Cancer

Helping a Cancer Patient
Cancer

Helping a Cancer Patient

Teri ­Hoenemeyer | November 7, 2013

4 Things You Should Do and 3 You Shouldn't Until recently, cancer patients got most of their care from professionals,…

New Personalized, Precision Approach to Lung Cancer Treatment

New Personalized, Precision Approach to Lung Cancer Treatment

Peter Bach, MD | November 4, 2013

Recently I told you about the latest breakthroughs in lung cancer prevention and detection (if you missed that article, click…

Lung Cancer Breakthroughs: Prevention and Detection

Lung Cancer Breakthroughs: Prevention and Detection

Peter Bach, MD | October 23, 2013

Men worry about prostate cancer…women worry about breast cancer…everybody worries about colon cancer, skin cancer and brain cancer. But there’s…

Prostate Cancer Breakthroughs
Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer Breakthroughs

Jay S. Cohen, MD | October 15, 2013

A Doctor with the Disease Shares What He Learned There are good reasons why men worry about prostate cancer. According…

Mushroom Extract May Hold Key to Pancreatic Cancer Cure
Cancer

Mushroom Extract May Hold Key to Pancreatic Cancer Cure

Daniel Sliva, PhD | August 20, 2013

Michael Landon, Luciano Pavarotti, Sally Ride, Jack Benny, Patrick Swayze. Those are familiar names of people who have died from…

Getting Ready for Your First Cancer Consultation

Getting Ready for Your First Cancer Consultation

Stewart B. Fleishman, MD | July 23, 2013

When you receive a diagnosis of cancer, you may feel as if you’re suddenly on an alien planet, with no…

Best Cancer-Screening Tests for Women with Dense Breasts
Breast Cancer

Best Cancer-Screening Tests for Women with Dense Breasts

Margarita Zuley, MD, FACR | July 19, 2013

Have you ever been told that you have dense breasts? It’s an important piece of information because women who have…

Vietnam Veterans at Risk for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer

Vietnam Veterans at Risk for Advanced Prostate Cancer

Mark Garzotto, MD | June 28, 2013

Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, and it will affect one in six men at…

Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment
Breast Cancer

Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment

Jill Dietz, MD | June 27, 2013

Five recent advances are dramatically changing treatment approaches… Women who have breast cancer are now living longer than they did…

Cancer From Smoking Once In a While … Yes, It Can Happen!
Cancer

Cancer From Smoking Once In a While … Yes, It Can Happen!

Stephen S. Hecht, PhD | June 17, 2013

I’ll bet you know at least a few people who are quite proud of the fact that they smoke only…

Key to Preventing Lymphedema After Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer

Key to Preventing Lymphedema After Breast Cancer

Suzanne Miller, PhD | June 13, 2013

After breast cancer treatment, about half of patients develop a distressing and potentially disfiguring complication called lymphedema. The condition involves…

Breakthrough Test for Breast Cancer Risk
Breast Cancer

Breakthrough Test for Breast Cancer Risk

Jonathan Herman, MD | June 13, 2013

If you wonder how likely you are to get breast cancer, the new Halo "breast pap" test can give you…

Mighty Mushrooms Combat Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer

Mighty Mushrooms Combat Breast Cancer

Cynthia Bye, ND | June 11, 2013

Breast cancer. Those two words strike fear into the heart of just about any woman—and with good reason. According to…

Can a Painkiller Keep Breast Cancer Away?
Breast Cancer

Can a Painkiller Keep Breast Cancer Away?

Patrice Forget, MD | June 10, 2013

Surgical Analgesic May Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrence You certainly don’t have to be a middle-aged woman to yearn for good…

Ask Dad: Is There Breast Cancer In Our Family?
Cancer

Ask Dad: Is There Breast Cancer In Our Family?

J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD | June 7, 2013

When it comes to physical traits, such as eye color or body type, women are well aware that these can…