The cancer diagnosis of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, at the relatively young age of 42 brought attention to the realities of being diagnosed with cancer as a younger person.
Cytostatic drugs, which are one of the molecules used to treat cancers, are now classified as contaminants of emerging concern due to their hazardous environmental impact.
It’s part of a long-term trend toward studying whether doing less—less surgery, less chemotherapy or less radiation—can help patients live longer and feel better.
Dr. Jean Seely, head of the breast imaging section at the Ottawa Hospital, called the task force advice ‘bad news’ that will lead to confusion for women in Canada.
With those high-UV summer days nearly upon us, skin cancer prevention is once again top of mind. How much do you know about that most dangerous of cutaneous malignancies: melanoma?
