Cancer prevention

Researchers have created new scoring tools to predict the actual risk of colon cancer and advanced precancerous polyps for patients on average for the disease. The work was led by Thomas F. Imperiale, MD, Regenstrief…

Latin and Vietnamese women are disproportionately affected by the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, a common but preventable viral infection of the reproductive system. In addition to facing a greater…

The providers and specialists at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center know that patient care is about more than treating the cancer itself. They see the mental and emotional toll a cancer diagnosis can take, which is why Hollings is…

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Carcinomatous meningitis (CD) is a rare complication that can occur with advanced cancer. It develops when cancer cells break away from the original tumor and invade the meninges, which are the protective membranes that surround the brain…

More than 12,000 volunteers dressed in yellow t-shirts will deliver yellow flowers with blue ribbons and cancer prevention information pamphlets to the streets of 1,200 cities and towns across the country. The annual fundraising event…

Everyone knows what those ubiquitous pink ribbons mean and what happens when armies of women in pink t-shirts and their loved ones march through towns and suburbs to raise money for research. And it's obviously a good thing that breast…

Sita Deuja, 55, is a cervical cancer survivor. After surgery and treatment, this resident of Bhaktapur no longer has cancer. It's been six years, but how she contracted the disease remains a mystery to her. Kabita Karki, a 45-year-old…

Walter Reed Bethesda's John P. Murtha Cancer Center hosted the Childhood Blood and Cancer Summit on September 23, 2021 at the!-->!-->…

Diagnosing pathologic cancer is often a challenge, even for the most skilled clinicians. Many forms of cancer do not have visible symptoms until the infection has progressed too far to be treated effectively.Monoclonal antibodies…