Breast Cancer Screening
Breast cancer screening comes in many forms including mammography and genetic testing. However, you may be wondering if these screening tests are …
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Lung Cancer Screening, Oral, and Ovarian Cancers
As we get older, routine health screenings become more common. Are routine screenings recommended for lung, oral, and ovarian cancers? Find out now.
Continue ReadingPancreatic Cancer Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has published a series of recommendations regarding routine cancer screening and prevention methods. Find out …
Continue ReadingTesticular, Skin & Prostate Cancer Screening
Some routine cancer screenings are not recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Find out what the recommendations are for prostate, …
Continue ReadingThe History of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Ever wonder how BCAM or NBCAM came to exist? Here we discuss the history of breast cancer awareness month. Detailing how the month of October became …
Continue ReadingShould Men Take Flax Seeds to Lower the Risk of Prostate Cancer: Find Out What the Latest Medical Research Has To Say
For quite some time, flax oil or flax seeds have been promoted for cardiovascular and anti-cancer properties due, in part, to the 40-60 percent …
Continue ReadingGenetic Research into Breast Cancer: The Future
Genetic research has come a very long way in the last few decades, but the most important benefits in the field are still a long way off. Who can say …
Continue ReadingCOLARIS Testing: Using Genetic Screening to Determine Hereditary Colon Cancer Risks
Patients with hereditary colon cancer have an 80% chance of having colon cancer or rectum cancer by the age of 70. COLARIS helps to identify whether …
Continue ReadingEvaulating the Pros and Cons of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy in Colon Cancer Screening
Sigmoidoscopy is used to screen colorectal cancer, however, questions have been raised recently about the viability of the technology as more advanced …
Continue ReadingDecreasing the Risks of Colon Cancer with Aspirin
Recent studies confirm the observations that use of aspirin prevents colorectal cancer. However, studies also suggested that aspirin use has to be …
Continue ReadingNanotechnology and the Atomic Force Microscope Can Detect Cancer Cells Quickly and Accurately
With the use of the Atomic Force Microscope, which work at the nanometer level, a softness value can be assigned to a cell from a patient and classify …
Continue ReadingPharmacogenomics in Treating Cancer
Pharmacogenomics is a new and rapidly-growing field of science which attempts to determine genetic mechanisms which cause differences in the way …
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