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American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer

American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer

The American Cancer Society recommends these cancer screening guidelines for most adults. Screening tests are used to find cancer before a person has any symptoms.
Diet and Physical Activity: What’s the Cancer Connection?

Diet and Physical Activity: What’s the Cancer Connection?

How much do daily habits like diet and exercise affect your risk for cancer? Much more than you might think. Research has shown that poor diet and not being active are 2 key factors that can increase a person’s cancer risk. The good news is that you do something about this.

TREATMENT

Cancer treatment is improving, saving lives and extending survival for many people. Depending on various factors, treatment options may include surgery, radiation, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, or targeted, local therapy, among others. These treatments might be used alone or in combination. Clinical trials evaluate the benefits of new therapies and broaden the options available to patients.

This section includes treatment trends for cancer sites for which there are available data trends and definitive treatment guidelines based on rigorous evidence of benefit to patients, including bladder, breast, colorectal, kidney, lung, ovarian, and prostate cancers.
Know about your health

You’re smart. You’re responsible. You’re highly motivated to keep your family healthy – and having adequate health insurance coverage is part of that. But learning what you need to know about insurance in order to make good decisions can be overwhelming. That’s where we can help.

Congenital Cardiology Today is the only worldwide monthly publication exclusively serving pediatric, congenital / structural cardiologists, adult cardiologists that focus

on congenital / structural heart disease, and congenital / structural heart surgeons. The mission of Congenital Cardiology Today is to provide reliable and timely information on congenital / structural heart disease. Article topics include devices and procedures, patient therapy, drug therapy, supporting technologies, products and services, as well as training opportunities and news from hospitals and allied organizations which support their practice. There are two monthly editions to the newsletter: North American and International. The North American Edition is available in print and online in Adobe PDF format in the US and Canada. The International Edition is available electronically in Adobe PDF format Congenital Cardiology Today 9008 Copenhaver Drive, Ste. M Potomac, MD 20854 USA Phone: +1.301.279.2005 Fax: +1.240.465.0692 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. © 2010 by Congenital Cardiology Today (ISSN 1554-7787- print; ISSN 1554-0499 - online). Published monthly. All rights reserved. Formerly Pediatric Cardiology Today, Congenital Cardiology Today (CCT) is a monthly newsletter for pediatric (paediatric) cardiologists worldwide as well as other physicians and nurses practicing pediatric cardiology whether in offices, hospitals, universities, research, government or private practice. COURTESY: Twitter.com/Cardiology