An article highlighting healthy people having way more cancer-causing mutations that were originally thought, was composed by Yasemin Saplakoglu, Staff Writer for Live Science. These mutations are caused by changes in our bodies and cells from aging. These changes could be a lot greater than what was previously thought. There are more mutant cells in […]
My mother was an active lady among the neighborhood women and her garden club. It seemed as if she had many friends. However, once she was diagnosed with gastric cancer, her friends started disappearing one by one. I did not understand it at the time but as the years have passed, I understand a little […]
Cancer Cells Turned to Harmless Fat
June 12, 2019Rachel Rettner, Senior Writer for Live Science has offered information that studies have found cancer cells can be transformed into harmless fat in mouse studies. Just think what it would do for our future if aggressive cancer cells could be turned into harmless fat. Well, I do not want cancer cells but I also do […]
Baker’s Yeast Good for Leukemia?
June 9, 2019I read an interesting article by Honor Whiteman about the effect baker’s yeast enzyme has in helping to treat leukemia. The most common form of childhood leukemia is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), accounting for around 3 in 4 cases in the United States. The researchers have found in a new study that a compound isolated […]
As written in an article by Bethany Cadman that was reviewed by Christina Chun, MPH, osteosarcoma is a type of bone cancer. Symptoms that include pain and swelling accompany this condition. It is not known why some people develop osteosarcoma, but the outlook is more favorable when the tumor has not spread. This is a […]
Have you noticed how many of your family, friends and acquaintances have died from cancer lately? We all have heard the phrase “Fake News”. Well, I have worked with cancer patients for over 45 years and I feel that phrase is a perfect example of what we are being told. When you hear on the […]
Through the Eyes of Survivors: The Truth About Beating Cervical Cancer
February 7, 2019Life after a cervical cancer diagnosis is never the same—even after remission. It can be better, more meaningful, challenging, stressful, and different. But if you are standing on greener grass, meaning you are a caregiver, wife, husband, child or friend, there are a few things you need to know. Babies and bundles of joy are […]
Just hearing the word “chemo” scares the heck out of most of us after what we’ve either seen in movies or on TV and what we’ve been told by our loved ones that have endured the treatments of chemo. Oh! I must also include how it seems the oncologist frightens us by using the fear […]
According to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, with the exception of two forms, the 5-year survival rates for almost all cancer types have increased significantly. Ana Sandoiu has posted the findings of this document. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with the National Cancer Institute […]
Who Stole My Eyebrows After Cancer?
December 25, 2018Most of us hate plucking our eyebrows but just think how much those sweet women receiving chemo would give to have their back! Sometimes we take things for granted, including our eyebrows. Sometimes the following chemo the eyebrows don’t grow back the same as before. No matter who we are, most of us never feel […]
