Cancer Still a Heavy Burden for African Americans (American Cancer Society)The United States has made strides recently in improving the outlook for people with cancer. Deaths from the disease have dropped for two years in a row. But a new American Cancer Society report shows that progress has been slower among African Americans than people of other races in this country.

Health Tip: Tobacco Ills (HealthDay)It’s no secret that tobacco use isn’t good for you.

Testicular Cancer Survivors Have Higher Rates of Other Cancers (American Cancer Society)Summary: Testicular cancer survivors have about twice the risk of developing some other form of cancer in their lifetime than men who never had testicular cancer, according to a study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Chemotherapy Can Replace Radiation for One Type of Testicular Cancer (American Cancer Society)Summary: A large European study of men with stage I seminoma, a form of testicular cancer, has shown that treating them with a single injection of the drug carboplatin prevents recurrence just as well as radiation therapy. The study appears in The Lancet.

Fathering Children May Be a Problem for Testicular Cancer Survivors (American Cancer Society)Although treatment will cure most men with testicular cancer, it can leave as many as one-third of them sterile, according to French researchers. Men facing this disease should be counseled to consider banking their sperm for future use, they wrote in the journal Cancer (Vol. 100, No. 4: 732-737).

Radiation Seed Therapy Fights Prostate Cancer (HealthDay)Spanish ID: 601649 –>

Prostate Surgery Is Viable Option for Older Men (HealthDay)Surgery for prostate cancer can be safe and worthwhile for older men above the traditional cutoff age of 70.

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