Cancer Resources

As far as scary words in the English language go, “cancer” is near the top of the list. The good news is that we don’t have to wait around simply hoping that cancer doesn’t affect us and our loved ones. According to scientists in the UK, effective cancer prevention starts with the food on your plate.

The British Journal of Cancer reports optimistic news for vegans. British scientists studied the diets of over 61,000 men and women for 12 years. At the end of 12 years, the scientists recorded how many subjects developed stomach, bladder, ovarian, and lymphatic cancers in the three dietary categories reviewed: vegan, pescetarian, and omnivore. For each type of cancer tested, vegans developed a significantly lower number of cases than did meat eaters. Continue reading ‘Cancer Prevention – Good News For Vegans’ »

Breast cancer is automatically associated with women. There is good reason for this, as it is much more common for women to be diagnosed with breast cancer than men. However, breast cancer in men does exist even though it is quite rare.

It is reported that only 1 percent of the people suffering from breast cancer are actually men. The main reason why people do not think that male breast cancer actually exists is because men don’t have breasts. However, they do have breast tissue. This breast tissue in men normally stays small and flat. Some men develop what look like medium or large breasts. In actual fact, this is just fat collection as the man will more than likely be unfit and overweight. Some men do also grow actual breasts as a result of medication or unusually high hormone levels within the body.

There are a few factors to consider when looking at male breast cancer. Those factors are as follows and may vary from person to person. It is important to remember when looking at the factors that because the chance of getting breast cancer in males is low, there haven’t been a lot of studies looking into male breast cancer. Continue reading ‘Do You Know That Male Could Develop Breast Cancer?’ »

Mesothelioma is a serious cancer and asbestos is the major cause. During the 1940s and 1950s, construction of community mesothelioma asbestos used as the best thing that happened after the cement for the construction industry. Cancer Asbestos was used in insulation and ceiling tiles in the home, schools and factories because the high level of stability and resistance to high temperatures.

However, asbestos can cause damage, contaminants. This tends to go into small portions and stay aloft longer. For those who come into contact, a serious illness to challenge for lung cancer or lung cancer, mesothelioma. Continue reading ‘Mesothelioma Is Serious Cancer’ »

The stages inside Breast Cancer Stage Two can be rather different! So, before we tell you the exact survival rate stat records, we need to go back and describe a bit how is breast cancer staged.

The stage is being assigned depending on how invasive (or not) it is, how many lymph nodes are taken by the cancer, has it spread to other parts of the body, and finally, the stage depends on the size of the tumor.

If the cancer is diagnosed as breast cancer stage 2, and it has not spread to the lymph nodes, and it’s diameter is under 2 centimeters, the 5 year survival rate is 88%-92% according to the statistics of the (American) National Cancer Institute. Continue reading ‘Stage 2 Breast Cancer Survival Rate’ »

Skin cancer is deemed any malignant growth that may materialize on the skin. There are three major kinds  of skin cancers which include melanoma, basal cell cancer and squamos cell cancer. Because the tumours will typically develop on the epidermis or the outermost layer of the skin, finding the cancerous growth is relatively easy. Skin cancer is very common and is the most apparent cancer in human populations. However it has a noticeably lower incidence of death because of the probability that it will be identified in the early phases of the disease. Melanoma is the most destructive kind of skin cancer but is less common than the two other forms of this disease. In many manifestations of the disease, the cancer does not always spread immediately or at all.

What causes Skin Cancer?

There are quite a few known causes of skin cancer. The most widely acknowledged cause is over exposure to harmful ultraviolet  rays or sunlight. The list below highlights some of the main causes: Continue reading ‘What Causes Skin Cancer’ »