March 3, 2013 · Breast Cancer
It seems that there are a lot more young women who are being diagnosed with an advanced type of breast cancer , compared to about 30 years ago. While the overall rate of cancer still remains low for this age group, a…
February 21, 2013 · inspiration
A 15-year-old teenager could help save millions of people with the revolutionary low-cost diagnostic test that he has invented to detect pancreatic cancer at an earlier stage . Who is this teenage wunderkind? His name…
February 8, 2013 · In The Media
Unfortunate news coming out of Texas. A nonprofit research group set to conduct clinical trials in Texas had received the largest grant ever given out by a Texas-cancer fighting agency is going to be shut down. What…
February 1, 2013 · Cancer Community
What would happen if the entire world came together to combat cancer ? Well, this is exactly what will happen on February 4th as we celebrate World Cancer Day . This is a very special day when individuals and…
January 28, 2013 · Cancer Community
Lance Armstrong, after more than a decade of facing numerous lawsuits and making even more heated denials , has officially acknowledged that he was using performance enhancing drugs during his record-breaking seven Tour…
January 21, 2013 · Cancer Community
According to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer , one can easily see that we have been making progress in the treatment of certain tumors . Unfortunately, further analysis of this report also shows…
January 9, 2013 · In The Media
In a press release this week, Bill Gates announced that he was investing in Foundation Medicine with some choice words: “Advances in understanding the human genome are having a dramatic impact on almost every area of…
January 4, 2013 · Cancer Prevention
Since its introduction in the late 1940’s, the Papanicolaou (Pap) test has been used as an early detection tool for cervical cancer or lesions on the cervix that could eventually become cancerous. This diagnostic test…
December 17, 2012 · Cancer Community
As the year of 2012 comes to an end, we wanted to look back at some of the biggest headlines from this memorable year. Some of these stories made us cry, some made us angry, and some showed us the true strength of the…
December 11, 2012 · Alternative Therapies
Most people are probably at least somewhat familiar with the more conventional forms of cancer treatment: chemotherapy , surgery, radiation, immunotherapy, etc. However, these conventional approaches do not always serve…
December 6, 2012 · Cancer Community
There is hardly a person who walks the earth today who has not been affected by cancer in some way. While many cancer research centers are closing in on discoveries which could one day save the lives of countless cancer…
November 26, 2012 · Alternative Therapies
It's Lung Cancer Awareness Month , and today we are focussing on some new developments in lung cancer research and treatment. Metastatic cancers are generally incurable by radiation therapy because such cancers are…