Tag: Oncology
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Quitting Smoking After Cancer Diagnosis Boosts Survival: New Study Findings
Overview: Smoking Cessation and Cancer Survival When a cancer diagnosis arrives, patients often face a cascade of decisions about treatment, lifestyle, and recovery. A growing body of evidence now suggests that quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis can meaningfully improve overall survival, including for those with advanced disease. The latest findings, published in the Journal…
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Quit Smoking After Cancer Diagnosis to Improve Survival
Evidence Links Smoking Cessation to Longer Survival After Cancer Diagnosis Quitting smoking after receiving a cancer diagnosis is more than a matter of quality of life or reducing treatment side effects. A growing body of evidence suggests that stopping tobacco use can actually improve overall survival, even for patients with advanced cancers. This insight comes…
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Quitting Smoking After a Cancer Diagnosis Boosts Survival, Study Finds
New Evidence Links Quitting Smoking to Longer Survival in Cancer Patients Clinicians and patients have long debated how much influence lifestyle changes can have after a cancer diagnosis. A recent study published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network adds a robust data point: quitting smoking after a cancer diagnosis is associated with…
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Cancer Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore: Mouth Sores, Fatigue, and Bleeding If You Spot Them
Spotting Cancer Early: Why Subtle Signs Matter Early cancer signs are often subtle and easy to overlook. In many cases, persistent symptoms that don’t improve with time should raise red flags, especially when they appear without a clear cause. In Raipur, oncologists emphasize that recognizing these warning signs can lead to earlier diagnosis and better…
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Cancer Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore: Early Detection Tips from an Oncologist
Recognizing the Subtle Signals Cancer often doesn’t announce itself with dramatic symptoms. In many cases, warning signs are subtle, persistent, or easily dismissed as harmless. An oncologist from Raipur, Dr. Jayesh Sharma, emphasizes the importance of paying attention to small, ongoing changes in your body. Early detection can significantly improve treatment success rates, so recognizing…
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Cancer Diagnosis Strengthened Us: Navigating Tough Conversations and Prostate Cancer
Facing cancer together, and the conversations that follow When a cancer diagnosis arrives, it often shifts the cadence of a relationship. For many couples, the news can tighten the bonds that survive the toughest storms, even as it forces conversations that once seemed unthinkable. The story of a partner who underwent a radical prostatectomy and…
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Single-Chromosome Sequencing in Human Cancers: A Window into Gene-Specific Tumor Biology
Introduction: Why Focus on a Single Chromosome? Cancer genetics has traditionally relied on bulk genome analyses, which average signals across millions of cells. While informative, this approach can obscure rare but functionally critical events occurring on individual chromosomes. The idea of single-chromosome sequencing—an approach that isolates and analyzes one chromosome at a time—offers a rare…
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Could COVID mRNA Vaccines Help Fight Cancer? New US Study Sparks Hope—and Caution
Can COVID mRNA vaccines boost cancer treatment? Recent research from the United States has sparked interest in a surprising possible benefit of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine: enhancing the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy. In a retrospective analysis of more than 1,000 patient records, researchers found that patients with advanced lung cancer or metastatic skin cancer (melanoma)…
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Data-Driven Cancer Care: How Dr. Omar Khan Is Rewriting Alberta’s Oncology Landscape
Turning Data Into Better Cancer Care In Calgary, Alberta, a physician-scientist is reshaping how cancer care is delivered by translating data into real-world improvements for patients. Dr. Omar Khan, a medical oncologist who treats breast cancer and sarcoma at the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Arthur Child), has long believed that artificial intelligence and…
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Data-Driven Cancer Care: Dr. Omar Khan’s AI Push in Alberta
Turning Data Into Better Cancer Care Dr. Omar Khan, a medical oncologist who treats breast cancer and sarcoma at the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Calgary, has long believed that artificial intelligence will redefine health care. His early career insight—spotting the potential of data to guide clinical decisions—has evolved into a multi-faceted program…