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Cancer

Cancer Patients & Online Forums

 July 2, 2018

          When people are faced with a life-threatening disease like cancer, they often seek information about the disease and support from peers.  Hearing the personal stories from other cancer patients that post online in forums and scientific websites are the very best resources. These will provide comfort during these stressful times […]

Cancer Cells Hijack DNA Repair Networks

 July 1, 2018

The university of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) scientists have completed research that has revealed how cancer cells hijack DNA repair pathways to prevent telomeres, the end caps of chromosomes, from shortening and allowing the tumor to spread.  The findings of this research are published in the journal Cell Reports. When a cell is formed, a […]

Cancer & PTSD

 June 30, 2018

Heather Miller recently wrote an article on the effect of cancer causing PTSD, that I found interesting and had never thought of before.  It all began when going through radiation and her oncologist asked her to use the moisturizers and soaps that her office provided.  There was a very unique smell of rich emollient oils […]

Alcohol-Related Cancer Deaths

 June 26, 2018

It is predicted that about 135,000 cancer deaths will be reported in the UK by 2035, according to a new report by Sheffield University and commissioned by Cancer Research UK.  By 2035 the UK could see about 7,100 cancer deaths every year that are associated with alcohol, along with a tremendous amount of money spent […]

Advance Treatment of Adult Cancer

 June 25, 2018

The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) researchers have found an epigenetic modification that might be the cause of 15% of adult cancers of the throat that are linked to alcohol and tobacco use.  The researchers are hopeful that the discovery can pave a path in the development of new, targeted and […]

Anti-Inflammatory Drug & Cancer Relation

 June 24, 2018

There is an association with the regular use of over-the-counter non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) such as aspirin and ibuprofen that is associated with an increased risk of dying in patients diagnosed with Type 1 endometrial cancers.  This information is revealed by a new population-based study that is led by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer […]

Cancer Myths & Facts

 June 18, 2018

Many people believe that you will get cancer because someone in your family had it, but that is false.  About ½ of men and 1/3 of the women in the U.S. will get the disease at some point. Only about 5%-10% of cases are linked to genes from their parents.  The doctors aren’t sure why […]

Early Surgery-Risk of Death

 June 9, 2018

Priority should be taken over timing to ensure that patients are healthy enough for surgery and have access to specialists.  Even though delaying surgery after a diagnosis of uterine cancer can increase a woman’s risk of death, operating too soon can be just as detrimental for some.  The Penn Medicine physicians report this information in […]

Halting Spread of Lung Cancer

 June 4, 2018

A component of cancer cells, which act like a cellular post office, was found by the scientists at the Universities of York and Texas could be the key to preventing the spread of lung cancer to other parts of the body.  These findings could lead to new therapeutics, targeted at a particular communication mechanism in […]

High BP Meds Block Cancer

 June 1, 2018

Postdoctoral Researcher Guillaume Jacquemet and Academy Professor Johanna Ivaska have screened already approved drugs and discovered that calcium channel blockers can efficiently stop cancer cell invasion in vitro.  These blockers are currently being used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) but their potential use in blocking cancer cell metastases has not been previously reported. Cancer’s […]