Many people have someone in their family who has had cancer, but some families have a hereditary or genetic factor that can greatly increase their chances of developing the disease. Identifying these genetic factors and following appropriate screening, risk reduction, …
April is Cancer Control Month, a time to stop and think about how our lifestyle choices could be putting us at risk for developing the disease.
Research now shows that like tobacco and alcohol use, many cancer-risk factors are within …
Gastrointestinal cancer, or cancer of the digestive system, includes cancers of the esophagus, gallbladder, liver, pancreas, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon) and rectum. Some form of gastrointestinal cancer is newly diagnosed in more than 250,000 Americans annually. This figure …