Cancer Treatment

Breast Cancer and Physical Exercises

2010-01-29T04:15:00.000-08:00

Breast cancer commonly affects most of the women's. In every year world wide estimated 1 million cases diagnosed for breast cancer. Many chances are there for inflicted with breast cancer to someone you know or your loved one. The past 15 years the breast cancer death is controlled and it comes 2.3 percent per year.

Best Types of Physical Exercises:
All leisure type of physical exercises is best for breast cancer. The exercises like gardening dragging or climbing stairs and walking the dog. In addition, the aerobic and resistance mixture exercises are controlled the breast cancer's development. In the use of occupational physical activity, 30 percent of the breast cancer risk reduced for pri, peri and post-menopausal women. A favorable correlation appears between the total physical activity and breast cancer risk. You are increase your physical exercise activity means automatically the breast cancer will decrease. You want best result of physical activity means do every week minimum 4 hours of leisure or occupational activity at a moderate intensity level. The main thing to reduce risk factor is required structured or unstructured exercise for everyday. The direct impacts on breast cancer developing risk is how much you eat, move and overall body fat.

BMI, Body Fat, Food:
Some of the negative impacts are there for development of breast cancer that is high body fat and BMI. The body fat increased from the following factors, obesity and weight gain. Every 5 kgs of weight increases from the adult weight means 8 percent of breast cancer risk also increased automatically. A woman doing physical exercise or sports means she is having small amount of risk for developing breast cancer compared with ordinary women. Moreover, a women having high BMI means she is having a high level of risk for developing breast cancer. One research results tells, the women is having high BMI, she is doing lower amount of physical exercises or higher energy intake had means she is having a risk of developing breast cancer approx. 1.5 to almost two times the risk compared with a women doing regular physical activity, lower BMI and she ate less amount of food.

We are getting the solution!
Maybe we are getting the solution. Past 15 years the prevalence of breast cancer has decreased, the decreasing factor having many reasons they are treatment protocols, early detection and lifestyle modifications. The majority of people not having obesity, weight gain, diabetes on the rise and insulin-resistance because these people do their regular physical exercises regularly. The moderate food and regular physical exercise not gives the guarantees, but these things gives protection. The regular physical exercises and food control is the must one to decrease breast cancer, you are not following these things means start today and control your breast cancer.

What can you do?
You are following the below things and control breast cancer. Walking 3 to 4 days per week (not slow walking, walk fast or up a hill). You are ready to buy a dumbbells or rubber tubing means purchase and do the toning exercises. You are choosing the positive lifestyle means it decrease the risk of developing breast cancer. Finally, the physical exercise is the main factor for controlling the breast cancer.

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Most on cervical cancer treatment

2009-03-16T23:49:00.000-07:00

Almost all cervix cancers are caused by infection with a virus papillomavirus. Most often, the body will eliminate the virus spontaneously, but sometimes the infection persists. Lesions in the neck cause abnormal cells on a privileged and vulnerable: the processing area. The infected cells then undergo morphological changes that are detected at the smear. It is these anomalies that can potentially develop into cancer.

Smear diagnosis
In case of abnormal smears, a colposcopy may be performed. This examination of the cervix, performed with a magnifying glass, used to visualize lesions in the form of "spots" which can then be removed. Using these biopsies, we can specify the exact nature of injuries:

Low grade lesion yet called Condyloma plan - mild dysplasia or CIN grade 1.
High-grade lesion called dysplasia or moderate to severe CIN grade 2 or 3.
Sometimes abnormal cells are found non-specific. These abnormalities most often reactive and are not underpinned by a real injury. These anomalies are called ASCUS (atypical cells of undefined nature).

These lesions are seen in varying degrees of abnormalities as risk of cancer. Non-detected, they can make the bed of cervical cancer in a period of relatively long time.

The treatment of lesions caused by HPV
When we talk about treatment, we prefer not to speak of papillomavirus infection but rather to damage induced by the papillomavirus. Indeed, there is still no treatment of latent infection. The management target and the consequences and effects of the virus on the mucosa, i.e. lesions induced by the virus:

In the case of condyloma acuminata (venereal vegetations or ridges rooster), there is stimulation of local immunity in the form of cream and medical treatment of destructive lesions. When the lesions are extensive or located on several sites (anus, vagina, cervix, vulva), authorizing them to their destruction laser, which can handle all the anomalies at once. This gesture is done in the operating room with anesthesia. The treatment of genital warts by chemical or surgical methods gives good results in terms of scarring and the aesthetic. The success of care depends on the location of condyloma, size and profile of the patient's immune.

