Archives: October 2015

• Regional Node Irradiation Can Boost Breast Cancer Survivability

  October 29, 2015
  With more than 231,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnosed in the United States annually, the push is on to help those who develop this disease survive it. While mortality rates have declined tremendously over the past few decades, researchers want to see them improve even more. A new study out of Europe may offer some insights on...read more

• Substance in Saliva May Offer Insight into Oral Cancer Recurrence

  October 15, 2015
  Oral cancers are not the most commonly diagnosed cases in the United States, but they are among the most deadly. With an estimated 40,000 new cases each year, the disease ranks well behind lung, prostate and breast cancer. Even so, an unacceptable 7,500 people die from oral cancers annually with men being twice as likely as women to develop...read more