Once you have adjusted to the diagnosis and treatment and feel confident about your doctor, ask about treatment options and any new cancer trials that may be suitable for you. Ask your oncologist if there is a trial of new therapy in your type of cancer. It is obvious that the only way to make [...]
Eat phyto-oestrogens Phyto-oestrogens are a group of foods which contain substances that have a hormone-like action. Soya beans, for instance, contain phyto-chemicals known as isoflavones which make up about 75 per cent of the soya protein. In the human gut, bacteria convert isoflavones into compounds that can have an oestrogenic action, although they are not [...]
It is not always important to know the exact extent of the cancer. The importance depends on what treatment is being considered. For example, say a woman and her doctor were considering an extensive operation to remove the entire womb and both ovaries for cancer of the cervix. It would be important to be as [...]