by United Cancer Support Foundation | May 23, 2022 | Research
Immunotherapy Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that use the host immune system to fight cancer. The immune system is made up antibodies, white blood cells, and other chemicals and proteins that attack and destroy...
by United Cancer Support Foundation | May 20, 2022 | Research
It is usually not possible to know exactly why one person develops cancer and another doesn’t. But research has shown that certain risk factors may increase a person’s chances of developing cancer. The list below includes the most-studied known or suspected risk...
by United Cancer Support Foundation | May 19, 2022 | Research
What is Cervical Cancer? Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the cells of a woman’s cervix. Two types of cells cover two parts of the cervix. Glandular cells cover the endocervix, which is closest to the uterus. Squamous cells cover the ectocervix, near...
by United Cancer Support Foundation | May 6, 2022 | Research
What is genetic testing? Genetic testing is the use of medical tests to look for changes(mutations) in a person’s genes. The changes in genes or mutations play an important role in the development of cancer. They can cause cells to grow out of control...
by United Cancer Support Foundation | Sep 28, 2017 | Research
How they conduct research HeritX is collaborating with leading experts across science, medicine, and technology. Each HeritX-supported research and development program to prevent inherited BRCA cancer has been carefully selected after exploring and exchanging...
by United Cancer Support Foundation | Jun 20, 2016 | Research
New Breakthrough in Cancer Treatment According to recent report on CBS, former president Jimmy Carter has announced that he is now cancer free. Last year in August, he had an aggressive form of melanoma skin cancer, and that tumors had spread into his liver and...
