Cancer’s path from one cell to a life changing diagnosis
The human body runs on trillions of tiny building blocks called cells, each one following a precise set of instructions to keep everything functioning. Occasionally, one of those instructions gets garbled, something like a typo slipping into an otherwise clean message. That error is what doctors call a mutation, and in rare cases, it sets […]
Lung cancer is the silent killer hiding behind a symptom you probably already have an excuse for
It does not get the same cultural attention as breast cancer or the same awareness campaigns as prostate cancer, but lung cancer quietly claims more American lives each year than both of those diseases combined, along with colon cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, no other cancer kills more people in the United States […]