For college professor Chu Nguyen, Ph.D., taking care of his health and eating a plant-based diet is important. So, when he noticed a lump on the right side of his neck, he was concerned.
“I’m a very active and healthy 70-year-old,” says Chu. “I enjoy doing yard work, construction and consider myself a jack-of-all-trades.”
In early December 2021, he called his ENT, but due to the holidays, his appointment was not until the...
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What does it mean when your cancer has spread? Many patients given a cancer diagnosis of metastatic cancer or stage IV cancer do not know to ask if they qualify for oligometastatic treatments.
Oligometastatic cancers occur when cells from the original tumor travel within the body to one or a few sites forming new tumors. Oligometastatic disease is most common in kidney, lung, prostate and colorectal cancers.
We spoke with...
In the fall of 2020, Bill Middelthon felt something like a canker sore in his mouth. Normally, canker sores heal on their own in about 2 to...
When Ben Gadot’s brain tumor symptoms began in 2013, he was just 3 months old. The first sign was a visual change in his eyes. &...
When retired Major League Baseball player and Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez was diagnosed with cancer, he knew exactly what...
Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children and adolescents. This type of sarcoma grows in the muscles attached to...
Blood cancers like lymphoma and multiple myeloma begin in blood-forming tissue, such as bone marrow or in cells of the...
Growing up with a family history of cancer, Jonathan Ting knew the importance of regular checkups. If anything were to happen, he wanted to...