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CANCER CARE
Types of Leukemia
Leukemia is not one disease. Although it is a form of cancer affecting blood cells, there are several types of leukemia and they can be either acute or chronic.
Category,
CANCER CARE
Why Cancer Treatment Should Include Psychological Help
A cancer diagnosis and cancer treatment can be overwhelming. Find out why cancer treatment should include psychological help and how to find needed support.
Cancer Is Now the #1 Killer
For middle-aged people in wealthy nations, cancer is now the number one killer. In fact, they are more than twice as likely to die of cancer than heart disease.
Aspirin May Help Prevent Esophageal Cancer
Aspirin lowers the risk of colorectal cancer – and it could help prevent esophageal cancer, too, by protecting against pre-cancerous Barrett’s esophagus.
Cancer Screening Guidelines
Early detection improves your chances of beating cancer.
Is Cancer Hereditary?
The many types of cancer have genetic factors, but that doesn’t make them hereditary.
What Causes Cancer?
There is no one answer to what causes cancer. You may have been born with a vulnerability that is then triggered by experiences like smoking or exposure to air pollution.
Even Light Drinking May Increase Cancer Risk
Backing up years of research, one study suggests that drinking any alcohol increases your risk for cancers of the colon, stomach, breast, prosate, and esophagus.
How to Reduce Colon Cancer Risk Factors
Lots of common sense advice adds up to less risk, especially not smoking.
Genetic Screening for Breast and Ovarian Cancer
A family or personal history of reproductive cancer can indicate it’s important — and potentially life-saving — to be proactive about genetic testing.
Child Cancer Survivors Need Follow-up Adult Care
Young cancer survivors can have physical and emotional problems as adults from cancer treatments. Screening can help them be healthy adults.
Why You Need Cervical Cancer Screening
Too many women are dying of cervical cancer. Why? The problem is not enough women are getting a Pap smear, the test that screens for the disease.