Diagnosis and Treatment

Report: Cancer is the world's costliest disease

Cancer is the world's top "economic killer" as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this week.

Cancer costs more in productivity and lost life than AIDS, malaria, the flu and other diseases that spread person-to-person, the report concludes.

Eight Numbers that Can Save Your Life

More and more Americans are weighing in as obese, creating a health crisis in the country. When it comes to your body, eight critical numbers can save your life:

1. Weight
2. Body Mass Index (BMI)
3. Body Composition
4. Hormone Levels
5. Waist-to-Hip Ratio
6. Cholesterol
7. Bone Density
8. Blood Pressure

POEM: Ordinary Courage

Ordinary Courage
 
You do what you have to do
You may not think your strong
That is ordinary courage
Which you've had all along
 
When you're faced with something
That could stop you in your tracks
You manage to keep going
Without falling through the cracks
 

Fish Oil May Lower Risk for Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women

Fish oil supplement intake is associated with a lower risk for breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to the results of the VITamins And Lifestyle (VITAL) Cohort study reported in the July issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

Dessert First - Facing death twice in one's life is a powerful and life changing experience

Laurel Borowick knew that something was wrong after feeling a hard, misshapen lump in the scar tissue of her right breast. Twelve years earlier, at age 42, she had undergone a mastectomy and major reconstruction after being diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time. She is also my mother.

Poor Breast Cancer Survival in Blacks May Not Be Due to Race

Underinsured black breast cancer patients have worse survival outcomes than underinsured white patients, a new U.S. study has found.

Researchers analyzed the records of 574 breast cancer patients treated at Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis between Jan. 1, 1997 and Feb. 28, 2006, and found that 84 percent of these patients were underinsured.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally, 2010 Update

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Non-Invasive Cancer Test May Help Identify Breast Tumors

Technique Combines Ultrasound and Computer Imaging; Doctors Warn it Does Not Replace Biopsies

After getting numbed up, Sherry Gavanditti had to watch while doctors removed a corkscrew-sized piece of tissue from her left breast.

She saw the rotating circular knife pierce her flesh, and then heard what she said sounded like a staple gun.

Cost-Conscious Cancer Survivors Skip Care

Research suggests millions are going without needed medical services

Millions of Americans with a history of cancer, particularly people under age 65, are delaying or skimping on medical care because of worries about the cost of treatment, a new study suggests.

The finding raises troubling questions about the long-term survival and quality of life of the 12 million adults in the United States whose lives have been forever changed by a diagnosis of cancer.

Mouth Cancer Prognosis Improves When Cervical Cancer Virus Involved

Finding HPV in tumor meant lower death rates in those with cancer at back of the mouth, study finds

For patients battling a type of cancer that affects the back of the mouth, the chances of survival increase if the tumor contains the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, new research shows.

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