In the case of a mild dysplasia (CIN1), the treatment does not always needed because these lesions can disappear spontaneously after a few months. If for personal reasons the patient wishes to be treated, when these lesions are located outside of the cervix are destroyed by laser vaporization. With this technique, the success of treatment is about 85 to 90%. This simple practice is ambulatory with or without local anesthesia.

Breast Cancer Treatment at its various stages

2009-03-09T00:07:00.000-07:00

For several years, women with breast cancer benefit from treatment more effective. Now personal care is now the stage of evolution of the tumor, its characteristics, age and state of health of the patient.

Women with breast cancer benefit from treatment tailored to their pathology. Four techniques are mainly used. In order of importance: surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy. With the widespread use of mammograms, the percentage of breast cancers of low volume has increased and systematic screening is currently implemented, is expected to help increase the proportion of these tumors because the cure rate is around 80% at five years.

Conservative surgery is the basic treatment

When the cancer has developed in the breast, without having spread to surrounding tissues, a local treatment by radiotherapy or surgery may suffice. This type of tumor is frequently diagnosed at mammography, or sometimes by a flow of blood from the nipple.

Surgery remains the treatment lighthouse in the majority of breast cancers. The tumor will be examined under the microscope during surgery to determine cellular characteristics. This analysis is important because no breast cancer is like another, and oncologists individualizes increasingly processing for greater efficiency.

The breast is most often retained if the tumor is less than 3 centimeters. This is referred to as lumpectomy. In contrast, when its volume exceeds 3 centimeters, or where there are several homes tumor, and in some cases of cancers, it will be resolved to remove the womb is known as mastectomy. Sometimes being proposed in breast cancer by more than 3 cm treatment before surgery (chemotherapy, radiotherapy or hormone therapy).

Associated with these two types of nodes removed from the armpit (axillary curage) as soon as the tumor is more than 1.5 to 1.7 cm in diameter. In other cases (tumor smaller without abnormal lymph nodes), we can use technology less mutilating the "sentinel node", but this method is not yet being systematically practiced in France.

In cases where a mastectomy is performed, the surgeon can perform breast reconstruction.

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy

Radiation is almost always performed when conservative surgery was performed. But it is also possible in case of mastectomy. This treatment reduces the risk of relapse. Depending on the case, radiation can be focused, in addition to the breast, the lymph nodes of the armpit or near the clavicle or sternum.

However, chemotherapy is not systematic. We can do without it when the tumor is less than a centimeter, the nodes of the armpit are not affected and that cancer is not too aggressive. The age, the opinion of the woman and her medical history also influence the decision of the doctor to recommend or not a protective chemotherapy. However, it is suggested chemotherapy to all women under 50, in which the armpit lymph nodes are invaded by the tumor or in whom risk factors are present. In general, adjuvant chemotherapy (i.e. after surgery) will be started three to four weeks after the operation. Chemotherapy will be preceded by the introduction of a catheter under anesthesia to avoid biting too often the veins.

Avoid Dangers of HPV

2009-03-08T23:36:00.000-07:00

Nearly 80% of women regularly submit to a gynecological examination. And six million smears can detect HPV, directly linked to cervical cancer. This screening can be improved?

With over 1 000 deaths per year, cancer of the cervix is a major cause of cancer death in women. A forerunner in the development of precancerous lesions caused by viruses of human papilloma virus (HPV). Thanks to the smear, it is possible to achieve a real screening. The evaluation of cancer risk could be improved by supplementing it with a more precise identification of the virus.

HPV in 99.8% of cervical cancers

Papillomaviruses are present in 99.8% of cervical cancers.

These viruses are a necessary but not sufficient, however, cervical cancer. Other factors too, such as early sex, multiple partners, smoking, and vitamin deficiencies or hormonal and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) associated.

A study published in June 2001 in the British Journal of Cancer1 covered 7 932 women, 15.3% of the study population was a source of high-risk HPV (Human Papilloma Virus or Human Papilloma Virus). This sexually transmitted disease (STD) is relatively common and affects about 20% of those under 30 years, the frequency gradually decreases to spend less than 10% after 60 years.

In total a maximum of 3% of women with HPV will develop cancer. This low proportion reflects the fact that 60 to 80% of infections are transient, with duration of 8 to 14 months. Only persistent infection favors dysplasia and can lead to cancer.

Refine the diagnosis by typing of HPV
The number of "false negative" result of the smear is relatively important because the errors no less than 15% of reviews (some studies even argue 50%). Thus, these tests may falsely reassure women at risk.

Indeed, HPV has more than 120 different genotypes. Among them, the risks of cancer of the cervix vary considerably. Thus, HPV 16, 18, 45 or 46 are at high risk carcinogenic while HPV 6, 11 or 42 are responsible for benign lesions.

