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CANCER CARE
What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Thyroid Cancer?
Tiny thyroid cancers may be over-diagnosed and over-treated. But you still need to see a doctor about signs and symptoms of thyroid cancer.
Sex after Treatment for Prostate Cancer
After you have surgery and radiation treatment for prostate cancer, the biggest certainty is that your sex life will be different. Not gone, just different.
Aspirin Could Help Prevent Cancer
Talk to your doctor about a daily baby aspirin.
Cancer Screening Guidelines
Early detection improves your chances of beating cancer.
Is Cancer Hereditary?
The many types of cancer have genetic factors, but that doesn’t make them hereditary.
Sedentary Life Is a Risk Factor for Bladder and Kidney Cancer
Lack of exercise is linked to heart disease and type 2 diabetes — and now being sedentary greatly ups risk for bladder and kidney cancer.
Alcohol Is Linked to Cancer
If cancer runs in your family, be especially careful not to over-imbibe.
Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Colon Cancer
Lots of common sense advice adds up to less risk, especially not smoking.
Speak up About the Breast Cancer Genes Test
A family or personal history of reproductive cancer can indicate it’s important — and potentially life-saving — to be proactive about genetic testing.
Curing Cancer and HIV May Be Linked
Treatments used for cancer patients could help eradicate HIV.
Why You Need the Test for Cervical Cancer
Too many women are dying of cervical cancer. Why? The problem is not enough women are getting a Pap smear, the test that screens for the disease.
Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment
Take the AssessmentCancer of the colon or rectum (colorectal cancer) usually develops slowly, over several years. Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths overall, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Still, the death rate from colorectal cancer has been dropping for more than 20 years because of better detection and treatment. Take this simple assessment to learn about your risks for colorectal cancer.