Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Know your thyroid facts

(HealthDay)—Thyroid cancer diagnoses have spiked for U.S. women this past decade.

Oncology & Cancer

Study shows breast cancer rates increasing among younger women

Diagnoses of breast cancer have increased steadily in women under age 50 over the past two decades, with steeper increases in more recent years, according to a study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...

Oncology & Cancer

Complementary meds used by 17 percent of elderly with cancer

(HealthDay) -- The prevalence of older people with cancer using complementary medications as they start a chemotherapy regimen is 17 percent, and is associated with less advanced disease and higher functional status, according ...

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