Tag Archive: cancer
Melanoma Awareness (infographic)
Melanoma Awareness
There are simple steps you can take today to protect your skin and reduce your changes of getting melanoma or other skin cancers: Stay out of the sun between 10 am and 4 pm when the UV rays are most…
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Young Cancer Survivors are at Higher Risk of Heart Disease
In a recent study conducted at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and published in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship (February 9, 2018) it was determined that young cancer survivors who are African American, without health insurance or who have…
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What is the risk of my DCIS coming back?
Women with breast cancer are quite often concerned about the risk of their cancer coming back, also called a recurrence. In this short video Dr. Rick Baehner, Senior Director of Pathology at Genomic Health, talks about what DCIS breast cancer patients…
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Colorectal cancer incidence rising in younger people
Colorectal cancer, the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, is increasing in the younger population. While overall rates for people in their 50’s has declined by about 3 percent per year in men and 2.3 percent per…
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What is awe-inspiring in your life?
Without a doubt cancer patients and their families are dealing with the stresses and emotional strain of their illness. Even after treatment and returning to a more normal lifestyle there can still be the challenge of coping with illness. It…
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Chemobrain – what is it?
For over a decade cancer patients have complained of difficulty with concentration and memory during chemotherapy treatments. Some survivors even experienced it well after their treatment had ended. Other complaints included persistent fatigue, depression, difficulty with multitasking, and poor sleep….
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Cancer cells crave sugar
In 1931 Otto Warburg, a German physiologist and physician, conducted an important study on cancer cells that is helping scientists today to understand the effects of cancer on the human body. Warburg was one of the century’s leading biochemists and…
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Biospecimens – the new frontier in cancer research
Biospecimens play an important role in how scientists and physicians understand and treat cancer. Human biospecimens include tissue, blood, urine and other bodily fluids that have been collected by doctors and scientists for centuries. Each day millions of people visit…
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