About 18 million people were diagnosed with cancer (global data) in 2018. Of those cases, 9.5 million were men and 8.5 million were women. Here are the top five types of cancers reported: Lung cancer – over 2 million new cases Breast cancer – over 2 million new cases Colorectal cancer – 1.8 million new […]
Holistic Health and Cancer
“Holistic” is a brilliant word. It makes you feel good. It makes you feel complete. It conjures up visions of just-picked vegetables and fresh air. Like “organic,” though, “holistic” has been tossed around considerably and can refer to just about anything. Perhaps the yoga teacher next door is holistic. Or maybe it’s your sister-in-law who […]
Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Cancer. That one word is the cause of more fear than just about anything else in the world. And breast cancer is the most common cancer of all — followed by lung cancer and prostate cancer. Will you be one of the more than 266,000 people who hear a diagnosis of breast cancer this year? […]
Breast Cancer Surgery: What to Expect
There are two general types of surgery for the treatment of breast cancer: Lumpectomies, where only the section of the breast affected by cancer is removed Mastectomies, where the entire breast is removed With lumpectomies, you can normally go home on the same day of your operation. For mastectomies, the average hospital stay is about […]
Alternative Treatments for Breast Cancer
Breast cancer affects about one in eight women in the USA at some point in their lives. Each year, there are more than 260,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnosed and almost 64,000 cases of in situ breast cancer. Men are at risk for breast cancer too, with almost 2,600 cases per year. Early […]