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Cancer Commentary


Marcia Cross, Lobbying for Breast Cancer

‘Desperate Housewives’ star Marcia Cross went to Capitol Hill last week, lobbying Congress to pass the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 to end “drive-through”...

Started in Cancer Commentary • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: general commentary, on breast cancer, breast cancer lobby, breast cancer patient protection act of 2007, marcia cross
Cancer Drug Nexavar®, Raises Blood Pressure?

According to a study that appeared online in the January 22 issue of Lancet Oncology, patients taking Nexavar® (sorafenib) need to be carefully monitored and treated. In clinical testing, Nexavar...

Started in Cancer Commentary • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: on anti-cancer ingredients, on kidney cancer, advanced renal cell carcinoma, kidney-cancer, nexavar® (sorafenib)
Dear Cancer Patients, You Can Look Good Even in Worst of Times

Just like cancer patients undergoing treatments at the the St. Luke’s Medical Center-Cancer Institute in Quezon City, Philippines can focus on beauty even for just one day. Six cancer patients got...

Started in Cancer Commentary • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: cancer story, beauty, beauty-make-over, beauty-regimens, beauty-treats
Cervical Cancer Death Rates in Ireland Increase Significantly

In Ireland, the rate of cervical cancer deaths increased by 40%. Dr. Tracy Murray of the Irish Family Planning Association reported that it is not the unavailability of cervical cancer vaccines, but...

Started in Cancer Commentary • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: cancer story, on cervical cancer, cervical cancer, cervical cancer death rates, cervical cancer vaccine
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Helps Against Degenerative Diseases, Cancer

Extra virgin olive oil or EVCOO as Rachel Ray fondly calls this main component of a Mediterranean diet. Widely studied, we already know that olive oil has antioxidant properties. It contains...

Started in Cancer Commentary • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: general commentary, anti degenerative diseases, antioxidants, evcoo, extra virgin olive oil
Breast Cancer Tests and Patients

What if you submitted yourself to various cancer tests and you are asked to undergo the same thing again because the hospital screwed up the samples? I bet you’ll be angry! I will be too. Like what...

Started in Cancer Commentary • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: cancer story, on cancer diagnostics, on breast cancer
Capessa Health and Fitness Section, Feature Video

A great new woman’s online community called Capessa has a feature video under its Health and Fitness section. The feature video is entitled How I Used My Passion for Gardening to Fight Breast...

Started in Cancer Commentary • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: cancer story, on breast cancer, breast cancer, breast cancer story, fighting breast cancer
YouTube Video: Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer

Speaking of prostate cancer, it is important to catch it early, as with any other type of cancer. Early cancer detection increases response to treatment, the chance of curing the cancer and patient...

Started in Cancer Commentary • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: on cancer diagnostics, on prostate cancer, patient survival, prostate cancer, prostate cancer surgery
Blood Test for Prostate Cancer Risk?

According to new genomics research by a team from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, a blood test for five generic variants previously associated with prostate cancer will be able to gauge a...

Started in Cancer Commentary • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: on cancer diagnostics, on prostate cancer, genetic variants, genomics, genomics research
Life Goes On, Despite Cancer

From the OC Register (Orange County’s news source) is a story of an aspiring pilot and a volleyball athlete who isn’t putting his life on hold just because he has cancer - paraganglioma -...

Started in Cancer Commentary • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: cancer story, paraganglioma
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