Cancer Resources

The word “cancer” is pretty much the last thing you want to hear when at the doctor’s office. That being said, there are some cancers that are worse than others. It is rare that anyone will ever hear a diagnosis of Mesothelioma, but it can be a brutal finding for those that do. This is particularly true when the patient is a loved one.

Mesothelioma [Me-so-th-ee-lee-oh-ma] is a cancer of the mesothelium. The mesothelium is a lubricated double layer that is found throughout the organs of the chest and abdomen. The mesothelium acts as protection for the organs while also allowing them to move freely so that the heart may beat, the lungs may inhale and so on. Mesothelioma is cancerous growths in this layer and is most often associated with the inhalation of asbestos at some point in one’s life. Continue reading ‘Mesothelioma – When a Loved One is Diagnosed’ »

Leukemia is also known as blood cancer. However, this term is a misnomer because rather than causing cancer in the blood, the cancer is caused in the bone marrow and it affects the white blood cells. These cells are responsible for fighting infections, bacteria and viruses that enter our body. Once the white blood cells are affected, our body gets weakened and is exposed to infections.

There are several types of leukemia and the treatment varies depending on the type. However, the two main types of leukemia are acute leukemia and chronic leukemia. Chronic leukemia is considered to be milder; in other words not all the white blood cells are defective and the progress of the disease is much slower than acute leukemia. Continue reading ‘Interesting Facts About Acute Leukemia’ »

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An example of standardization is the comparison of colorectal cancer rates between different countries. The unadjusted prevalence rates of colon cancer among populations living in underdeveloped countries are lower than rates identified among populations in the United States or other developed countries. On the surface, this observation would suggest the potential protective effects of some as yet unknown environmental factor.

However, the observed differences between countries may also be the result of their differing age distributions; that is, patients living in underdeveloped countries have a reduced life expectancy. Since age seems also to be a risk factor for colorectal cancer, a developing country’s lower prevalence rate may be the result of its younger population rather than a true difference in colorectal cancer prevalence. By standardizing prevalence rates of the different countries to the same population, the effects of confounding by age can be reduced, and a more precise comparison of potential environmental risk factors can be ascertained. the disease before starting. Continue reading ‘Fecal Incontinence is a Symptom of Colorectal Disorder’ »

This article deals with the causes of breast cancer. It is the cancer of the cells present in the breast. Both men and women can get this cancer and the symptoms vary from a lump in the breast to puckering of the skin, inverted nipple, Paget’s disease of the breast, discharge from a single nipple, pain, swelling, redness, itching, tingling, etc. All these symptoms do not happen at one time and each symptom can be a manifestation of another breast disease.

Let’s discuss the causes of Breast Cancer

The primary risk factors for both men and women are identified to be:

• Sex of the person
• Childbearing
• Hormones
• Age
• Alcohol intake
• High fat diet
• Obesity
• Tobacco Continue reading ‘Causes of Breast Cancer’ »

Chemotherapy is the procedure to treat cancer cells by using chemicals. Cancer cells have the ability to divide rapidly. But in this procedure, both the good and bad cells are being killed although it is really aimed at killing the cancerous ones. There are a number of ways chemotherapy drugs are taken. It may be by mouth, by injection on the muscle or vein, by catheter inserted into our bladder, abdomen, chest cavity, spinal cord, liver and brain.

When oral chemotherapy is done, a patient is given a certain dosage to take. It may be daily, weekly or monthly. Most medications are advised to be taken on an empty stomach. There are times drinking juice is also recommended after taking in a medicine. The downside of an oral therapy is the possibility of a patient not to follow the prescribed dosage and time of medication. If done so, it may result to a less effective treatment or more severe consequences. Continue reading ‘The Truth Behind Chemotherapy’ »