Parents’ finances differently affected by having a child diagnosed with cancer
Mothers and fathers of children diagnosed with cancer are affected financially in different ways. While mothers’ incomes fall in the
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6 things we found were linked to cancer in 2020, from weight loss pills to sitting too much
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, after heart disease. Why any one person
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Similar factors cause health disparities in cancer, COVID-19
Income level, employment, housing location, medical insurance, education, tobacco and alcohol use, diet and obesity, access to medical care. These
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New mammogram measures of breast cancer risk could revolutionise screening
World-first techniques for predicting breast cancer risk from mammograms that were developed in Melbourne could revolutionise breast screening by allowing
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Loss of anti-tumor protein may cause resistance to certain cancer therapies
The absence of a protein that works to prevent tumor formation may explain why some patients are resistant to a
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College Student Receives Cancer Diagnosis After Testing Positive for COVID: ‘A Blessing in Disguise’
A Minnesota college student's coronavirus diagnosis is being considered a "blessing in disguise" after doctors also discovered that she was
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SABCS: Some Older Women With Breast Cancer May Opt to Skip RT
MONDAY, Dec. 14, 2020 — The omission of radiotherapy (RT) does not affect overall survival at 10 years after breast
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HFE hemochromatosis may up risk for liver cancer in men
(HealthDay)—Men with hemochromatosis HFE p.C282Y homozygosity have an increased risk for incident primary hepatic malignancy and death, according to a
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Q&A: Breast cancer screening and COVID-19
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: During a breast self-exam two months ago, I felt a lump. This month, the lump seems to
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Mortality rate after cancer surgery drops, but gap persists between Black and white patients
Mortality rates after cancer surgery declined for Black as well as white patients during a recent ten-year period, although the
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