Types of Cancer
Unfortunately there are many types of cancer that afflict our families
November is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. I encourage readers to visit www.knowitfightitendit.org to learn how to take action against the fourth-leading cause of cancer death in our country.
By the end of this year, this deadly disease will have claimed more than 35,000 loved ones. Among them are notable Americans, including actor Patrick Swayze, NCAA President Myles Brand and NBA Hall of Fame coach Chuck Daly.
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- Mayor Peter Drekmeier Designates November as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (paloaltoonline.com)
- Pancreatic cancer (blogs.kansascity.com)
Dairy likely implicated in increased risk prostate cancer. Francesca Crowe one of the authors.
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Boston (DbTechNo) - Results of a new study suggest that men who get moderate exercise can actually reduce their overall risk of developing prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men over 50, but because it progresses so slowly, it presents with numerous treatment options.
Researchers analyzed biopsies of 190 men who were [...]
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- Exercise Cuts Prostate Cancer Risk (news.google.com)
New finding suggests prostate biopsy is not always necessary! Elevated levels of PSA have traditionally been seen as a potential sign of prostate cancer, leading to the widespread use of PSA testing. Researchers found that parathyroid hormone, a substance the body produces to regulate calcium in the blood, can elevate prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in healthy men who do not have prostate cancer. These "non-cancer" elevations in PSA...
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- Obesity as a Factor in Prostate Cancer Treatment Options (psa-rising.com)
- Free prostate cancer screening (normantranscript.com)
Michael Landon, Jack Benny, Fred Gwynne, Rex Harrison, Donna Reed, Richard Crenna, Fernando Lamas, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Crawford, Patrick Swayze and Paul Mitchell. What do all of these people have in common? All of them died of pancreatic cancer, the deadliest form of cancer.
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