Modern Breast Cancer Treatment Methods

2009-02-19T02:56:00.000-08:00

In modern times, Breast cancer has become a more common disease among women. Once known as an older women's disease, women in their 20's now are experiencing more cases of it. Statistics reveal that the average breast cancer risk is 14%. This is increased by 32% for smokers. The breast cancer cause could also be inherited but is likely more too environmental factors and lifestyle. Studies show that two genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 should normally prevent cancer cell growth but when there are abnormalities in these genes, they can become the cause of higher breast cancer risk. Combine this with the present toxic environment and multiple carcinogens and the higher rates are easier to understand.

The typical of breast cancer symptoms are the formation of lumps, swelling or skin changes in the breast. However, a cyst or an infection could also exhibit the same symptoms. Regular self-examination of the breast and an annual mammogram would help in early diagnosis of breast cancer. If there is a doubt and concern that breast cancer may be starting, further scans like ultrasound, MRI, CAT, and PET scans should be taken.

Breast cancer treatment is depends by several factors, like the size and stage of the tumor, as well as the lymph node and hormone receptor status. Breast cancer is classified as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), and invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC).

Modern technology has ushered in several treatment options. They are surgery, radiation, hormonal therapy, and chemotherapy. These treatments could be done singly or in a combination of more than one. Normal breast cancer surgery, called lumpectomy, is done where only the tumor in the breast is removed. Normally, radiation therapy is applied as a follow-up measure to ensure that the remaining breast tissues are hopefully cleansed of cancer cells. In mastectomy, the entire breast is removed and in most cases followed up by radiation and/or chemotherapy. This is because the current understanding of cancer is that they really don't know the cause or the extent so they recommend this in hopes that it gets all the cancerous cells.

In persons having invasive breast cancer, surgery and radiation might be supplemented by an axillary lymph node dissection. Further hormonal therapy or chemotherapy - or both - might be needed in a few breast cancer patients. Radiation therapy is an effective process for the destruction of cancer cells that might remain after surgery. Radiation therapy reduces the risk of recurrence significantly. The side effects of radiation therapy are dependant on the type, duration and health of the patient. Dietary changes and nutritional supplements are highly recommended.

If the breast cancer is hormone-receptor-positive, then hormonal therapy is a primary method of breast cancer treatment. Hormonal therapy stops the hormone known as estrogen to stimulate breast cancer cell growth. In recent times, aromatase inhibitors are preferred to tamoxifen, particularly for breast cancer treatment of post-menopausal women who have hormone-receptive-positive breast cancer. Chemotherapy is resorted to mainly to eliminate any cancer cells that could have spread from the breast to other parts of the body. However, the chemotherapy treatment regimen would differ with each individual. It is very important to be regular in the treatment plan and continue with follow-up checkups to avoid recurrence, as well as a change in lifestyle.

Treatment for menopause

2009-02-05T04:26:00.000-08:00

More than ten million French women are postmenopausal. In 2002, they were two million to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Long described as a panacea, these products were awarded all evil after two large studies conducted in the USA and England. The media echo these studies was such that 32% of women taking HRT have stopped their treatment between September 2002 and July 20031. Taking into account the latest results, the French authorities took stock of these treatments.

Three scenarios identified

* In women suffering from climacteric disorders
(Mostly hot flashes, but sometimes also vaginal and urinary disorders, alteration of the skin, mood ...)

In this case, HRT may be considered if these disorders are seen by patients as affecting their quality of life. However, they should be clearly informed of the dangers of HRT and prescribing shall be "the minimum effective dose for a period as short as possible." Regular revaluation at least once a year "should be conducted with a possible temporary suspension of treatment to control the persistence of the climacteric syndrome and its severity.

You should know that climacteric symptoms occurring before stopping rules is a sign of a hormonal imbalance and not the beginning of menopause. This imbalance is not treated the same way as menopause; we can not begin HRT before the cessation of rules.

* In postmenopausal women with risk factors for osteoporosis

HRT should not be used in first intention, but only if the patient has intolerance to other treatment indicated for the prevention of osteoporosis and after an individual assessment of the precise and careful risk / benefit ratio. There are other ways to prevent osteoporosis, especially good health habits (smoking and / or excessive alcohol consumption, regular physical activity, not to gain weight ...), a diet rich in calcium, and an adequate intake of vitamin D. Only your doctor can decide the interest to prescribe HRT, if you have a high risk of osteoporosis and fracture and therefore if you do not tolerate other treatments in the prevention of osteoporosis.

