Can Sarcoma Be Mistaken for a Harmless Lump for Years?
Yes, a sarcoma can be mistaken for a harmless lump, though it’s usually a matter of months rather than several years, since true sarcomas are malignant tumors that generally grow and change over time, even if slowly. So why does the mix-up happen at all, if...
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: The Importance of Early Detection in Saving Young Lives
Childhood is a phase of development, learning, and discovery. A cancer diagnosis during these years can be challenging for children and their families. However, advances in detection and treatment of cancer have improved outcomes for many young patients. Childhood...
What Are the First Signs of Bladder Cancer?
Painless blood in the urine, medically called hematuria, is the earliest and most common sign of bladder cancer, and that one word, painless, is doing most of the work in that sentence. It’s the absence of pain that trips people up. Blood in the urine that hurts...
Does Low-Dose CT Screening Save Lives?
Yes, for the people it’s actually meant for. Low-dose CT screening, LDCT for short, finds lung cancer early in high-risk individuals, and that early detection lowers lung cancer death rates by roughly 15 to 20 percent in the groups studied. That’s not a...