October 24, 2015 Location, extent of Carter's cancer will govern his options Surgery, drugs, radiation, comfort care. What's next for Jimmy Carter depends on how widely his cancer has spread and where, and how aggressively the 90-year-old former president wants to fight it.
October 24, 2015 Daily Ginger Dose May Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer A daily dose of ginger could reduce colon inflammation and ultimately help reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. Researchers found that study participants who took ginger supplements had a 28 percent decrease in one measure of colorectal inflammation, compared with those who took a placebo
October 23, 2015 Carrots and celery may help prevent growth of colon cancer While celery and carrots are healthy additions to a person’s diet, they also may help in the prevention of colon cancer
October 23, 2015 Aspirin's benefit in preventing colon cancer depends on DNA Cancer is the first disease where physicians have personalized treatment, matching a tumor's genetics to the appropriate chemotherapy, and now it may be the first in which prevention, too, can be personalized.
October 23, 2015 Younger cancer patients more open to alternative therapies Cancer patients under age 65 are much more likely than older people to explore alternative and complementary medicine for easing their symptoms and side effects of treatment, a new study suggests.
October 23, 2015 Study questions colonoscopy surveillance guidelines For patients who have had precancerous polyps removed, colonoscopy surveillance guidelines may differ depending on the type, according to Counsel & Heal.
October 23, 2015 Reality TV star Diem Brown battles cancer for 3rd time Less than two years after beating ovarian cancer for the second time, reality TV star and patient advocate Diem Brown is in the fight of her life – this time battling colon cancer
October 23, 2015 Biomarkers in urine may help detect kidney cancer early, study finds More than 80 percent of patients whose kidney cancer isn’t discovered until after it has spread will die within five years, and current tests for the disease are dependent on whether a patient has started showing symptoms.
October 23, 2015 Years of Sitting on the Job Linked to Cancer People in sedentary jobs for 10 years or more had twice the colon-cancer risk of those without such jobs, according to a new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology
October 23, 2015 Atlanta Braves legend Tom Glavine raising awareness of childhood cancer When National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Glavine and his wife, Christine, volunteered to help a local family with a child battling cancer, they were surprised to learn how little was being done in the field to find a cure.
