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BATON ROUGE, La. – Baton Rouge General’s Pennington Cancer Center is the first treatment center in Louisiana to utilize an innovative technology that ...

Each year, more people die of lung cancer than colon, breast and prostate cancers combined. However, a new report from the American Cancer Society ...

According to a recent study by the International Journal of Cancer, it’s possible. The year-long study followed more than 46,000 women whose sisters ...

It’s true that mammograms save lives, but there are a lot of misconceptions people take as “truths” about getting one. We asked one of our imaging ...

The lazy days of summer have been known to leave people in the last place they want to be – the emergency room. Here are a few of the top injuries and ...

Are the active ingredients in your over-the-counter sunscreen safe? A new proposed regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has called for ...

Colonoscopy is not the only way to screen for colorectal cancer. Here are your options. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the U.S., ...

Lymphedema is painful swelling in the arms or legs most common after cancer surgery or radiation of the head, neck, breast and legs. An estimated 3-5 ...

Every week there’s a new article explaining why your favorite foods may be bad for you. It can be tough to wade through the information overload on ...

Myth #1: Most breast cancer is genetic. In reality, only about 5-10 percent of breast cancer cases are hereditary. If you do have a strong family ...