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.
You 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 MoreThe risk for breast cancer among the most obese women in the study was 58 percent higher than the risk for women of normal weights.
Read MoreColon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.
Read MoreA Computed Tomography Scan or CT scan for short is an imaging test used to visualize an acute trauma or disease that may be affecting the body.
Read MoreRates of new cancers and of cancer deaths have been fairly stable in men and have been dropping slightly in women in recent years.
Read MoreNon-invasive papillary carcinoma. Has grown toward the hollow center of the bladder but has not grown into the connective tissue or muscle of the bladder wall.
Read MoreA hospital scan normally used to detect cancer could be used to steer tumor killing treatments to hard-to-reach targets in the body. The UK team at Sheffield University deployed the magnetic power of MRI scans to control the movement of a specially designed injectable cancer therapy. Early trials in mice suggest the novel delivery method works. Years more of studies are needed before it could be used in patients.
Read MoreResearchers are currently exploring the potential treatment where adding a low-cost hormone therapy to breast cancer treatment regimen could slow tumor growth in about half of women, according to a new study, released in Nature from the University of Cambridge. After treating cancer with progesterone in combination with the hormonal drug Tamoxifen. Found that tumors were half the size of those treated with just tamoxifen alone. Strong case for a clinical trial to investigate the potential benefit of adding progesterone to drugs that target the estrogen receptor.
Read MoreUsing tumor tissue from cancer patients, researchers have grown miniature colons that have successfully replicated key properties of the original tumors. What could this mean? We explore.
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