cancer

Cancer patients who consider going on a cancer clinical trial often start out with fears: Will I be treated like a guinea pig? Will I get a real drug or just a placebo? Will they be experimenting on me? Key benefits and barriers in clinical trials are explained in this video. It also features breast...

A 2018 study from the American Journal of Men’s Health took a look at published peer-reviewed studies that address prostate cancer (PCa) in different regions of the world. These studies were evaluated to get a better understanding of how PCa incidence, prevalence, detection, and mortality are influenced by race, ethnicity, and geography. A secondary goal...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a cancer that occurs when the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. CLL usually grows slowly compared to other leukemias, and it may not cause symptoms for some time. CLL is one of four main types of leukemia. It is the second most common...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common form of leukemia in the United States. In fact, it is often considered a disease primarily isolated to the Western world. There are remarkable patterns in the incidence of the disease among ethnicities. It most commonly appears in Caucasian individuals and markedly less so in non-Caucasians. For...