Cancer Resources

Strengthen the Medical Workforce: The growing demand for cancer specialists is expected to far outpace the number of practicing oncologists in our health care system.

At the same time, the nation’s demand for primary care physicians, nurses and other health professionals will continue to increase as our population ages, rates of chronic disease continue to rise, and more Americans gain access to preventive and chronic disease health care services. The Obama-Biden plan will help our health care workforce grow by expanding funding for loan repayment, adequate reimbursement, grants for training curricula, the Nurse Reinvestment Act of Title VIII of the Public Health Act, and infrastructure support to improve working conditions. The Obama-Biden
plan to double cancer research funding will also help recruit and retain clinical researchers who specialize in cancer by providing adequate funding for oncological study. In addition, investing in health information technology and practice redesign will free up time of physicians and clinical personnel to care for patients, not cater to insurance companies. And the Obama-Biden investment in cancer research will directly benefit our nation’s cancer centers, which are at the front line in the effort to eradicate cancer and are largely responsible for training the cancer workforce that will practice in the United States.

Support Advances in Personalized Medicine: Barack Obama has been a congressional leader in bringing attention to the potential of genomics to improve treatment and develop cures for Americans with cancer.
Genomics is the study of gene structure and function, and researchers have started using genomics to increase understanding of diseases and develop better diagnostic tools and treatments. As a Senator, Barack Obama introduced the Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act to create an interagency task force on genomics research, modernize FDA review of genomics tests and expand support to genomics researchers, including
funding and creation of a new mechanism to allow researchers across the country to access and analyze genomics research. As president, Obama will continue to support advances in personalized medicine to help ensure early detection and treatment of cancer and other diseases. Continue reading ‘The Obama-Biden Plan to Combat Cancer’ »

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in American women and one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in women, second only to lung cancer. Research shows that 13% of all women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Although, no one knows the exact causes of breast cancer, but by educating yourself and taking control of some lifestyle factors, you can lower your risk of developing breast cancer.

Here are five simple things you can  take to reduce your risk of breast cancer:

1. Eat a Healthy Diet

Eating well is also important to improve your health and reduce your cancer risk. Take a good hard look at what you typically eat each day and incorporate the following suggestions to build a healthy diet plan for yourself:

- Add more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to your diet. These foods are rich in antioxidants which help to prevent cell damage associated with cancer development.

- Processed and red meats: Cutting back on processed meats like hot dogs, bologna, and luncheon meat, and red meats like beef, pork and lamb may help reduce the risk of colon and prostate cancers. These foods are also high in saturated fat, so eating less of them and eating them less often will also help you lower your risk of heart disease. Continue reading ‘Top 10 Ways to Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer’ »

So what is the cancer industry worth? A study funded by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, estimated that the global cancer industry is worth $305 billion in 2009, with an estimated 12.9 million new cases of cancer. That’s equivalent to all the exports of Russia in 2009. It is estimated that the industry could be worth $638 billion by 2030.

There is a collusion that centers around the lobbying industry. Lobbying is the process by which representatives of corporations approach the policy makers in Washington to enact or change legislation to benefit their corporate profits. In return the government policy makers receive various forms of payments – either legal donations , promises of future benefits or illegal bribes (as has been shown by previous congressional scandals).

Former corporate health care executives, are often hired by the U.S. government as health care advisors to create national health care policies and after a few years they are rehired back by the same corporations to only repeat the cycle years later. Liz Fowler, of the Wellpoint health care corporation, is one such person that has rotated through two cycles, and each time she helps to formulate national health care policies that are beneficial to Wellpoint profits. Continue reading ‘Asbestos Mesothelioma – The Cancer Industry Is A Money Printing Machine. Do You Trust It?’ »

There has been much controversy regarding the safety of soy food and products for women that have survived breast cancer.  A recent study done by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that women in China who had breast cancer had an associated lower risk of death and breast cancer recurrence when they had a higher intake of soy food. Continue reading ‘How Can Soy Products Help With Breast Cancer?’ »

Mesothelioma is a serious cancer and asbestos is the major cause. During the 1940s and 1950s, construction of community mesothelioma asbestos used as the best thing that happened after the cement for the construction industry. Cancer Asbestos was used in insulation and ceiling tiles in the home, schools and factories because the high level of stability and resistance to high temperatures.

However, asbestos can cause damage, contaminants. This tends to go into small portions and stay aloft longer. For those who come into contact, a serious illness to challenge for lung cancer or lung cancer, mesothelioma. Continue reading ‘Mesothelioma Is Serious Cancer’ »

Many of the internal organs of the body protected by a membrane called the mesothelium. This membrane actually consists of two layers of cells. Layer around the organ, and the second is a sac that surrounds the layers. When the internal organs of this membrane must move, expand or contract – such as heart, lung, cancer, bladder, and so on, they can do because mesothelium produces lubricating fluid between two layers.

Most often begins mesothelioma of the pleura or peritoneum. Pleura surrounding the lungs and chest cover. Peritoneum closed some organs in the abdominal cavity. Other mesothelium tissue is also vulnerable to mesothelioma. These include the pericardium that surrounds and protects the heart, testic tunica vaginalis that surrounds the internal reproductive organs of men, and that uterine serous membrane that covers the internal reproductive organs in women. Continue reading ‘Mesothelioma Advice Help’ »