Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years’ experience in consumer-oriented health and wellness content.Screenshot of Pinterest Pinterest, a platform where users share and “pin” visual inspirations and recipes, contains pervasive misinformation on cancer nutrition, according to a new study. Researchers found that nearly half of the pins related to…
Lung Cancer Screening Program | VA Birmingham Health Care – Veterans Affairs
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Genomic Sequencing Is Changing Diagnosis, Treatment for Patients with Brain Cancer – UCSF
University of California San FranciscoUCSF Study Shows Aggressive Therapy Is Best for Deadly Tumor Masquerading as Lower-Grade Glioma By Suzanne Leigh Patients diagnosed with a type of brain tumor survived for longer when they were treated aggressively with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. But far from suggesting that more treatment always leads to better survival, the…
New Fertility Breakthrough for Male Cancer Survivors – WebMD
May 17, 2022 – University of Pennsylvania scientists who froze testicular tissue from rats over 2 decades ago have discovered the tissue is still viable, marking the latest step forward in keeping male cancer survivors fertile.More than 23 years after the tissue was frozen, those rat cells were reimplanted and able to produce viable sperm,…
Different subtypes defined in small cell lung cancer – Science Daily
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a malignant disease associated with a particularly high mortality rate. According to a new multicenter study led by MedUni Vienna and conducted in collaboration with researchers from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Sweden and the United States, SCLC can be divided into several subgroups in terms of clinical behaviour….
Sheryl Crow Recalls Breast Cancer Diagnosis in New Documentary – Prevention Magazine
We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Why trust us? The rockstar nearly rescheduled the mammogram that changed everything.One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, according to BreastCancer.org. And despite having zero family history and being otherwise very healthy at…
Sexual minority individuals less likely to undergo cervical cancer screening – Healio
Stenzel AE, et al. Cancer. 2022;doi:10.1002/cncr.34213. Stenzel AE, et al. Cancer. 2022;doi:10.1002/cncr.34213. Individuals who identified as a sexual minority had lower odds of ever undergoing Pap testing compared with heterosexual individuals, according to a study published in Cancer. The findings appeared consistent across specific sexual minority groups, according to researchers, who reported the lowest uptake…
AYA Cancer Survivors Twice As Likely to Die From Second Cancer – Cancer Therapy Advisor
Home » Cancer Topics » General Oncology Publish Date May 17, 2022 AYA Cancer Survivors Twice As Likely to Die From Second Cancer Leah Lawrence Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Print Share by Email The risk of dying from a subsequent primary cancer remained significantly elevated for 20…
Springboro 4th grader dies from rare brain cancer – FOX19
SPRINGBORO, Ohio (WXIX) -Springboro schools announced that a fourth-grader died Monday night from a rare form of brain cancer.Reagan Scacchetti, a student at Five Points Elementary, died of Hypothalamic/Optic Chiasmatic Glioma at 7:40 p.m. with her family by her side.“Reagan’s passing is a huge loss for Five Points Elementary, Springboro Schools, and the entire Springboro…
Esophageal Cancer Incidence on the Rise in Middle-Aged Adults – Cancer Therapy Advisor
Home » Cancer Topics » Gastrointestinal Cancers Publish Date May 17, 2022 Esophageal Cancer Incidence on the Rise in Middle-Aged Adults Sucharita Mistry, PhD Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Print Share by Email The incidence of esophageal cancer nearly doubled, and this was not due to an increase…
Proactive Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer Risk Can Help Improve Outcomes – Penn Medicine
News BlogIn August 2021, Kimyatta Frazier had to say her final goodbye to her mother who lost her battle to breast cancer. Over the years, Frazier had watched her maternal grandmother be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, and then lose several of her aunts to the disease. She felt she could meet the same…
Verywell Health: Perlmutter Cancer Center Medical Oncologist Discusses Rise of Colorectal Cancer Cases in Younger Adults – NYU Langone Health
We use cookies and similar tools to give you the best website experience. By using our site, you accept our digital privacy statement. Patient Care, In the Media April 21, 2022 Photo: STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GettyRandy Gonzalez, the 34-year-old creator of the “Enkyboys” TikTok account, recently announced that he received a diagnosis more than 6…
Surveillance testing, treatment may be overused in low-risk bladder cancer subgroup – Healio
Bree KK, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.3050. Bree KK, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.3050.Efforts to limit overuse of surveillance testing and treatment for low-risk nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer are needed to alleviate increasing costs of care, results of a population-based cohort study suggested. The study, published in JAMA Network Open showed patients experienced frequent…