Age is a risk factor for breast cancer among both women and men. The older you are, the more likely you are to get breast cancer. Less than five percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer in the USA are younger than 40. About half of women with breast cancer will be diagnosed after age 60. While the incidence of breast cancers driven by estrogen increases with age, the incidence of estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer increases until age 50, then levels off.... Read More
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COVID-19 May Promote Cancer Growth
COVID-19 exposure may promote cancer growth. A new study hints that patients with cancer exposed to SARAS-CoV-2 infection experience a persistent increase in substances that may promote cancer growth. These... Read More
How Fasting May Fight Cancer
ow. I love that the fasting-mimicking diet had a broad and favorable effect on immune system function. The diet approach led to many anti-cancer programs in the cancer cells.... Read More
Dropping Stress in the Covid-19 Era
Another approach is to lie on your back. Place one hand on your chest and a light book (or the other hand) on your abdomen. Next, breathe in so that the book moves a maximal amount as you keep the hand on your chest still. Try doing it for seven minutes or more, and remember to keep focusing on your breathing.... Read More
Black Men and Prostate Cancer – We Have to Do Better
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening is more controversial today than decades ago. Critics of PSA screening point to the potential harms of unnecessary treatment. Proponents of the intervention offer a direct relationship between PSA screening and diagnosing prostate cancer at an earlier (and more curable) stage.... Read More
Men, Drop Your Risk of Lethal Cancer Risk
A risk factor is something that raises your chances of getting a disease such as cancer. Let’s look at some of the risk factors for prostate cancer. We begin with age (please see above). Next up is race, with the disease more common in African-Americans and Caribbean men of African ancestry than in men of other races. Asian-American and Hispanic/Latino men have a lower risk.... Read More