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Flipping the Script on Cancer Prevention

We continue to lose many of the battles we should win against cancer.

Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer. Mammograms can detect breast cancer early, possibly before it has spread.

Hair Straightening and Cancer — What Oncologists Want You to Know

THE HEADLINES ARE FRIGHTENING: “Hair-straightening chemical products linked to increased uterine cancer risk in a new study,” blares CNN. NBC News offers this: “Chemical hair straighteners linked to [a] higher risk of uterine cancer for Black women, study shows.”

A Vignette of Life as a Pediatric Cancer Mom

A hugely moving insight into the life of a parent of a pediatric cancer victim. We always feel deeply for young patients, but the parents bear their own kind of trauma.