Cancer Medical Answers

For those too young to remember, or who were maybe in a different part of the world at the time, about 1950 the American and British governments developed an herbicide...

A lower anterior resection is the surgical removal of the upper two-thirds of the rectum, leaving the anal sphincter intact. You may see the procedure referred to by older terminology...

Nutrition can make a huge difference in the outcomes of treatment of lymphoma (both Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's) and the various forms of leukemia, including acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), acute myelogenous...

Radiation can be an effective tool in the fight against cancer. It can also cause excruciatingly painful tissue damage in the mouth, nose, ears, and throat. The reason oral, throat...

Lymphedema is a common complication of a legion of health conditions. In the developing world, it is not unusual to see grotesquely enlarged arms and legs infected with a parasite...

One of the most common complaints during and after chemotherapy is that things just don't smell and taste the same. What we perceive as taste is intimately linked with our...

When you are sick with cancer, about the last thing you need to do is to travel half way around the world to try to find an insect dealer so...

The hedge apple, more commonly known outside the Midwest of the United States as bois d'arc (pronounced bo-dark), or by its botanical name Maclura pomifera, is one of many natural...

Several conditions can present as a bump or a lump on the testicle, and yes, one of them is testicular cancer. A complete medical history, exam and investigations are required...

Ovarian cancer is an especially difficult disease. In its early, treatable stages it generates biomarkers (chemicals that can measured in blood tests) that can be confused with half a dozen other diseases. By the time it is causing obvious symptoms, it usually has spread. Some women actually do