The health experts have time and again warned against the health hazards of sun exposure. Exposure to sun for longer duration has often been linked with high risk of developing skin cancer and related troubles. But the researchers were amazed by the fact that despite knowing the health issues related to sun exposure people love sitting under sun for the reasons best known to them. They assume … [Read more...]
Tool for Financial Risk of Cancer Patients – Financial Toxicity
A tool to assess ‘financial toxicity’ for cancer patients namely the expense, anxiety and stress of illness related costs has been developed by University of Chicago Medical Center cancer specialists. Many cancer patients face exorbitant and unpredictable treatment costs often at a time when they're less able to work, the researchers point out. “Few physicians discuss this increasingly … [Read more...]
Obese Individuals Cancer Risk is Reduced By Weight-Loss Surgery
According to a recent study Health Day News apart from helping the obese people shed extra pounds, weight-loss surgery may also lower their chances of a cancer diagnosis. Bariatric surgery reduces the risk of cancer to rates almost similar to those of people of normal weight, say the researchers from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. According to Doctor Cy Stein, … [Read more...]
Cervical cancer Treatment in Chicago a Success using Immune Therapy
The first successful case of cervical cancer using immune therapy has been reported by the doctors. Cervical cancer is caused by the human papilloma virus, a sexually transmitted disease commonly known as HPV. The National Cancer Institute carried a pilot study under which it treated women with cervical cancer using immune therapy. According to the doctors, the tumors of two out of nine … [Read more...]
Decade-old cheap drug extends lives of men with Prostate Cancer: Study
A decade –old cheap drug for chemotherapy was found to have extended life among those men who suffer from prostate cancer, a study says. According to the researchers, when the drug was added to standard hormone therapy, the life of these cancer patients got extended by more than a year. The drug docetaxel (doe-suh-TAX-uhl) allowed these cancer patients to live nearly 58 months. During … [Read more...]
Avon walk for raising Awareness on Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is now a global concern to the extent that various organizations are raising awareness regarding the issue. A walk involving about 110 female participants was held yesterday in order to raise funds for the establishment of United Kingdom’s first Center of Excellence in secondary breast cancer at the Westside Charity Walk. The westside walk was the ninth walk and was organized by … [Read more...]
Obesity Increasing Death Risk In Breast Cancer Patients, Study Finds
A new study of 80,000 women found a 34 percent upsurge in mortality for those diagnosed with the most common type of breast cancer and was obese before menopause. An obese person may have increased levels of insulin, which can help certain cancer cells reproduce. Fat tissue also produces excess estrogen, another breast cancer risk factor. According to an analysis of the results of 70 clinical … [Read more...]
Modified Measles Vaccine in Minnesota Used To Kill Woman’s Cancer
Stacy Erholtz, a woman with an incurable cancer is now in remission, all credits to a highly concentrated dose of the measles virus enough that it could have served 10 million people. Erholtz, 49, from Pequot Lakes, Minn., battled multiple myeloma, a deadly blood cancer that affects bone marrow, for 10 years. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic say she had received every type of chemotherapy drug … [Read more...]
Cancer Treatment : Immune CellsTherapy from Tumor Patient Gives Hope
In a major breakthrough, doctors have taken a giant step towards the field of treating cancer by harnessing a person’s own immune system. The doctors have found a new way for fighting cancer during the treatment of a 43-year-old woman who was suffering with an advanced and deadly type of cancer that had spread from her bile duct to her liver and lungs, despite chemotherapy. Melinda Bachini, … [Read more...]
Thyroid cancer is overdiagnosed and overtreated
Since 1970s, the statistics expose that Thyroid cancer cases have appeared to triple. However, according to a new study, the increasing incidence of thyroid cancer is likely due to increasing diagnosis, particularly of the less aggressive papillary thyroid cancer. From 1975 to 2009, the incidence rate tripled from 4.9 to 14.3 per 100,000 people, driven by a jump in papillary thyroid cancer … [Read more...]