[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="64606" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Cancer changes the entire landscape of a person’s life. Career plans, the future, the present; these are all called into question when a diagnosis arrives. Indeed, it is expected for cancer patients to become sad or angry, anxious or overwhelmed,...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="19296" img_size="medium" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]From a genetic standpoint, the human body is akin to a symphony, with individual genes often functioning as part of a larger whole. In the case of breast cancer, it can be that no one gene is so...
February is National Cancer Prevention Month. As the National Foundation for Cancer Research, we want to share in the important message of cancer prevention. Cancer risk can be decreased with simple healthy lifestyle changes and early detection testing. But do you really need another article reminding you...
Presidential cancer diagnoses were historically kept secret. President Grover Cleveland successfully hid his 1893 tumor removal for almost twenty-five years. Even as late as 1967, President Lyndon Johnson underwent a covert skin cancer removal operation. Why were these cancer diagnoses concealed? Historically, cancer was a likely...
I sang at my little brother’s wedding almost nine years ago, as he and his new bride lit the unity candle and looked into each other’s eyes. He was just twenty-one years old, and she was only twenty. For the next decade, Danielle and Brandon filled...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="19293" img_size="medium" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]Brain cancer is a formidable adversary in the world of oncology. Against substantial odds, patients work with dedicated doctors to mount a counteroffensive. The road to recovery is, to no one’s astonishment, arduous, as brain surgery exposes the very epicenter...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="19347" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]With February being Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month, the National Foundation for Cancer Research wishes to profile a recent study focused on the indication. Like cancers of other organs buried deep within the body, gallbladder cancer is notoriously difficult...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="19207" img_size="medium" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]A recent study concluded a positive correlation between frequent ejaculation and a reduced risk of prostate cancer. Research has suggested this relationship for years, but a 2016 longitudinal cohort study surveyed nearly 32,000 men across several age groups...
Each year, World Cancer Day (WCD) falls on February 4th. Since 2016, the theme of this global campaign has been “We Can, I Can.” The purpose is to get as many people as possible, all around the world, talking and thinking about cancer, with a...
Upon diagnosis, many cancer patients naturally evaluate how their lifestyles could have contributed to their fate. They may believe their cancer was self-inflicted and experience a deep sense of shame, saying to themselves phrases such as: “Why couldn’t I stop smoking? What’s wrong with me?” “I should...
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