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By comparison, another common metaphor, comparing cancer to a "journey" was "less likely to lead to feelings of guilt or failure". [10] In a study conducted in 2003 stated that patients using war-related terminology to describe their breast cancer had higher rates of depression and "poorer quality of life". [11]
Cancer DALYs attributable to 11 Level 2 risk factors globally in 2019. [127] Cancer prevention is defined as active measures to decrease cancer risk. [128] The vast majority of cancer cases are due to environmental risk factors. Many of these environmental factors are controllable lifestyle choices. Thus, cancer is generally preventable. [129]
The hallmarks of cancer were originally six biological capabilities acquired during the multistep development of human tumors and have since been increased to eight capabilities and two enabling capabilities. The idea was coined by Douglas Hanahan and Robert Weinberg in their paper "The Hallmarks of Cancer" published January 2000 in Cell. [1]
Scientist Otto Warburg, whose research activities led to the formulation of the Warburg hypothesis for explaining the root cause of cancer.. The Warburg hypothesis (/ ˈ v ɑːr b ʊər ɡ /), sometimes known as the Warburg theory of cancer, postulates that the driver of carcinogenesis (cancer formation) is insufficient cellular respiration caused by insult (damage) to mitochondria. [1]
One new study used a blood test to determine which colon cancer patients could skip chemotherapy after surgery. After surgery, some cancer patients can safely skip radiation or chemotherapy ...
The C Word is a 2016 documentary film about the effort to prevent cancer, particularly the research of Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, and addresses the failure of Western medicine's approach to cancer. [1] Produced and directed by cancer survivor Meghan L. O'Hara, it is narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Since the 1980s, cases of both colon and rectal cancer have dropped overall, but a recent study finds incidence rates among two groups are on the rise. Colorectal cancer cases among Millennials ...
Oncogenomics is a sub-field of genomics that characterizes cancer-associated genes.It focuses on genomic, epigenomic and transcript alterations in cancer. Cancer is a genetic disease caused by accumulation of DNA mutations and epigenetic alterations leading to unrestrained cell proliferation and neoplasm formation.