Dr. Erika Kube The physician assistant I worked with in the emergency department had gone to see a patient with a complaint of itching and told me something was wrong. Brian had been having issues with itching for several weeks and neither Benadryl nor a prescription for steroids from his family doctor had helped. He …
Pancreatic cancer, not poison ivy, caused itching in man Read More »
Your chances of developing cancer are determined by a complex set of genetic, environmental and behavioral risk factors. When it comes to your risk of pancreatic cancer, there’s a little-known genetic risk factor that experts say could play a big role: your blood type. In fact, a 2009 study by Harvard experts found that people …
Having this blood type increases your risk of pancreatic cancer by 70% Read More »
Israeli scientists say they have invented a blood test that can detect colorectal cancer, which is normally detected by an invasive test, and pancreatic cancer, which today has no single diagnostic test. They say the test could also simplify screening for other cancers and save lives by eliminating invasive colonoscopies for colorectal cancer, which many …
First, new Israeli blood test could detect pancreatic and colorectal cancers Read More »
