Trouble sleeping or insomnia is a sleep disorder in which people get too little or poor-quality sleep. Sleeping problems are common for patients with cancer, either during or after therapy. Not all pa...[Read more]
With the continued advances in technologies to detect cancer early and treat patients effectively (including improvements in radiation and chemotherapy regimens, surgical techniques, biological modali...[Read more]
Thrombosis occurs when blood cells coagulate and form clots-thrombus, which obstruct vessels. When the thrombus is created in a deep vein it is called "deep vein thrombosis". This happens usually in l...[Read more]
As cancer therapies improve, patients live longer. With these improvements in therapy comes a responsibility to optimize patient’s quality of life during and after cancer therapy. The present article ...[Read more]
The US Food and Drug Administration expanded its approval of the HPV vaccine to include women and men up to 45-year-old, in an effort to protect more people from several types of cancer -including cer...[Read more]
Cancer creates a new reality, with dilemmas and problems. Concerns and questions about the nature of the disease, the perspectives, and the family burden are some of them. Psychological needs are more...[Read more]
CancerSEEK is an “enormously exciting” step forwards one of the biggest goals in medicine - a universal blood test for cancer. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a s...[Read more]
Bone loss and osteoporosis is a known consequence of diverse cancers and their treatments. Osteoporosis is a serious public health concern. It is estimated that approximately 30% of postmenopausal wom...[Read more]
