Cancer - September 2019 Archives

Prostate cancer screening: Should you get a PSA test?Cancer screening tests, including the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to look for signs of prostate cancer, can ...

Annually, more than 21,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Many ovarian cancer patients are diagnosed at a later stage of disease due in part ...

Roma Liani hadn't planned on getting married in the hospital. But then she learned that her beloved mother, Martha, was unlikely to ever leave it. As ...

THIS WEEK'S TOP TOPICSEmpty-nest syndrome: Tips for copingIf your last child is all grown up and about to leave home — or he or she ...

As a sled dog trainer, Rick Minard has faced blizzards and subzero temperatures. But those challenges paled in comparison to facing a complicated medical situation that involved brain tumors and two cancer diagnoses. He's been able to weather it all, though, thanks to the trust he's placed in his team at Mayo Clinic.

Pediatric brain tumors: TreatmentThere are many types of pediatric brain tumors. Some are noncancerous, or benign, and some are cancerous, or malignant. Treatment and prognosis ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic physicians will present findings at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology annual meeting Sept. 15–18 in Chicago. Key Mayo Clinic-led studies ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal malignancy that most often is resistant to chemotherapy. Researchers have been searching for ways to increase the sensitivity of ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of a positron emission tomography radiochemistry facility, also known as the cyclotron facility, at ...

Precision medicine for breast cancerPrecision medicine for breast cancer is an approach to diagnosis, treatment and prevention that considers the genes you're born with, and ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Who can be a bone marrow donor? What's the process for becoming one? ANSWER: In general, anyone between the ages of 18 and ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announced today that Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has successfully renewed funding for its Cancer Center Support Grant from the National ...