2), cancer hasn’t moved past the breast and the surrounding lymph nodes. The treatment normally begins with surgery...read more

• How Does Targeted Therapy Treat Cancer?

  September 13, 2019
  Cancer patients are never the same. So, when coming up with a treatment plan, oncologists keep in mind everything that makes patients different. These include medical history, diagnosis, and treatment preferences. Targeted therapy allows doctors to further personalize the treatment for cancer by using specific drugs to deal with specific tumor characteristics of a patient. How Does Targeted Therapy Personalize Treatment? Cancer...read more

• What is Cancer Immunotherapy?

  August 23, 2019
  Cancer immunotherapy is the empowering of a patient's immune system to fight cancer cells. Immunotherapy ensures that the body can recognize, attack, and destroy cancer cells. The approach has positive results on melanoma though it is less effective in pancreatic cancer treatment. The necessary steps in immunotherapy success: Recognition of cells – The immunotherapy cells must recognize the cancer cells...read more

• Men Who Eat Yogurt Have a Lower Risk of Colorectal Cancer

  August 14, 2019
  The consumption of yogurt among men can lower the risk of colorectal cancer. According to research, men that eat yogurt at least twice a week have lower risk levels. A study of 32,606 males who had a colonoscopy that focused on their health, lifestyle, exercise, and eating habits support this claim. Below are the statistics: Data and findings – 19...read more