Credit: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Drinking coffee does not change a person's risk of being diagnosed with or dying from cancer, a new QIMR Berghofer study has found. The research findings have been published in the International Journal of Epidemiology . Senior author and head of QIMR Berghofer's [...] Click here to view [...]
Bowel cancer begins in the large bowel (colon) and the back passage (rectum). It is also known as colorectal cancer. Treatment depends on where the cancer starts in a person’s bowel and how far the cancer has spread. Surgery is usually the main treatment for bowel cancer, but a [...] Click here to view [...]
Choose snacks that are healthy and low in calories. Better screening, diagnosis and treatments mean that for many patients today, cancer can become a chronic ongoing illness that requires long-term management. In recent years, research has started to look at the importance of a healthy lifestyle after cancer treatment. [...] Click here to view [...]
Beautiful curly woman sitting on a wall and enjoy the sunset time feeling the freedom sensation on her skin and feed with nice thoughts her mind It’s safe to say everyone who has been diagnosed with cancer dreams of the day they discover they are in remission or have [...] Click here to view [...]
It may be hard to see a link between what you eat and cancer. Hillary Wright, a nutritionist with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) sums it up in just one word – phytochemicals. Hillary Wright, M.Ed., R.D., L.D.N., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. PHOTO: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE Phytochemicals are naturally-occurring chemicals that [...] Click here to view [...]
There is a common misperception that if cancer does not run in your family, you are relatively safe from the disease. Not so. Only 5 to 10 percent of cancers are familial, or hereditary, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). That leaves roughly 90 percent unaccounted for. It [...] Click here to view [...]
Dr. Victor Moreno (left) and Dr. Mireia Obón (next to him). Credit: Gemma Castaño-Vinyals Researchers from the Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology program (Oncobell) of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), together with the Biodonostia Health Research Institute (IIS Biodonostia), [...] Click here to view [...]
Schedule mammogram text with breast cancer awareness ribbon against strong woman in city with breast cancer awareness I’ve had a lot of people in my family die of cancer, and I am always interested in the latest cancer breakthroughs. What are some of the breakthroughs that I may have [...] Click here to view [...]
All lumps are not equal, and finding one does not necessarily mean you have breast cancer. Any change in your breast tissue should be discussed with a doctor. Breast cancer is one of the most common cancer diagnoses in Utah, with 115 cases per 100,000 wome n in 2015. [...] Click here to view [...]
