Colorectal cancer is now the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths, but one of the most preventable. March is designated as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month… Read more
Category: cancer
Medicaid Expansion Leads to Increase in Early-Stage Cancer Diagnoses
When Medicaid coverage becomes more widely available through states electing to expand public health insurance to more low-income citizens, more people get access to health… Read more
UPMC, Bon Secours Break Ground on New Irish Cancer Center
UPMC and partner Bon Secours Health System in Ireland have started work in Cork on one of the country’s most advanced radiation therapy centers. Building… Read more
Breast Reconstruction: Healing through Plastic Surgery
For many women battling breast cancer, a single or double mastectomy is a possible treatment they consider. More than 70 percent of these women are… Read more
Researchers Study Links Between Alcohol Abuse and Inheritable Changes in Cancer-Causing Genes
The chance that a person will develop cancer is determined by a mix of hard-wired genetic factors that are inherited and environmental changes that affect… Read more