Cancer - Original Articles

Do Antiperspirants Cause Breast Cancer?

After extensive studies to determine whether this concern is founded, the National Cancer Institute and American Cancer Society have come to a conclusion.

Celebrate Being a Cancer Survivor

From the moment you are diagnosed with cancer, you become a survivor. And you are in good company. In 2010, the number of people in the U.S. living with cancer exceeded 11 million.

Fit in Fruits and Vegetables

Eating the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables can feel a bit daunting, especially for busy families on the go. The good news is that it's a lot easier than you might imagine.

How to Cope When You Have No Health Insurance

If you've lost access to insurance, you may be wondering how you'll survive. Is there a way to get good health care even if your finances are unstable?

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cancer

If you're a woman using hormone replacement therapy (HRT), you may be frightened about developing cancer, but even more frightened about giving up your prescription. But hold on things might not be as scary as they seem.

Coping With Your Cancer Diagnosis

As difficult as a cancer diagnosis is, you can cope with it. Here are a few of the things you should do first after learning you have cancer.

Measuring Physician Quality

The Internet has made it possible for us to weigh in and share our opinions on just about everything. It makes sense then that we'd expect to also rate our healthcare providers.

Is Joining a Clinical Study Right for You?

Patients who participate in clinical trials receive the very best medical care and access to potential new treatments before they become widely available.

Stomach Cancer: Good News and Bad News

Gastric cancer has become more prevalent among some.

Coping When Your Child Has Cancer

The news that your child has cancer can be overwhelming. Here's where to start.

Breath Tests for Cancer

Preliminary studies using breath tests to identify patients with cancer may provide another option for doctors. So far, results show promise for detecting at least two types of cancers.

Cancer Remission and Recurrence

The goal of cancer treatment is to put the disease in remission. But cancer can recur in several different ways.

New Risk Factors Identified for Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer is among the sneakiest cancers. Its symptoms can be so vague that 80 percent of women who develop it don't know they have it until it's spread to other organs. Recent studies, however, reveal new genetic clues about who's at risk.

Palliative Cancer Care versus Hospice Cancer Care

You may be familiar with hospice, which supports people with life-limiting illnesses. However, you may not be as familiar with palliative care, a related concept that is invaluable to people with cancer or other serious illnesses.

Understanding Thyroid Cancer

The National Cancer Institute predicts more than 44,000 people will develop thyroid cancer in 2010.

New Camera Technology Improves Colonoscopy Screening Results

A new type of camera is making it possible for doctors to get a better look at colorectal polyps and other lesions that may be missed with the current colonoscope alone.

How Coffee Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk

Despite what others may tell you, coffee has been found to have some serious health benefits.

Reiki Healing: Benefits for Cancer Treatment

There is considerable anecdotal support of the value of Reiki for cancer patients. Scientific support for Reiki as an adjunct therapy for cancer and other serious diseases is also accumulating.

Pain Relievers and Cancer Risk

Is it possible that certain widely-used pain relievers may have a role in cancer prevention and treatment?

Top 5 Supplements for Men

The key to effective supplementation is to know what you're taking and why you're taking it.

Red Meat Linked to Bladder Cancer

New research links the consumption of red meat to an increased risk of bladder cancer, the tenth most common cancer in the U.S.

Childhood Leukemia: Signs and Symptoms

If your child had leukemia, would you know it?

Fructose and Cancer Growth

There's new evidence that fructose, a type of sugar, is associated with pancreatic cancers.

Michael Douglas's Battle: Understanding Throat Cancer

The National Cancer Institute predicts approximately 25,000 people will develop throat cancer in 2010.

Social Life's Impact on Cancer

New research shows an active, engaging social life may benefit people with cancer in specific ways.

Skin Cancer Myths and Facts

The most common type of cancer in the United States is also widely misunderstood. Take action to keep you and your family safe from skin cancer.

Why Is Ovarian Cancer So Deadly?

Find out what makes this form of cancer so fatal.

DHEA Supplements: Do They Work?

Produced naturally by our bodies, the hormone DHEA has been touted as the key to longevity. And some people have begun to supplement their bodies' own DHEA with a synthetic version of the hormone. But are they effective?

The Link between Asthma, Eczema, and Cancer

It s hard to imagine anything positive about having asthma or eczema. However, a recent study suggested that men who have either immune system disease have a lower risk for common types of cancer.

Can Fish Oil Really Prevent Cancer?

This supplement has a big reputation, but what do the studies show when it comes to cancer prevention?
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