Get physical to reduce risk of breast cancer

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Get physical to reduce risk of breast cancer

Physical 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. 

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Better breast cancer diagnosis via computer

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Better breast cancer diagnosis via computer

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.

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Breast cancer, insomnia & Tai Chi

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Breast cancer, insomnia & Tai Chi

A 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.

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New breast cancer risks

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New breast cancer risks

To 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.

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How to minimize your risk of skin cancer

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How to minimize your risk of skin cancer

As 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.

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New blood test could detect breast cancer recurrence

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New blood test could detect breast cancer recurrence

Researchers from London say they have found a new blood test that can detect breast cancer DNA months before it would show up on medical scans. The blood test is not yet available because it is still in the early stages of research. However, the research looks quite promising.

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Can Aspirin Protect Against Colon Cancer?

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Can Aspirin Protect Against Colon Cancer?

Previous studies have proved that aspirin taken daily can also reduce the risk of stroke or heart attack. For that purpose, it is enough to take daily a low-dose version of aspirin-containing only 81 mg of active ingredients. According to the scientists, other types of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can reduce the risk even more. For instance, the study found that those people who took non-aspirin NSAIDs over a period of at least five years were 30% to 45% less likely to have colorectal cancer than people who didn't take the medication.

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Second Cancers On The Rise

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Second Cancers On The Rise

Second cancers are on the rise. Nearly 1 in 5 new cases in the U.S. now involves someone who has had the disease before. Cancer recurrence has a different approach from doctors. But when they speak on second cancers, they're referring to cancer occurring in a different tissue type or completely other site in the body, not recurrence or spread of the original tumor. Almost 19% of cancers in the United States are second-or-more cases, according to a recent study. In the 1970s, it was only 9 percent. Over that period, what changed? Could it be lifestyle factors, the rise of obesity contributing to diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases? Over the course of 40 years, that number rose 70%, while the number of second cancers rose 300%. 

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Cervical cancer screening: What you need to know

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Cervical cancer screening: What you need to know

Almost 13,000 cases of invasive cervical cancer are diagnosed each year, with over 4,000 women dying from the disease. However, pre-cancers are diagnosed far more often than invasive cancer. Since the adoption of the Pap smear, the incidence of invasive cervical cancer has dramatically decreased over the past 30 years.

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Warning Signs of Ovarian Cancer

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Warning Signs of Ovarian Cancer

Symptoms of ovarian cancer are often very subtle, so much so that they may not be considered a problem until the disease has progressed past the point of being easily treatable.  These symptoms are common things we’ve all experienced without ever viewing them as problematic.  What is unique in the case of ovarian cancer, is that these symptoms like boating, or loss of appetite, will happen persistently every day. 

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What you should know about ovarian cancer

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What you should know about ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women. There are about 250,000 women diagnosed each year and about 140,000 deaths from ovarian cancer each year. A woman’s risk of getting this type of cancer is about 1 in 73 and her risk of dying from it is about 1 in 100.

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Facts about cervical cancer

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Facts about cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer death in women. In 2011, 12,109 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer and 4,092 women died from cervical cancer in the U.S, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2015, it is estimated that about 12,900 new cases will be diagnosed and about 4,100 women will die from it.

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Breast cancer treatment by stage

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Breast cancer treatment by stage

There are many treatments for breast cancer that are effective, but the treatments are based on the staging of the cancer. Here's what you need to know. 

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U.S. Breast Cancer Cases May Rise by 50% by 2030

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U.S. Breast Cancer Cases May Rise by 50% by 2030

Almost 300,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Now a new study is predicting the number of cases could potentailly double over the next 15 years.

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Understanding Rare Cancer, Multiple Myeloma

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Understanding Rare Cancer, Multiple Myeloma

Even though multiple myeloma is considered rare, affecting 20 to 200 thousand people in the US per year, it's still a type of cancer both men and women need to know about. 

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New Blood Test May Foresee Risk of Breast Cancer

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New Blood Test May Foresee Risk of Breast Cancer

A new blood test may be able to detect a woman's risk of getting breast cancer. Here's what women need to know.

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Cause of Liver Cancer: 3 Drinks A Day

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Cause of Liver Cancer: 3 Drinks A Day


Liver cancer is a significant disease and alcoholism is a root cause. But this new study actually quantifies the number of alcoholic beverages that may cause it.

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Preventive Cancer Screenings: Breast, Ovarian and Prostate Cancer

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Preventive Cancer Screenings: Breast, Ovarian and Prostate Cancer

In light of the big news this week around Angelina Jolie removing her ovaries to prevent her risk of ovarian cancer, we're evaluating cancer prevention methods. Cancer screening is a huge debate in America. Guidelines change frequently, debates among experts and doctors and other factors play a role. Here we evaluate the facts around ovarian, breast and current prostate cancer screening guidelines and what you need to know. 

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7 Signs + Symptoms of Colon Cancer

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7 Signs + Symptoms of Colon Cancer

Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women. In 2014 alone, almost 137,000 people were diagnosed with 50,000 dying. As with all cancers, early detection and treatment can save a life. It's important to understand the signs and symptoms of the disease. 

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