Category: Cancer
How do most people with thyroid cancer find out they have it? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Thyroid cancer seems to be occurring more often globally, yet a recent study shows that for the majority of people who had surgery for thyroid cancer, the cancer was found while they were being evaluated for something else, a so-called …
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Are there are differences in rates of cancer experienced by men and women? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Do men experience more cancers than women? Elizabeth Tracey reports Men get cancer more often than women. That’s the conclusion of a recent large study examining different types of cancer among males and females. But its conclusion is disputed by …
How many lymph nodes need to be removed when cancer is found? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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When someone has the skin cancer melanoma, a lymph node nearby, called a sentinel node, is frequently assessed to see if the cancer has spread. If cancer is found there also removal of all the lymph nodes in the area …
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Can patient reported data and outcomes improve cancer treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Perhaps you’ve reported your own blood pressure measurements or blood sugar to your physician. So called patient reported data that is monitored by a nurse helped make cancer treatment just a little bit smoother and easier, a new study finds. …
Can a community health worker ease the rigors of cancer treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Community health workers were able to improve many aspects of cancer treatment for patients, a new study has shown. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says benefits were multiple. Nelson: It was 128 folks with …