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National Cancer Prevention Study Launched

Shelia M. Poole, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Lauren Teras Huebner wants to pay it forward. For the next two decades or so, the Decatur mother of three will join thousands of other Americans sharing their ...

Taking Tamoxifen Longer Lowers Breast Cancer Deaths

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE (AP Chief Medical Writer) Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 years instead of ...

Genetic Variation in Vitamin D Receptor and Breast Cancer

Nels Johnson, The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. Vitamin D may provide a clue in determining why Marin County women are afflicted with one of the highest breast cancer rates in the nation, a preliminary ...

Vitamin E's Anti-Cancer Potential to be Studied

Tan Choe Choe KUALA LUMPUR: A group of researchers is embarking on a clinical trial on breast-cancer patients to find out if the vitamin E extracted from palm oil is an effective anti-cancer agent. The ...

Preventive Cancer Screenings Can Save Your Life

No one wants to hear bad news, particularly if it's about their health. If you don't have that check-up or follow through on those routine visits to the doctor, you won't risk hearing bad news -- but of course, ...

Lowfat Dairy Best for Breast Cancer Survivors

Victoria Colliver People who are diagnosed with breast cancer and then go on to consume a steady diet of high-fat dairy foods increase their chances of dying years earlier than those who consumed low- to nonfat milk ...

Cancer Rates On The Rise in PA

Robbie Ward, The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Cancer rates have increased in Northeastern Pennsylvania during the most recent 10-year period studied by a nonprofit organization, especially among women. ...

Cancer Patients with Low Vitamin D Levels

Erin L. Nissley, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. About 75 percent of local cancer patients studied over a two-year period had below-average vitamin D levels, a local radiation oncologist discovered, adding that ...

Diet Can Determine Cancer Risk

Dawn Kurry, Richmond County Daily Journal, Rockingham, N.C Eating better and getting more physical activity can lower cancer risk, the latest studies show, and the American Cancer Society (ACS) has updated its ...

Many Breast Cancer Survivors Don't Do Enough Exercise

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Women's Health Weekly -- SEATTLE - Breast cancer survivors are among the women who could most benefit from regular physical activity, yet few meet national exercise ...

Healthy Lifestyle to Reduce Risk of Cancer

Pam Cloud, Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark. By now, those who have made New Year's resolutions have completed their lists. And chances are topping the lists are the usual suspects -- get healthier, go to the ...

Health Risks of Dioxins

By DINA CAPPIELLO (Associated Press) WASHINGTON - A long-awaited federal study on the health effects of dioxins released Friday says the persistent contaminants at current exposures don't pose significant health ...

Magnesium Deficiency Reduces Vitamin D Effectiveness

Extensive research has shown that Vitamin D deficiencies play a role in the development of dozens of diseases - everything from a variety of cancers such as breast, prostate and colon cancer to diabetes, heart disease, ...

Cervical Cancer Awareness

Jacqui Boyle, Hamilton JournalNews, Ohio Each year, cervical cancer affects about 13,000 women in the United States, according to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition. It is the second most common type of cancer ...

9/11 Cancer Study Still Leaves Questions

By LINDSEY TANNER (AP Medical Writer) The most comprehensive study of potential World Trade Center-related cancers raises more questions than it answers and won't end a debate over whether the attacks were really a ...

Daily Multi May Help Cut Cancer Risk

Christine McConville, Boston Herald A new study suggests a multivitamin a day could help reduce the risk of cancer in older men, but one expert cautions there's a lot more work to be done before the dietary ...

Breast Cancer Screening Debate

Renee Dudley Two Charleston doctors said they would not recommend changes to current screening practices following Thursday's release of a study that suggested mammograms might increase cancer risk among a small ...

Cancer is Top Killer of US Hispanics

By MIKE STOBBE (AP Medical Writer) Cancer is now the leading killer of Hispanics in the U.S. - the latest sign it's beginning to displace heart disease as the nation's top cause of death. The rest of the country ...

Western Diet Increasing Colon Cancer in Asia

Hazel Parry Hong Kong (dpa) - Professor Jonathan Sham has an easy method of determining how big a killer colorectal cancer is in a country. He looks for western-style fast-food chains. If he finds them, then ...

Baldness Linked to Prostate Cancer

Stacey Burling As if it weren't bad enough to lose your hair, a University of Pennsylvania researcher has added a medical reason to worry about what seems to be a cosmetic problem. She found a connection ...

Incidence of Pancreatic Cancer on the Rise

Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel Almost always deadly and steadily on the rise, pancreatic cancer is on track to become the second-leading cause of cancer death in the nation within the next two years, according to a ...

Colonoscopies Prevent Cancer, Save Lives

Marissa Harshman Gastroenterologists might have found one thing people dread more than root canals: colonoscopies. The prep may be unpleasant, but the procedure can save lives and even prevent cancer. ...

10 Things About Breast Cancer Prevention

Karen Garloch 1- A lot of people talk about preventing breast cancer, but the correct term is risk reduction. "We don't really know how to prevent breast cancer. We know how to reduce people's risks," said Judith ...

Those with Dark Skin Can Get Skin Cancer Too

Roneisha Mullen African-Americans are constantly warned about cancers that disproportionately affect them. Breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer all top the list of diseases African-Americans are told ...

Long-Term Hormone Use Raises Breast Cancer Risk

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE (AP Chief Medical Writer) CHICAGO - New research suggests that long-term use of any type of hormones to ease menopause symptoms can raise a woman's risk of breast cancer. It is already known ...

Study Will Look at Green Tea and Colon Cancer Prevention

Thomas Schoene, dpa, Berlin Drinking green tea is generally recognised as heathful, though scientific studies on this have been few. A new trial aims to determine whether green tea can prevent colon cancer -- the ...

More Young Women with Advanced Breast Cancer

Tom Corwin In a room with a half-dozen women who fought breast cancer at an early age, the dark turn in Rhonda Fleischauer's story brings a stunned silence. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer at age ...

Lung Cancer Facts

Jacqui Boyle Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and women, according to the American Cancer Society. More people die of lung cancer each year than of colon, breast and prostate cancers ...

Lung Cancer Awareness

Lung Cancer Awareness Month: It's Not Just a Smoker's Disease This letter is dedicated to former Daily Herald reporter Tony Gordon and the thousands of future victims of lung cancer. November is Lung Cancer ...

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Cancer

Types of cancer

There are over one hundred types of cancer that can affect the human body. Each of the types of cancer has its own name, behavior, and course of treatment. All cancers involve the abnormal growth of cells. The most commonly found cancers in humans include carcinoma, sarcoma, leukemia, lymphoma, and adenoma.
Carcinoma: More than 85% of cancers are carcinomas. Carcinomas start in the cells that line and cover internal and external organs. The most common carcinomas are lung cancer, breast cancer, skin cancer, and bowel cancer.
Sarcoma: Sarcoma begins in supportive tissues of the body, such as muscle, bone, cartilage, blood vessels, fat, and connective tissue.
Leukemia: Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells that grows in the bone marrow.
Lymphoma: Lymphomas develop in the lymph nodes and tissues of the immune system.
Adenoma: An adenoma is a tumor (usually benign) that begins in glandular tissue, such as the adrenal, pituitary, or thyroid gland.

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