U.S. Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer, the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix said Wednesday. A malignant tumor was discovered after the Republican senator from Arizona, who is 80, underwent a surgical procedure last week to remove a 5-centimeter blood clot behind his left eye. “Subsequent tissue pathology revealed that a primary […]
Cancer & Diabetes Prevention and Support Forum with the Mayo Clinic A question that often arises is how we can better prevent and detect serious illness, such as cancer or diabetes. Some of the actions people can take to lower their risk of cancer are well known – eliminate tobacco use, maintain a healthy diet and […]
More than half of second cancers prove fatal; research emphasizes importance of surveillance UCLA researchers have identified the incidence and long-term outcomes of patients who develop second, unrelated cancers, resulting in a data set that they say sheds new light on the way cancer survivors may need to be monitored post-disease. The researchers identified more […]
TAU study says nearly 10 percent of smokers hospitalized for pneumonia are diagnosed with lung cancer within one year Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in the United States, with a five-year survival rate of just 17 percent. Smoking causes approximately 85 percent of all lung cancer cases, only 15 percent of […]