Cutting Breast Cancer Treatment Costs by Reducing Radiation
Researchers say doctors can still provide high-quality for many women with breast cancer without using radiation, reducing healthcare costs by tens of millions of dollars.
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The Dangers of Sunburn, Even for People with Darker Skin
Researchers say people with darker complexions have more protection from the sun, but they can still get sunburned and are more likely to die from skin cancer.
Cancer Vaccine Unlikely … But Do We Need One?
The genetic diversity between individual tumors makes it difficult to develop a universal cancer vaccine, but there are a lot of alternative treatments.
New Blood Test May Pinpoint Cancer Tumors
Researchers say using DNA signatures may provide a diagnostic tool for cancer that isn't invasive.
A High-Tech Blood Test That May Detect Cancer Early
Replacing tissue biopsies with blood biopsies would change everything about how we screen for cancer. We're not there yet, but researchers are inching closer.
NASCAR Driver Getting the Word Out on Colorectal Cancer
A new report says colorectal cancer is on the rise in millennials and Generation X. Race car driver Scott Lagasse Jr. is one of those affected.
Cancer Patients Anxiously Await Decision on Obamacare
Republican plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act have people with cancer worried about preexisting conditions and other healthcare issues.
Cancer Patients Warned About Using Marijuana
Researchers found dangerous bacteria and fungi in California’s medical marijuana supply. Is that something for people with cancer to worry about?
Webber & Grinnell Supports CDH Cancer Center Campaign
NORTHAMPTON — Webber & Grinnell Insurance can trace its local origins all the way back to 1849, when the town....
Limiting Tumors and Infections Instead of Killing Them
Drug resistance is a problem when treating infections and cancer. Sometimes the solution is to contain instead of destroy infectious organisms and cancer cells.