Lots of little interesting tidbits in here like
-the expansion of the use in tobacco products in Asia
-cervical cancer is a big problem in India
-lots of other stuff on recent cancer research and ideas like cancer gene addiction and cancer stemcells
-collaborative research
-plus a plea to increase the NIH budget!
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This is the first of 6 guest posts on infectious causes of chronic disease.
by Matthew Fitzgerald
If you were to rely on much of what you see in the mainstream media and on social media, you probably have the impression that we are not doing very well against cancer. Indeed, a common trope I see in a lot of articles is that we are somehow "losing" the war on cancer.
HPV (Human Papillomavirus) is widely known as the virus that causes cervical cancer in w
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., and at any moment directly affects almost 4% of the population, or about 10.8 million Americans.