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How To Use Food As Preventive Medicine
Since only 10 percent of breast cancer cases are genetic, a huge part of cancer prevention starts with environmental factors and lifestyle.
Women at Average Risk for Breast Cancer Should Start Screening
After reviewing updated breast cancer screening guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force for women at average risk, MSK’s breast experts have elected not to change the institution’s recommendations in any way.
How Personalized Medicine is Changing: Lung Cancer
Stephanie Dunn Haney never felt a sense of urgency about the pain on the right side of her chest. The discomfort only occurred when she …
Breast Health: A Three-Step Plan for Preventive Care
The thought of having breast cancer can be frightening, which makes it tempting to avoid this sensitive subject. But being proactive is a woman’s best bet in the fight against breast cancer. Routine preventive care is the best way to keep you and your breasts healthy, since the detection of breast cancer at its earliest…
Preventive Drugs Overused in End-Stage Cancer patients
Many older people with end-stage cancer may be receiving preventive drugs unnecessarily. A new study highlights the need for discussions around deprescribing.
Unfounded Fear Prompts Some Preventive Mastectomies: Study
Many young women with breast cancer overestimated risk of recurrence in opposite breast
a lie; New study discovers lesser doses, more preventive
A new study found lesser amount of wine is more effective to prevent cancer than high doses, which contradicts the advice of previous researchers that drinking more wine is more preventive.
End-Stage Lung Cancer Patients Still Taking Preventive Meds
Few taken off unnecessary drugs at last hospital discharge
USPSTF recommends preventive drugs for women at high breast cancer risk
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force today recommended that clinicians offer breast cancer risk-reducing medications such as tamoxifen, raloxifene and aromatase inhibitors to asymptomatic women aged 35 years and older who are at elevated risk for developing the disease and low risk for adverse effects from the treatments.<br>This recommendation received a B grade. The task force also recommended
Women reluctant to take preventive breast cancer drug, study says
Women were reluctant to take a drug that could prevent them from developing breast cancer, a new study says.
Why My BRCA1 Mutation Led Me to a Preventive Mastectomy
What Is Personalized Cancer Medicine?
Personalized medicine helps doctors learn about a person’s genetic makeup and how their tumor grows. With this information, doctors hope to find prevention, screening, and treatment strategies that may be more effective. They also want to find treatments that cause fewer side effects than the standard options. By performing genetic tests on the cancer cells and on normal cells, doctors may be able to customize treatment…
Can Cancer Be Prevented?
From diet and lifestyle changes to genetic testing, there are some steps you can take to help prevent cancer, says Dr. Jerry Goodwin, chief medical officer o...
Is 'precision medicine' the answer to cancer? Not precisely
"Precision medicine,” in which doctors try to match people with drugs that target the genetic mutations in their tumors, is a source of hope in cancer patients.
Preventing Prostate Cancer with Green Tea
A third of men in their 30s may already have tiny cancerous tumors in their prostates. How much tea would one have to drink to build up cancer suppressing le...
You Can Prevent Cervical Cancer
More than 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year in the U.S. and more than 4,000 die of the disease. But it is important to remember--cerv...
Identifying unknown preventable causes of cancer
In a project of epic scale that spans 5 continents, Professor Sir Stratton’s team aim to build a deeper understanding of what causes DNA damage and how it le...
Lisa Nicely: The future of medicine? The chicken or the egg
Chicken soup may be good for a cold, but now it’s time for the anti-cancer chicken.
Can Precision Medicine Work for Pancreatic Cancer?
A study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting looked at the use of PARP inhibitors as maintenance therapy for pancreatic cancer.
Complementary medicine for cancer can decrease survival
Patients who receive complementary care for curable cancers are more likely to die as a result of refusing conventional treatment, according to a Yale study.
