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Obese cancer patients often don’t respond as well to chemotherapy as patients who are not overweight. One study may explain why.
In patients with cancer of the gastrointestinal system, malnutrition is a constant threat because of the digestive tract's role in processing food and waste. Still, patients can take certain precautions in keeping their body nourished, and getting educated about the issue is a good first step.
More women around the world are being diagnosed with endometrial cancer than ever before, and experts believe the increase has everything to do with the primary risk factor for the disease: obesity.
With so much information coming at you, determining fact from fiction may be difficult when it comes to what foods and drinks are linked to cancer.
Some patients believe that changing their diet—say, by swapping out their daily bag of chips for an apple—will strengthen their immune system and help it battle cancer. But they’re only partly correct. Read more.
Carolyn Lammersfeld of CTCA says one of the easiest ways to watch your waistline is to cut extra sugars from your diet. Learn more.
In the blink of an eye, Dr. Anthony Perre went from a healthy small-town physician with a private practice to a cancer patient dealing with a life-changing diagnosis.
After you complete cancer treatment, you may be surprised to find that the numbers are creeping up on the scale. It happens perhaps more than you think.
When you’re healthy and having trouble keeping your eyes open in a mid-afternoon meeting, getting an extra hour or two of sleep may be all it takes to renew your energy. When you have cancer, though, rest often isn’t enough.
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