Good nutrition, frequent exercise and wise personal habits are important for avoiding cervical cancer and maintaining a sense of healthiness after cervical cancer treatment. Although there do not appear to be any nutritional or exercise risk factors, smoking does carry a certain risk. It should not be part of the healthy personal habits of any individual.

Cancer Comments Off February 2nd, 2012

Katie Couric of NBC’s “Today Show” had one — should you? The procedure is a colonoscopy, a medical test used to screen for colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. A study published in the July 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine evaluates the use of colonoscopy as a primary screening procedure in patients, like Couric, who have no symptoms.

Cancer Comments Off December 15th, 2011