All Entries in the "Cancer Info" Category
Dealing with the Diagnosis – How to Cope with the News of Cancer
A diagnosis of cancer can be a devastating one for those who receive the diagnosis as well as for those close to them. One can feel utterly lost and overwhelmed, convinced that their life is irrevocably changed and not for the better. So what can you do? What is the next logical step for a [...]
Recent Cancer Research and Breakthroughs
Cancer research is a fast evolving field of medicine; and new developments and treatments that are constantly being created mean that even those with rare and incurable cancers may have hope that their cancer could find a cure in their lifetime. At the Baylor College of Medicine, a recent breast cancer breakthrough may mean that [...]
How Women Are More at Risk from Smoking than Men?
Though lung cancer rates among men are showing a welcome decline in recent times, worryingly this is not a parallel case with lung cancer among women. The fact is that women seem to be more affected by the carcinogens and other harmful toxins present in cigarettes than men, and a number of different studies have [...]
The Connection Between Oral Sex and Cancer
On the face of it, oral sex and cancer are two completely disparate factors that have no correlation between them. However for some years now, a relation has been seen to exist between cancer risk and oral sex and recent research seems to confirm this. A Swedish study dating back to 2005 had found that [...]
Common Use Items and Their Alleged Link to Cancer – Part 2
In part 1 of the post, we discussed some common household items that have been linked to cancer in the past and whether their connection to cancer is based on hype or fact. Here are some of more of such items: Cholesterol lowering drugs called statins were implicated as increasing cancer risk in a study [...]
Common Use Items and Their Alleged Link to Cancer – Part 1
From time to time, alarmist news pieces link commonly used items to cancer. However how much of this is fact and how much is hype and misinformation born out of vested interests and paranoia? The Chicago Tribune looks at common household items that have been linked to cancer in the past – Antiperspirants, deodorants, and [...]
Cancer Vaccines 101
Ongoing research and development has given rise to medical technology that helps control numbers of cancers that occur – either by preventing them from occurring or by treating existing cancers. The way that cancer vaccines currently work is by preventing the occurrence of certain infections that are known to actually cause cancer. Certain kinds of [...]
Cancer Disease: Types, Symptoms, And Treatments
The cancer disease is one of the major, if not the leading cause of death in our world today. Everyday there are thousands of new cases from all parts of the globe, and withstanding millions who are infected of either new or recurring cancer. Cancer disease is basically human cells that go rogue, and do [...]
