Although the average age for a woman diagnosed with breast cancer is sixty three, such women have been underrepresented in clinical trials into the effectiveness of various forms of treatment, so the effectiveness of a particular treatment for this older segment of the population has been unclear. Now however a new study that was published [...]

Prostate Cancer develops in a gland in the male reproductive system called the prostate, which produces and stores semen.  When it has developed and spread, prostate cancer is fatal, however small cancerous cells are usually present and harmless in the prostate. Advanced prostate cancer may spread to the pelvis, ribs or spine. Symptoms include discomfort [...]

For many women when they think of cancer that affects women their minds turn immediately to breast cancer. Thanks to improved screening and treatments options that have been developed over the past twenty years the detection and survival rates for those afflicted with that disease have increased greatly. However fewer women understand the risk posed [...]