Many people may be aware of famous celebrities who have perished quickly from pancreatic cancer, like Patrick Swayze and Luciano Pavarotti, yet few people k...
The new Best Practice Statement updates the AUA’s previous guidance, which was issued in 2000. According to the AUA, early detection and risk assessment of ...
With little more than a 15 percent five–year survival rate, lung cancer is easily Texas’ most deadly cancer. The risk stretches down to Hidalgo County, wher...
Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow, the soft tissue inside the bone where blood cells develop. Leukemia develops when abnorma...
With eggnog, sugar cookies and cheese balls among the most popular dishes served at holiday parties; the season often causes even the strictest health n...
Breast Cancer occurs in approximately 12 % of women who live to age 90. Although a positive family history is reported by 15 to 20 % of women with breast cancer...
With the release of a recent study by the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research asserting that one in three common cancers may b...
Four Things You Didn’t Know About Smoking and Lung Cancer
By Nurul Wahid, M.D., Texas Oncology–McAllen
For years, anti–smoking campaigns have touted the sam...
Learning that you have cancer can be a frightening moment, but as a patient, you do have options and choices. More people than ever are surviving and thrivi...
Colon Cancer Overview
The human colon is a muscular, tube–shaped organ measuring about 4 feet long. It extends from the end of your small bowel to your anus...
