Cancer. Discover the latest in cancer news, research, clinical studies, health and prevention tips for both men and women from Dr. David Samadi. Explore latest news on cancer treatment, detection and prevention in common cancers such as lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, throat cancer, thyroid cancer, bladder cancer and other cancers.
The longer medicine's war with prostate cancer drags on, the smarter the enemy is becoming. Like any nemesis worthy of the name, prostate cancer is learning to evolve and adapt defenses against even some of our most powerful weapons.
Read MorePhysical activity is a known strategy helping to reduce the risk of breast cancer, particularly in postmenopausal women. It’s common after menopause for women to gain weight often in the abdominal area – belly fat – increasing the risk not only for breast cancer but also type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and other cancers. Now it looks like women should “feel the burn” even more to reduce their breast cancer risk.
Read MoreYou know that the days of human travel agents, taxi drivers and switchboard operators are numbered, but you probably thought that that the jobs of highly-skilled pathologists weren't in danger from the coming AI apocalypse.
You might be wrong.
Read MoreA remarkable 30 percent of breast cancer survivors suffer from insomnia. For these women, lack of sleep may also be a precursor to depression, anxiety and a heightened risk of disease.
Read MoreTo the “traditional” breast cancer risk factors, researcher Sanna Heikkinen from the University of Helsinki and Finnish Cancer Registry would add two more: the use of hormonal contraceptives and hair dyes.
Read MoreAmino acids are protein's building blocks and give your cells their structure. They also feed cancer. Researchers at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute and the University of Glasgow are trying to formulate a diet that will starve cancer but still give you the amino acids you need for your cells to create proteins.
Read MoreThe highest incidences of any kind of cancer have been tracked back to the counties hosting the poorest environments. The biggest impact was exerted by air quality and factors of the “built” environment, e.g., the presence of major highways and the availability of public transit and housing. Water quality and land pollution had no measurable effect on cancer rates.
Read MoreAs the days get longer and the weather warmer that means one thing - more time spent outside in the sun. Already many of us are venturing outdoors enjoying the warm spring days but there is one thing we must always do before we head outside – put on our sunscreen. We’ve always known sunscreen use of SPF 30 or higher prevent sunburns but now researchers have proved it can also prevent melanoma, the most common form of cancer in the United States.
Read MoreSkin cancers - including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma -- often start as changes to your skin.
Read MoreCornell dots, or C dots, named after the university where they were invented, are a specialized type of nanoparticle that have been kicking around around more than a dozen years.
Read MoreWhat your parents did for a living, and where you lived, when you were born not only have an overall effect on your life, but could actually determine what specific types of cancer you will contract.
Read MoreBecause it is so horrible and seemingly random, we have always associated someone coming down with cancer as particularly “bad luck.”
Read MoreThere is no shortage of effective chemotherapeutic drugs available to doctors in the fight against prostate and other cancers.
Read MoreScientists from the United States have made an important step toward eliminating cancer recurrence by combining immunotherapy with chemotherapy.
Read MoreA recent large study is strongly suggesting that one-quarter to one-third of all cancer cases including up to half of all cancer deaths could be prevented if we all practiced 4 lifestyle changes:
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Adelaide have shown how a complex mix of plant compounds derived from ancient clinical practice in China works to kill cancer cells.
Read MoreAnyone who has ever gone through chemotherapy for treating cancer knows how important white blood cell counts (WBCs) are.
Read MoreA large study of testicular cancer patients has shown that radiation therapy is a better treatment than chemotherapy for patients with stage IIa disease.
Read MoreUsing new and innovative immune-therapeutic approaches to silence "don't eat me" signaling proteins recognized by specialized cells of the immune system, University of California, Irvine molecular biologists and their colleagues have identified an effective way to combat metastatic melanoma.
Read MoreA handful of large studies of cancer risk factors have found that working the night shift, as nearly 15 percent of Americans do, boosts the chances of developing cancer.
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