Steve Job’s Cancer: Pancreatic Cancer

October 8, 2011

Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple, Inc., died earlier this week after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. The pancreas is an elongated, tapered gland that is located behind the stomach and is part of the digestive and endocrine system. The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes that he[...]

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Cancer Death Rates Falling

May 10, 2011

According to a recent report, cancer death rates began to decline in the early 1990s and have continued to do so. Cancer death rates declined an average of 1.6% a year between 2003 and 2007, and the overall incidence rates of cancer have declined about 1%. However, death rates for cancer among men [...]

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