Ryon GrafDec 4, 2011Building the ship outside of the bottle: individual cancer genomics is becoming science fact.3 December 2011 How will we treat the cancer of the future? Sequence a patient’s genome, and the cancer’s! If you just let out a gasp of...
Ryon GrafNov 25, 2011How does one become a scientist?25 November 2011 This week’s question is not so much about cancer research as it is about cancer researchers and the general structure of...
Ryon GrafNov 13, 2011Thought Experiment: How would you design a cancer drug?(Back to Cancer for Dummies main page for additional topics) 13 November 2011 I wrote on this topic a while ago, and figured it would be ...
Ryon GrafNov 6, 2011Killing Zombie Cells Slows Aging!6 November 2011 Original Research Commentary Article Everyone gets older, but what exactly is aging? Everyone is familiar with getting o...
Ryon GrafOct 30, 2011Could cancer screening be harmful?30 October 2011 Dollar-wise, how much is a life worth? How much are we as a society willing to pay to “save” a life? Even so, are we mo...
Ryon GrafOct 23, 2011Fighting fire with gasoline? Did alternate cancer therapies shorten the life of Steve Jobs?23 October 2011 Jobs was a savvy businessman and one of the visionaries of our time. In his famous 2005 commencement address to Stanford...
Ryon GrafOct 17, 2011Can pregnancy prevent breast cancer?16 October 2011 Commentary on original research In the spirit of breast cancer awareness month, I thought I’d make my readers more aware ...
Ryon GrafOct 9, 2011Why is Pancreatic Cancer hard to treat?This week marks another question from Peter Borak of San Francisco, CA: Why are some cancers fatal and other cancers easy to treat? This ...
Ryon GrafOct 7, 2011Dangers of NostalgiaA really good read on the attitude of Steve Jobs, whom I consider one of the visionaries of our time: NY Times Nostalgia is all good an...
Ryon GrafOct 1, 2011Can Aspirin Prevent Cancer?1 October 2011 Ed: I realize that this is a partial re-post, but in the time since I originally posted this article my readership has grow...
Ryon GrafSep 25, 2011How bad is red meat?This week’s article was inspired by Calvin Sloan of Santa Monica, CA: What should I not eat, what is the most carcinogenic? [in the commo...
Ryon GrafSep 17, 2011Who was Jonas Salk? How does one contribute to medicine?Yesterday I attended the 23rd Usha Mahajani symposium on cancer research at the Salk Institute. I wish I could spend more time this week w...
Ryon GrafSep 11, 2011Post-9/11 cancer?11 September 2011 It’s the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, and when the World Trade Center towers went down, a ...
Ryon GrafSep 2, 2011What do cancer researchers do all day?3 September 2011 This week’s question is from Andrew Danly of Point Loma, CA. Hey Ryon: What is it you do in the lab on the front lines o...
Ryon GrafAug 28, 2011Do taller women get more cancer?27 August 2011 Cynthia Davis from Paradise, CA writes: Since my daughters and I are tall, could you work on this, please? http://www.clin...
Ryon GrafAug 19, 2011Does aspartame cause cancer? Do you eat a pound of aspartame per day?20 August 2011 Caitlin Bigelow of San Diego, CA writes: My mom and I have had a few heated discussions on the health effects of diet soda...
Ryon GrafAug 13, 2011Cancer sniffing pooch?13 August 2011 This week’s question comes from Mitchell Vamos in La Jolla, CA: I haven’t heard much lately about the cancer-sniffing dogs...
Ryon GrafAug 5, 2011Do we all have some level of cancer?This week is part II of an article inspired by Anne Kenworthy: What does it mean to have a “normal” cancer marker? Does this mean we all...
Ryon GrafJul 30, 2011Normal ranges of a tumor marker?30 July 2011 Anne Kenworthy writes: I was just turned onto this site by a friend. I am currently battling cancer. In April, My CEA (can...
Ryon GrafJul 23, 2011Not taking it for granted: Sunscreen DOES prevent Melanoma23 July 2011 The inspiration for this week’s article is not from one person, but from a culmination of many people asking me “dumb” quest...
