Archive for October, 2008

Its not just lung cancer!

Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
Most people think that the only cancer caused by smoking is lung cancer. Not true. There are at least nine other cancers where the risk is increased by smoking. The most common of these are bladder cancer, kidney cancer and pancreatic cancer. Smoking will even increase your chance of getting acute […]

Does the American Cancer Society care about young adults with cancer?

Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog.
Editor’s Note: The following post was written by a fellow young adult cancer survivor named, Jack Bouffard.
“I wanted to share a rant I posted on the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Survivor Network message board. Over the last few days I have left numerous responses to young adults who are going […]

How good is your surgeon?

Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
When I was writing for the American cancer Society, I always included a suggestion that cancer patients try to get their care at a nearby cancer center, if that was possible. There isn’t anything magical about cancer centers except that they tend to attract doctors, including surgeons, who really know how […]

The overhyped PINK nausea of October

Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog.
This month, it begins. The torrential onslaught and ceaseless marketing. The inane. The benign. The insipid. The expired. The end of rational consumption as we know it.
I speak none other than breast cancer PINK nausea!
Yes, at the stroke of midnight on October 1st, everything that has a pulse, a price […]