Health Tip: Getting Ready for Cancer Treatment (HealthDay)
Health Tip: Getting Ready for Cancer Treatment (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Treatment for cancer takes an emotional and physical toll on your body. But you can take steps to prepare for the treatment that will help make the process easier.
MRIs Don’t Improve Breast Cancer Care, Outcome (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) — Women who receive an MRI after a new diagnosis of breast cancer not only delay the start of treatment, but they are also more likely to have a mastectomy, as opposed to breast-conserving surgery.
Tobacco caused 2.4 million U.S. cancers: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Tobacco use caused 2.4 million cases of cancer in the United States from 1999 to 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
Breast cancer care faulted in community hospitals (Reuters)
Reuters - Women who have advanced breast cancer treated in a local community hospital appear to have a lower long-term survival rate than their counterparts treated at academic medical centers, a new study indicates.
Breast MRIs delay cancer treatment by weeks: study (Reuters)
Reuters - Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who get an MRI scan wait about three weeks longer before their surgery and are far more likely to get a mastectomy than women who have only a mammogram, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.
Study Links Serum Calcium, Prostate Cancer Death (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) — Men whose serum calcium levels fall within the high end of the normal range are three times more likely to develop fatal prostate cancer, a new report shows.
New Screening Catches More Breast Cancers (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) — While tremendous progress in screening and treatment for breast cancer has been made in recent years, some 184,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2008, and about 41,000 women will die of the disease.
Mesothelioma Advice - Questions And Answers Posted By : Rick Hendershot
What is mesothelioma? Mesothelioma is cancer of the mesothelium. Like most cancers, mesothelioma involves the abnormal dividing of cells of a particular part of the body — in this case, the mesothelium. Mesothelioma is so deadly because it remains dormant for many years and then begins to rapidly expand. The cancer then begins to invade and damage nearby tissue, including the vital organs. What is the mesothelium? Many of the internal organs of the body are prote…
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