Cancer cells have many abnormal characteristics enabling tumors to grow, spread, and avoid immunologic and therapeutic destruction. Central to this is the innate ability of populations of cancer cells to rapidly evolve. One feature of many cancers is t...
The Botswana UPenn Partnership has enabled Penn medical students and trainees to learn about health care in Botswana, most recently exposing the breast cancer epidemic. Dr. Yehoda Martei offers a perspective on the issues.
The incidence of mouth and throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus in men has now surpassed the incidence of HPV-related cervical cancers in women.
October is breast cancer awareness month, and it is a great time to support breast cancer research, and those women who are breast cancer survivors. Here are some facts to remember about breast cancer this month.
Epidemiological studies have shown that caffeinated drinks may help prevent skin cancer by inhibiting a DNA repair pathway, thus killing potentially precancerous cells. In English, it means that drinking drinks containing caffeine will reduce one’s chances of developing some types of cancer, includingread more
A recent study stated that drinking three sugar sweetened drinks a week would increase the risk of having breast cancer. The study had 776 pre-menopausal women and 779 post-menopausal women. Each women’s breast density was assessed by examining their mammograms. The women were told to make aread more