Cancer - October 2016 Archives

No woman wants to hear the words, "You have breast cancer." The diagnosis can be frightening, and thoughts turn to treatment. Some women worry about complications ...

Inside a cancer cell, locked tightly within spools of genetic text, reside the origins of each malignancy. For some cancers, a few misprints here ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that each year, about 14 million Americans become infected with HPV. Most of those infected are teenagers or ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — To deliver Mayo Clinic’s nationally ranked comprehensive cancer care to more people in Northeast Florida, the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center located at ...

THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES Healthy breakfast: Quick, flexible options Eating breakfast jump-starts your day and may even help your overall health, so don't skip ...

BRCA gene test for breast and ovarian cancer risk The BRCA gene test is offered only to people who are likely to have an ...

Is there a connection between eating soy and your risk of breast cancer?  Some women omit soy products from their diets because they're concerned about ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been awarded a five-year, $9.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute ...

Is there a connection between eating soy and your risk of breast cancer?  Some women omit soy products from their diets because they're concerned about ...

The research laboratory of Mayo Clinic pediatric oncologist Richard J. Bram, M.D., Ph.D., was enjoying the kind of success many researchers hope for. His team ...

Kristin Salzman first met Jenny Kollasch, a physical therapist at Mayo Clinic's Rochester campus, after experiencing discomfort following one of several surgeries she underwent as ...

THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES Breast cancer: Prevention In addition to having regular mammograms, making changes in your daily life may help reduce your risk ...