Coping With A Cancer Diagnosis
Learning you have cancer can be frightening. Concerns over treatment, prognosis and how your family will cope can be overwhelming. But education and support can help you deal with a cancer diagnosis.
Anti-Angiogenic Therapy: Pros And Cons For Cancer Treatment
Despite its novelty, anti-angiogenic therapy seems to be highly promising for treating cancer. This therapy is designed to treat a wide range of cancer since it targets blood vessels growth rather than any specific cancer cell types.
The Changing Face of Oral Cancer
Oral cancer may not get the media attention of other cancers, but worldwide almost half a million people are diagnosed with the disease each year. While smoking is still a risk factor, infection with HPV is now a leading cause of oral cancer.
Nobel-Prize Winner Otto Warburg: 'The Prime Cause Of Cancer Is Fermentation'
The Warburg Hypothesis on cancer is fascinating, but would you forego chemotherapy and attempt to cure cancer by going on an alkaline diet?
Deadliest Cancers We Still Have To Beat
Certain types of cancer cause very high death rates in the US and all over the world. Lung cancer, which is strongly linked to tobacco use, is so far the deadliest of all cancers. Reduce your chances of developing cancer by leading a healthy lifestyle.
Walking, Running Reduce Risk Of Death From Brain Cancer
Brain cancers are rare but usually deadly. Recent research, however, finds that walking and running, even if only early in life, reduce the risk of death from this dreaded disease.
Too Much Fun Can Bring Troubles - Sun, Alcohol, And Skin Cancer
Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer often associated with overexposure to the UV irradiation. Alcohol intake in the sun was shown to further increase the risk of melanoma.
Muscle Power For Cancer Patients
Multiple studies inform us that getting regular exercise reduces the risk of cancer. But getting exercise even after you are diagnosed with cancer, within reasonable limits, can improve quality of life and survival time.
Viral Therapy: Potential Single Shot Cure For Cancer?
Oncolytic viruses for treatment of cancer are being developed for several decades already. But it seems that finally we are getting to the point when this technology can be successfully used in clinical practice.
Kidney Cancer, Once Inevitably Fatal, Now May Be Curable with IL-2
Once kidney cancer has begun to spread, it is almost inevitably fatal until now. The toxic treatment, interleukin-2, when administered by experts, holds hope for a cure. Names have been changed in this story at the request of patients.