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Prevention
What is the most common type of skin cancer? What you need to know and what to look out for
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common type of skin cancer and the most common type of cancer in humans, accounts for about 8 out of 10 skin cancers. Basal cell carcinomas usually develop in skin that has been exposed to sunlight. These cancers grow slowly, meaning that most are curable and cause minimal damage […]
Patient Education Resource, Prevention
Ask the Doctors: How to Check Yourself for Testicular Cancer
Testicular cancer is most common among men ages 15-35. In fact, it is the most common type of cancer for men in this age range. Men can play an important role in detecting testicular cancer through self-examination. Despite the ease and benefit of performing a self-exam, not many men know how to check for testicular […]
Patient Education Resource, Prevention
Under 50? What you need to know about colon cancer risk and prevention
In recent years, doctors have noticed an unsettling trend: an increase in the number of people under the age of 50 who are being diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer. While this trend is alarming, there is good news: colon cancer can be prevented entirely or at least caught early, when it’s easier to treat. […]
Prevention
Initiative to help cancer patients quit smoking
Smoking rates in the United States have decreased dramatically in recent decades, but many smokers diagnosed with cancer continue to light up. To make smoking cessation a major focus at cancer centers, including Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes […]
Prevention
Experts call for increased efforts to prevent cancer
That the first public health revolution occurred more than a century ago might surprise people, according to some historians. Before the discovery of penicillin or the polio vaccine, life expectancy improved dramatically because of relatively simple ideas implemented on a massive scale, including improved sanitation, safer food storage and quarantines to prevent the spread of […]
Prevention
Excess weight linked to 8 more cancer types
There’s yet another reason to maintain a healthy weight as we age. An international team of researchers has identified eight additional types of cancer linked to excess weight and obesity: stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, ovary, meningioma (a type of brain tumor), thyroid cancer and the blood cancer multiple myeloma. Limiting weight gain over the […]