Support
No matter what decisions you make about your cancer care, rest assured that support is always available in order to help you manage your care. This section includes information about everyday life and how to cope with the illness.
Obesity in cancer survivors
Obesity is a growing phenomenon, especially in the United States. Research carried out at Columbia University has established a relationship between cancer and weight gain that could exacerbate this trend.
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are studies that are intended to discover or verify the effects of one or more investigational medicines. Testing an experimental drug is a lengthy process, usually lasting several years.
Cancer pain
Patient with cancer commonly experience pain due to the cancer itself, the cancer treatment, or a combination of both.
Physical activity under specialists' supervision
Italian research recommended which sports are best suited to elderly patients with prostate cancer. Resistance and cardiovascular exercises should be undertaken.
Sugar-sweetened beverages and cancer risk
The excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is a potential risk factor for many diseases, including cancer. One of the Louisiana State University studies has found further evidence of this link.