Spotlight on brain tumors: Do you know the symptoms?
A tumor in the brain isn’t like tumors in other parts of your body. It has limited room for growth because of the skull.
This...
Things that may increase and decrease your colon cancer risk
Colorectal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the colon or the rectum.
Colorectal cancer is the third...
Daily aspirin may not benefit healthy older people
A recent study found that, for healthy older adults, taking a low-dose aspirin each day didn’t extend life or prevent a first heart attack...
Diet soda drinkers have lower colon cancer death risk
Scientists from Yale found an association between drinking artificially sweetened beverages and a much lower risk of colon cancer recurrence and cancer death.
They say...
Liver cancer prevention: What you need to know
Liver cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the liver.
The liver is one of the largest organs...
Exercise could reduce your bowel cancer risk
Scientists from Newcastle University found exercise could reduce bowel cancer risk in humans.
They found that physical activity causes the cancer-fighting protein, interleukin-6 (IL-6), to...
Can avoiding meat and eggs help fight cancer?
Scientists from Duke University found that certain nutrients and chemicals in food navigate the same molecular pathways that certain cancer therapies use to slow...
This HIV drug can stop colon cancer growth
Scientists from Harvard found a drug widely used in HIV therapy has shown to stop disease progression in 25 percent of patients with fourth-line...
Cancer treatment and diagnosis backlogs during COVID-19 may affect cancer survival
Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic, the cancer pandemic has raged on for centuries, though it similarly afflicts people in all corners of the world.
In 2020...
Big factors that are known to increase the risk of cancer
Cigarette Smoking and Tobacco Use
Tobacco use is strongly linked to an increased risk for many kinds of cancer. Smoking cigarettes is the leading cause...