Screening for cancer is the procedure that a doctor performs to check someone for cancer before he or she has any symptoms. Different types of cancer have different risk factors and populations that would prompt a doctor to screen for a certain type of cancer.
Of course, a long term smoker would be good candidate […]
These statistics are for the United States and list the 5 most common cancers that occur in the female population:
Breast Cancer 32%
Lung Cancer 12%
Colorectal Cancer 11%
Endometrial Cancer 6%
non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 4%
Next time we’ll look at some of the current cancer treatments that are used today, and some of the upcoming treatments that are in clinical trials.
Paul Newman was a legend in Hollywood, he was receiving treatment for lung cancer. He was a great actor, businessman and philanthropist, but also a former chain smoker. He was 83.
Prostate cancer is one type of cancer that can show no symptoms, especially in its early stages. There are two ways of screening for prostate cancer, one is by direct examination by your doctor and his/her gloved finger, and the other is by a blood test which measures the concentration of PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) […]
These statistics are for the United States, and are the most commonly occuring types of cancer in American Men:
Prostate Cancer, 33%
Lung Cancer, 13%
Colorectal Cancer, 10%
Bladder Cancer, 7%
Melanoma, 5%