A cure no longer exists for some of these patients at stage 3 and 4 “The options for surgery during later stages of lung cancer are pretty limited,” says Illinois cancer surgeon Shaina Rozell. “You do surgery at stage one or stage two, but most of these patients, they’re presenting at stage three or stage …
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Nat King Cole Musician and singer Cole smoked up to three packs of cigarettes a day because he believed it gave his singing voice a rich sound. After he was diagnosed with lung cancer in December 1964, he vowed to his wife that if he recovered he would go on television to urge people to …
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Spot Her Uterine cancer is the 4th most frequently diagnosed cancer for women in the U.S. In 2020, uterine cancer resulted in about 65,000 new cases and 12,500 deaths—and these rates are on the rise. Spot Her is an initiative to help end the silence around endometrial cancer. We aim to embrace the power of …
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“There are glaring racial disparities in cervical cancer deaths in the U.S.” “Although almost no one should die from cervical cancer, some groups—those that are historically marginalized and neglected in the US, including women of color, women living in poverty, and those without health insurance—die more often than others. There are glaring racial disparities in …
“It’s not just about you. It’s about your loved ones, too.” Chilean-American actress and singer Cote de Pablo was too busy with her career and life to get a regular Pap test. When she finally got around to it, “things didn’t look too good. We thought I might have cervical cancer.” But after lots of …
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“Hispanic women tend to be diagnosed with breast cancer with more advanced stages,” says Mariana Chavez Mac Gregor, MD, breast cancer physician at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. “We think this is due to a number of factors. Less access to healthcare, lower level of health literacy, a prolonged time between seeking …
Oluchi Oke, M.D. “Lack of health insurance is a barrier” “Lack of health insurance is a barrier in receiving timely screening to detect breast cancer early on and is a big reason that we see higher breast cancer death rates in Black women,” says Oluchi Oke, MD, an oncologist at the University of Texas MD …
“Hispanic women tend to be diagnosed with breast cancer with more advanced stages,” says Mariana Chavez Mac Gregor, MD, breast cancer physician at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. “We think this is due to a number of factors. Less access to healthcare, lower level of health literacy, a prolonged time between seeking …
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When Men Say Their Dad Died from Bone Cancer… “So many men who come into my clinic and tell me their dad died of bone cancer; it is more likely prostate cancer that spread and they just didn’t know it,” says Kelvin Moses, MD, Director of the Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Clinic at Vanderbilt University. “I’ve …
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Heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield and sportscaster Brian Custer say to men “Man up and get checked for prostate cancer!“ “As men, we have this ego…we think we’re too macho to go to the doctor and undergo this type of check-up,” says Custer who survived a diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer at age 42. “But …
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