by United Cancer Support Foundation | Aug 29, 2022 | Research
A cancer treatment set to was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this month. Hopefully it will give women diagnosed with HER2-low breast cancer extended survival rates. The groundbreaking new drug, Enhertu, deleoped by AstraZeneca, was given...
by United Cancer Support Foundation | Aug 28, 2022 | Education
Over the course of a lifetime, about 1 in 8 American women will develop an invasive form of breast cancer. In 2017, about 252,710 women will be diagnosed with new invasive cases of breast cancer, while 2,470 men will receive the same news. Breast cancer starts...
by United Cancer Support Foundation | Aug 22, 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 substances such as bacteria and viruses...
by United Cancer Support Foundation | Aug 7, 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 | Mar 27, 2017 | 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...
