Cancerwise

In 2008, my eldest sister died of stomach cancer. She was only 31. But her California doctor told our family we were “lucky,” because this particular type of cancer was extremely rare and not hereditary.

You can imagine how surprised we all were when my mom was diagnosed with stomach cancer 15 years later — and her doctor asked why none of us had ever undergone genetic testing.

That comment prompted the rest of us to get...

You may already be aware that swollen lymph nodes can be a sign of cancer. But did you also know that where they arise on the body can sometimes hint at which type of cancer is causing them? 

With oral cancers, for instance, swollen lymph nodes tend to appear first in the neck or under the jaw. Breast cancer, on the other hand, tends to affect the lymph nodes in the armpit, or axilla, first.

But what about supraclavicular...