Sunday, March 14th, 2010
The wife of a friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer nine years ago. She underwent mastectomy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. She was well after that. She was a pride of the medical establishment and was invited to the ?Celebration of Life? party. But it was not to be. Soon after receiving the invitation she […]
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Breast Cancer, Cause of Breast Cancer, Other Breast's Topic, Other Cancer Articles, Other Treatment Articles |
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Pancreas is responsible for producing insulin which regulates the sugar level in the body. All those who know what diabetes is would know the importance of insulin in body (and hence the importance of pancreas). Pancreas also produces pancreatic juice which helps in digestion of food. When abnormal growth of cells (malignant cells) occurs in […]
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Other Cancer Articles, Other Treatment Articles |
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
The fight against cancer has been progressively advancing through the years. Combined efforts from the government, civil society, and health advocacy groups have gained dramatic results. Cancer awareness is on the rise, alternative less cancer-prone lifestyles are arising, while medical researches and technological advancement have tremendously leveled up the fight against one of the world's […]
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Breast Cancer, Other Breast's Topic, Other Cancer Articles, Other Medicine Articles, Other Treatment Articles |
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Cervical cancer, to some people, might not be a very common type of cancer, but unfortunately, it is no less dangerous. This type of cancer ranks second only after breast cancer in the number of deaths recorded globally, annually in women between the ages of 35 and 55. Though its prevalence varies from […]
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Breast Cancer, Other Breast's Topic, Other Cancer Articles, Other Treatment Articles |
Friday, February 12th, 2010
As we all know, general hair loss can be either hereditary or a result of aging, but it can also be a result of ongoing health problems. Hair loss in radiation treatment is a prime of example of health-related hair loss. Treatments for cancer generally result in hair loss because of their composition of chemicals […]
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Other Cancer Articles, Other Treatment Articles |
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that affects woman. The most common victims of cervical cancer are older woman (i.e. 40+). Cervical cancer is generally caused by HPV (human papilloma virus) which gets transmitted through sexual contact and over a period of time (which can last for years) leads to cancerous cervix cells.
Prevention against […]
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Myth: A woman who has been cancer earlier should not get pregnant.
There is much metabolic and hormonal change occurring when a woman gets pregnant. Studies have shown that this does not cause any significant risk of breast cancer recurring.
Myth: Breast cancer can be got by coming into contact with an individual who already has […]
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Breast Cancer, Other Breast's Topic, Other Cancer Articles, Other Treatment Articles |
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
As you know, our lungs are the most vital organs of our body. It absorbs oxygen from the air and distributes it to different parts of our body it also expels carbon dioxide from our body into the air. When however, malignant cells develop in our lungs, we suffer from lung cancer.In this article I […]
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
The process of demonstrating whether a novel treatment method is better than the previous ones requires breast cancer patients to volunteer to take part in the testing of new drugs and procedures. These tests are called clinical trials.
Clinical trials need to be done in an unbiased way, if their results are to be deemed […]
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Breast Cancer, Other Breast's Topic, Other Cancer Articles, Other Treatment Articles |
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
I am personally aware of how hard it was to see, Ann, one of my daughters, struggle with the pain of the treatments for her breast cancer. After many long months in the hospital, Ann, in 1995, was relieved of all of her pain as she left us and went to be with the Lord. […]
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Breast Cancer, Other Breast's Topic, Other Cancer Articles, Other Treatment Articles |