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Health officials are expanding their efforts to reduce the HPV virus’ link to cervical cancer with a move that may seem counterintuitive—encouraging some women to get screened for the disease less frequently.
Today, six approved checkpoint inhibitors are being used to treat some of the most common cancers. But while patients with some types of lung, kidney, bladder and other cancers are taking these new drugs, most patients with breast cancer, the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in the United States, are still waiting.
To help you welcome 2018 with a positive outlook and a fresh start, Dr. Katherine Puckett, Director of the Department of Mind-Body Medicine at our Chicago-area hospital, offers several tips.
Attempting to deal with the upcoming holidays while coping with grief can feel daunting, but there are a few ways to prepare yourself.
Learning the language of cancer can be difficult. For many patients and caregivers, it’s a jumbled mix of Immuno-this and onco-that.
Using procedures such as navigational bronchoscopy and fiducial marker placement, doctors may be able to reach the furthest recesses of the lungs to help locate and mark tumors that may otherwise be out of reach, except through traditional surgery.
Regulatory T-cells are critical in preventing autoimmune disease, by stopping the body from attacking itself and helping to keep it in healthy working order.
Research has found that alcohol's negative effects harm women more than men, which is especially worrisome considering other trends that show women today are drinking more than ever.
Many experts believe they're witnessing a turning point in the fight against lung cancer.
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