Cancer Information

If you have received a positive diagnosis or possible breast cancer, a number of questions you can ask your doctor. The responses received to these questions will give you a better understanding of their specific diagnosis and appropriate treatment. For more information please visit stherbb.com It is usually helpful to write down your questions before [...]

The major key to curing breast cancer is early detection. If breast cancer is caught early it is more likely that you will experience less damage to breast tissues, more effective treatment and faster healing. Because of the benefits you will receive due to early detection, it is very important that you note any potential [...]

What is bowel cancer, you may ask yourself. This type of cancer is also known as colon and rectal cancer or colorectal cancer. It is one of the most common types of cancer that affects about 150,000 individuals per year. Hopefully, this number will go down over time as individuals become more aware of this [...]

Germ cell ovarian cancer is a cancer of the egg producing cells within the ovary and can be cancerous or non-cancerous tumors. It tends to occur in children and teens as a result of birth defects resulting from errors during development of the embryo. The cancer occurs in a much younger age group between late [...]

You might have heard about the health benefits of resveratrol. It has been in the news for the past couple of years. Resveratrol comes from the skin of grapes and has been touted as an amazing cholesterol-buster and antioxidant. It’s not surprising, then, that researchers at Colorado State University just completed a new study examining [...]

Cysts are mostly considered like and confused with abscess but technically, cysts are closed sacs and may contain air, fluids or semi-solid material. If it is collection pus, it is not a cyst but an abscess. On the formation of a cyst, it has to be removed through a surgery if it does not go [...]