Cancer News, Features & Updates
- Seven (Easy to Find) Foods That May Help Prevent Cancer
Research shows that these seven foods actually help prevent cancer.
- Top Cancer News of 2008: Readers' Choice
The 10 most viewed cancer news stories on WebMD for 2008.
- Your Cancer Support Team: Who’s on Your Side?
It’s important to build the best cancer support team for all your needs, medical, nutritional, and emotional.
- Choosing Your Cancer Treatment Hospital
Choosing a cancer treatment hospital is not as scary as it might seem. You’ve got more resources available to you than you might realize. Start with these tips.
- Women Cancer Survivors Take Charge
A new generation of women shake up what it means to have cancer.
- 6 Ways to Conquer a Scary Diagnosis
Life goes on after receiving news of a frightening illness. Here’s how.
- Exercise for Cancer Patients: Fitness after Treatment
Surviving cancer and making it through cancer treatment are major accomplishments. Most, if not all, survivors find a new priority in life: keeping cancer from returning. The latest research suggests that exercise for cancer patients may help.
- Exercise for Cancer Patients: Fitness After Treatment
Surviving cancer and making it through cancer treatment are major accomplishments. Most, if not all, survivors find a new priority in life: keeping cancer from returning. The latest research suggests that exercise for cancer patients may help.
- Testicular Cancer: Self-Exams at Home
The biggest key to beating testicular cancer is detecting it early. Simple testicular cancer self-exams can play a part in catching this disease in its earliest stages.
- Winning the Race Against Cancer
Battling cancer and depression inspired WebMD Community member Angela Current to start living the life she'd always wanted.
- Surviving Testicular Cancer
One year after being diagnosed with testicular cancer, WebMD Community Member is on top of the world.
- Top Cancer-Fighting Foods
Mounting evidence shows that the foods we eat weigh heavily in the war against cancer.
- Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects
Simple tips for coping with the nausea, fatigue, and hair loss that can accompany chemotherapy.
- How to Document Your Medical History
Once you've had cancer, it becomes a major part of your medical history. Make sure to get a copy of your cancer treatment records.
- Thanks, Doc
An uplifting story about a WebMD member and cancer survivor that will encourage readers to go for regular checkups, eat right, avoid smoking, and make the most of life.
- Nutrition for Strength When You're Not Well
When you're battling arthritis, cancer, depression, and other conditions that can affect appetite, what you eat and when you eat it can preserve strength, boost immunity, and help you feel better -- quicker.
- New Methods for Targeting Cancer
Doctors and scientists aim for cancer's weak spots with targeted therapies.
- 50 Years of Milestones in the Fight Against Cancer
Today people can live for years with some forms of cancer; other forms of cancer can be cured. Here are just a few of the milestones in the war on cancer, and some of the researchers who made them.
- Eating to Fight Cancer
Beyond quitting smoking, drinking less, losing weight, and exercising, lowering your risk of cancer is all about a healthy diet. Here's what to eat, and what to avoid, to stack the odds in your favor.
- Cancer Patient's Misled Hope May Have Led to His Death
Exactly how many cancer patients turn to alternative therapies in addition to or in place of more conventional treatments is unknown.