Cancer

How Movies Mislead You About Cancer
Cancer

How Movies Mislead You About Cancer

Luciano De Fiore, PhD | December 12, 2012

Years ago, filmmakers realized they had a perfect villain that they could use any time—cancer. Cancer is real…but the way…

A New Way of Testing for Colon Cancer
Colon Cancer

A New Way of Testing for Colon Cancer

David A. Ahlquist, MD | October 8, 2012

Colonoscopy has been the gold standard in colorectal cancer detection and prevention for a very long time — but it’s by…

Life As a Cancer Survivor
Cancer

Life As a Cancer Survivor

Kenneth Miller, MD | October 8, 2012

Cancer treatment engulfs patients in a blur of intense emotion, pain and activity as they and their medical teams attack…

Is More Time Always Good for Cancer Patients?

Is More Time Always Good for Cancer Patients?

Thomas M. Habermann, MD | October 8, 2012

Decision Tree for Extending Life Can there be any decision more excruciatingly difficult to make -- for doctors or for…

One Cancer That’s on the Rise in Young Adults
Cancer

One Cancer That’s on the Rise in Young Adults

Charles Rabkin, MD | October 8, 2012

The Mysterious Rise of Stomach Cancer As horrible as cancer is, it’s even worse when found in young people --…

Pills That Prevent Cancer

Pills That Prevent Cancer

Mark A. Stengler, NMD | October 8, 2012

7 Cancer Fighters That Really Work A pill that can prevent cancer? Not long ago it would have seemed far-fetched,…

The Breast Cancer Risk That’s as Bad as the Gene
Breast Cancer

The Breast Cancer Risk That’s as Bad as the Gene

Chaya Moskowitz, PhD | October 5, 2012

Don’t we all want to weep when we think of kids battling cancer…and isn’t it great to know that most…

Disease-Sniffing Dogs
Cancer

Disease-Sniffing Dogs

Michael McCulloch, LAc, MPH, PhD | October 4, 2012

Animals Being Used to Diagnose Cancer It’s usually complicated and incredibly expensive to develop a new way to screen for…

5 Cancer Risks Even Your Doctor May Not Know About
Cancer

5 Cancer Risks Even Your Doctor May Not Know About

Lynne Eldridge, MD | October 3, 2012

If you don’t have any of the well-known risk factors for cancer, including smoking, a family history of cancer or…

Breast Cancer Update: Radiation or Not?
Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Update: Radiation or Not?

Henry M. Kuerer, MD, PhD | October 3, 2012

Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients May Fare Better Without Radiation Therapy Many women with breast cancer want to do anything and…

New HPV Test for Cervical Cancer Saves Lives
Cancer

New HPV Test for Cervical Cancer Saves Lives

Mark H. Stoler, MD | October 1, 2012

The FDA has approved a new way to screen for warning signs of cervical cancer -- good news indeed as…

Easier At-Home Prep for Breast Reconstruction Patients
Breast Cancer

Easier At-Home Prep for Breast Reconstruction Patients

Jeffrey Ascherman, MD | September 25, 2012

After the wrenching experience of mastectomy, breast reconstruction can help restore a woman’s sense of wholeness. Yet fewer than half…

Nonsmokers’ Risk for Lung Cancer

Nonsmokers’ Risk for Lung Cancer

Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD | September 21, 2012

Lung Cancer In Never-Smokers Is a Different Disease It seems somehow unfair when a person who has never smoked gets…

Closer to a Breast Cancer Cure
Breast Cancer

Closer to a Breast Cancer Cure

Richard G. Pestell, MD, PhD | September 20, 2012

You’re no doubt familiar with the old saying that if you want to succeed in business, you must "build a…

Thrive After Testicular Cancer
Cancer

Thrive After Testicular Cancer

J. Stephen Jones, MD | September 19, 2012

Testicular Cancer Treatments Work But Cause Future Health Problems When it comes to testicular cancer, you might say the glass…