The incidence of early onset cancers, those diagnosed before age 50, including cancers of the breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver and pancreas, has “dramatically increased” over the past few decades, according to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

The growing global burden of cancer is rapidly exceeding the current cancer control capacity. More than 19 million new cancer cases were diagnosed in 2020 worldwide, and 10 million people died of cancer.

Researchers report that cancer diagnoses continue to rise in people in the United States between 15 and 39 years old. The increase is due largely to thyroid cancer, but the rates for colorectal and other cancers are also up.

This report by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) summarizes the findings published in the journal Cancer concerning the impact of lifestyle behaviors on the development of cancer. See here for the study itself, conducted by researchers Islami, Sauer, et al.

Written by a naturopathic physician and a medical journalist, The Definitive Guide to Cancer: An Integrative Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Healing presents an overview of what cancer is, its causes and preventative strategies, an in-depth approach to integrative treatment options, descripti…

Overall mortality rates for cancer continue to decline in the U.S., but since 2011 that decline has slowed for obesity-associated cancers, likely due to the obesity epidemic, researchers reported in Jama Open Network.

Prostate cancer is the most common malignant diagnosis in men–and lifestyle behaviors seem to impact its development. In this webinar, Dr. Donald Abrams, integrative oncologist at UCSF, will review the benefits of an integrative approach in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer.

In this four-part lecture series, noted integrative oncologist Donald Abrams shares key information about the efficacy of complementary therapies used as an adjunct to medical treatment for cancer. This fascinating series, filmed in 2014,  is hosted by Commonweal founder Michael Lerner.

Cancer ranks as a leading cause of death in every country in the world, and, for the first time, female breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer, overtaking lung cancer, according to a collaborative report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the International Agency for Research on…

Anticancer Wheel of Life worksheet S.M.A.R.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the most common form of the disease, accounting for nearly 12% of new cases each year worldwide.

A study published in JAMA Network Open reveals that rates of cancer increased by 30% from 1973 to 2015 in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) (persons aged 15–39 years) in the United States, according to a review of almost a half million cases in the National Institutes of Health’s Surveilla…