How is lung cancer caused ? What causes lung cancer – a dreadful disease that seems to have no mercy on the lives of those affected? Research shows that a lung cancer prognosis in many patients doesn't exceed five years. This is disheartening at best. Being given a diagnosis such as this leaves the patient thinking what causes lung cancer?What causes any type of cancer is really still a mystery. However there are suspicions about what...more
The Facts About Lung Cancer Lung cancer affects millions of people every year. Despite its this, many remain unaware of some of the basic facts about lung cancer.In the United States, more than 200,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer every year, with most of those diagnosed, about 116,000, being men. In that same study, a staggering lung cancer fact is that it will kill more than 160,000 people, which is higher than the number of...more
Cancer is a condition that occurs in the body when the cells divide uncontrollably and form a lump which is also known as a tumor. There are several types of cancers which will attack and infect different parts of the body.A cancer can be either benign or malignant, malignant cancer is when the cells are destructive and spread to other parts of the body. Whereas, benign cancer cells are not cancerous and don't spread to other parts of the body, hence are not dangerous.Every cancer is different, and has different symptoms and warning signs connected to it. While these symptoms may also comprise to other relatively harmless conditions in the body, if they persist or bother you, it is best to contact the doctor.It is extremely important to understand the signs of cancer, so that an individual can know the seriousness and get it checked as soon as possible. Early diagnosis is very important for proper treatment and successful cure. This article will help you in understanding the basic signs of cancer. To help you understand the topic better, here are a few examples - Pancreatic cancer and Skin Cancer - Skin cancer can show several symptoms in the early stages, such as lumps in the...more
With the modern lives that we live, it is inevitable that there are some diseases that cannot be halted in their tracks. Lifestyles are such that some people will just succumb to the diseases while others will do everything in their power to hang on to their lives and try to stay healthy. However, with proper treatment, lives can be extended if...more
Cancer Treatment and Medication CancerCancer is abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells in human body. The cells divide at a very faster rate and even rupture to infect other tissues. They may travel in the blood stream or the lymph fluid. There are close to 100 different types of cancer. They are named after the organ they infect or...more
Cancer Agencies ignore offers of help to Cancer Patients Cancer Agencies ignore offers of help to Cancer Patients At least, that has been my experience…So far. My sister, Marie, was my only sibling, when she was diagnosed with cancer; she kept a brave face and soldiered on, as they say. When the initial cancer was killed by Chemo, we thought that she had it made. About a year later she called me with the news that she had absolutely no Bone Marrow left and needed me to get checked for a Bone Marrow match. The good news came about a week later; we were a 6 out of 6 match…Wow! You can't get better than that, right! Wrong!! Marie lived that last year of her life on my donated marrow, and then she died. She had just turned 41 years old, not very old at all. Marie was a very talented artist. During her chemo and marrow transplant she worked on a painting that she named, "The Painting". She told me that she really couldn't put a name to it…It just was! The painting contained her hopes, her personal thoughts, and some things that she saw everyday while sitting in Princess Margaret Hospital, looking out the window and thinking about life, death and everything...more
Male patients are likely to have a lack of understanding of prostate cancer, their own chances for the cancer, and the ways in which they can figure out whether they have prostate cancer. Many men have minimal, if any, knowledge of the worth of...more
Starting with the first century AD, tending to the sick was the duty of women in religious orders. As a young child Saint Marcella was heavily influenced by Saint Athanasuis leading her to devote her life to works of Christian charity when widowed...more
Surgical removal of Appendix Cancer in India under best oncologists of Mumbai Special cancer hospitals of Mumbai offer world class medical facilities for surgical removal of Appendix cancer in India because of the ever-growing commitment to...more
The Importance of Chemoprevention to Cancer Even though great steps have been done in the knowledge and cure of cancers, prevention is still preferred rather than Treatment Of Cancer. The conversion of normal cells to cancerous ones is an...more
Tongue Cancer Treatment Cancer is often misdiagnosed because we all want to believe that we are invincible and it could not happen to us. Well it can. Cancer has no favorites. Cancer, in its early stages has few if any symptoms because it...more
Secondary Lung Cancer Cures are Rare Cancers that can spread from their original locations are called secondary cancers. This process, called metastasizing, moves the cancers through the bloodstream, lymphatic system, or by direct extension to...more