All Entries in the "Cancer" Category
How Do You Get Lip Cancer
Lip cancer can be categorized in the group of oral cancer. Alcohol, tobacco, sun exposure, the (HPV) human papilloma virus, age, gender are some of the usual risk factors that increases the chances of getting lip and oral cancers. As per the research of American Cancer Society, among nearly 26, 000 new oral cancer cases [...]
Dreaming – the Breast Cancer Vaccine
I have a dream. Well, I have many dreams, but this one is about an easy, almost painless means of ensuring that no woman ever has to face, fight or survive breast cancer again. A vaccine. Am I just dreaming? Maybe. Maybe not. Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) is a proven cause of breast cancer [...]
Cervical Cancer And Hepatitis
SIGNS OF CERVICAL CANCER: There are no signs of early cervical cancer. It is therefore necessary for every woman to have regular pap test. A woman with cervical cancer sometimes have example Unusual vagina bleeding including vaginal bleeding after menopause, spotting or discharge, pains during sex. WHO IS AT RISK OF CERVICAL CANCER? Men do [...]
Cheap Way To Screen for Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of women cancer deaths in developing countries where health care resources are lacking and not adequate, particularly in the poor rural regions. A cheap screening method is helping to detect for early signs of cervical cancer. It requires a swab of vinegar (with 3 to 5 percent [...]
Skin Cancer Risk Factors and Prevention
Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer for both women and men. The number of confirmed cases has steadily increased over the past few decades. Knowing your risk factors, how to identify the early stages of this disease and how to protect yourself from skin cancer is essential for early detection and effective treatment. [...]
Medical Nutrition Therapy For Cancer
Nutrition is essential to cure cancer. More and more people are becoming aware of that. Medical nutrition therapy for cancer means providing nutrition education and counseling on how to implement a comprehensive program for healing cancer. For this to be effective a change must occur in the mind of those who have cancer. They need [...]
Reducing Colon Cancer Risk Factors With High Fiber Foods
We all know fiber is good for us, now we’re learning more about just how good. Eating a diet that’s full of fiber is associated with a lower colon cancer risk factors according to research from Britain and the Netherlands that examined no less than 25 studies on the subject. Total fiber intake, and fiber [...]
Common Signs of Breast Cancer
The lack of knowledge makes cancer treatments difficult because the disease goes undetected till it reaches an advanced stage. If breast cancer treatments are done at early stages of the cancer, the chances of complete cure are much higher. Here are some of the signs that one must be aware of: Lumps – Breast cancer [...]
Mesothelioma an Aggressive Cancer
Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer type with no cure yet. The leading cause of this disease is exposure to asbestos, which is a naturally occurring silicate. No amount of asbestos exposure is safe although this disease develops after chronic exposure. Between the exposure itself and the mesothelioma cancer detection usually there is a 20 to [...]
Skin Cancer – Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
In the United States, Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) accounts for 90 percent of all skin cancers in the southern states, and 47 percent in the northern states. Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer in Australia and New Zealand, representing 70-80% of diagnosed skin cancers. Occurrence of Basal Cell Carcinoma mainly [...]
Breast Cancer Treatment and Fertility
Most women are ill-informed about the questions they must be asking their doctor before the treatment starts. Young women who are yet to have children and mothers who are planning for more children are advised to talk to their physician about how cancer treatment can put their fertility at risk. Chemotherapy may affect your ability [...]
Ovarian Cancer Symptoms and Signs That You Need To Know
Ovarian cancer symptoms and signs are often difficult to notice. Individuals may think the signs are down to something else. In the United Kingdom roughly 7000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer per year. If ovarian cancer is diagnosed early the treatment may be more effective, the people more at risk of developing this cancer [...]
One Woman’s Journey Through DCIS Breast Cancer
The phone rings. Please come back to Breastscreen Australia. You have calcification and we need to re-check it. Don’t feel for lumps. You don’t have any. Oh yeah! I think. They’re just over-cautious. No! I was wrong. I had DCIS. So I am very quickly put on the Breast Cancer roller coaster designed to nip [...]
Cervical Cancer in the News
Recently, there was a special bike ride by celebrity cyclists saving 12 women’s lives from cervical cancer. A 5-day, 500-km cycle journey was undertaken as the biggest anti-cervical cancer bike tour and sponsorships and pledges were raised to prevent the senseless deaths of a dozen women from a disease that is treatable through early detection, [...]
What a Doctor at MD Anderson Cancer Center Told Me
The grief stricken father called me. “My son is in MD Anderson Cancer Center and they only give him two weeks to live.” I met the father at his hotel near the Houston Medical Center. He told me that the family had heard about GLYCOMICS, the science of sugars, and its possible impact on cancer. [...]