* In postmenopausal women in good health without disorder climacterium and without risk factors for osteoporosis

In this situation, the prescription of HRT is not recommended, due to a risk / benefit ratio unfavorable.

New weapons against kidney cancer

2009-02-05T04:18:00.002-08:00

Often discovered incidentally, kidney cancer is diagnosed at an advanced stage. In this case, the treatments were previously ineffective. But new drugs capable of starving tumors are poised to revolutionize the management of this disease.

Constantly increasing, kidney cancer is often detected too late. Classically, it is estimated that about half of kidney cancers are metastatic or become at large. Faced with these advanced stages, the medicine was well until disarmed ... But drugs in novel mode of action provide new hope.

The arrival of anti-angiogenic

Until now, patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma were treated by surgery that removes the affected kidney (nephrectomy enlarged). Metastasis was also treated it with surgery if it was unique or immunotherapy (interleukin or interferon alpha) if there were several metastases. Thus immunotherapy was the reference treatment of metastatic kidney cancer with response rates published between 2 and 20%. Suffice it to say that she had a very limited effectiveness ...

But two new drug treatments, Sutent ® (sunitinib malate) and Nexavar ® (sorafenib), just to get European approval to market for kidney cancer in advanced stage (metastatic) after failure of immunotherapy. These tablets are able to starve tumors by blocking angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels that allow tumors irrigate). Adverse effects of these treatments are well established: fatigue, hypertension, hand-foot syndrome (with a scaling in the palm) and gastrointestinal disorders. Finally, there are hematologic abnormalities should be monitored. But tolerance is good and overall the results spectaculaires1, 2, particularly those presented at the ASCO 2006 World Congress.

A new support

In addition to an efficiency comparison with the old salaries, they have a positive effect on the organization of care because it is an oral treatment (twice daily), not requiring hospitalization traditional day or immunotherapy.

In conclusion, sorafenib and sunitinib offer hope therapeutic obvious and undeniable in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. "No line of molecule had aroused such hopes for this cancer for over 10 years" says Professor Mejean. If the current indication is limited to renal cell carcinoma, future results should be able to say if they can be offered in a broader.

Kidney Cancer a disease on the rise

2009-02-05T04:18:00.001-08:00

Kidney cancer is the third after urological cancer of the prostate and bladder. Affecting more men, it is constantly increasing. From symptoms to diagnosis, mainly learn about the disease.

The rise in the number of cases could also have an environmental origin. Other risk factors are smoking, hypertension, obesity with a diet rich in fats and certain occupations steel, contact with asbestos, cadmium and solvents used in the petroleum industry. Some rare diseases are factors to the onset of the disease:

* Disease Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) results in the development of various tumors and benign often may affect the nervous system, retina, kidneys or pancreas.

* The Tuberous Sclerosis is a very rare disease that combines eye problems to kidney problems, heart, nervous and skin;

* The Sturge-Weber Syndrome is a congenital vascular malformation that affects the skin, eyes and nervous system;

* Some familial non-VHL.

Late diagnosis
According to a study by the French Association of Urology, the diagnosis was fortuitous in 40% of cases during an ultrasound scan or an abdominal asked for problems unrelated to the disease. In 40%, urological signs are significant, leading to diagnosis. Then general signs (altered state of global health, fatigue, anorexia, weight loss ...) and what is called a paraneoplastic syndrome, characterized by fever during course, polycythemia (increase in red blood cells), hypercalcemia.

At the time of diagnosis, we can consider three scenarios: patients with a localized tumor which treatment is solely and strictly surgical, patients with metastatic tumor at the outset that the treatment is medical and surgical patients which have an apparently localized tumor, but evolve over time.

But the low specificity of symptoms mean that these cancers are often discovered at advanced stages. Classically, it is estimated that about half of kidney cancers are metastatic or become at large.

The management of this cancer is mainly based on surgery more or less extent of the tumor but also need metastases. Immunotherapy treatment was then advanced forms with very limited results. But new drugs capable of starving tumors (anti-angiogenic) offer new hope.

Prostate, a strategic position

2009-01-30T04:31:00.000-08:00

Small male gland, the prostate is often unnoticed. Until problems with urination occur in humans of a certain age. Located in the heart of the genital and urinary systems, it is involved in reproduction.

Present only in humans, the prostate is composed of smooth muscle and glandular tissue. It surrounds the first part of the urethra just below the bladder. From a diameter of about 38 millimeters, it weighs in humans young twenty grams.

An essential role in reproduction

The prostate secretes a clear liquid that pours into the urethra during sexual arousal. The liquid alkali above sperm and reduces the acidity of vaginal secretions so that it does not destroy them.

These are the seminal vesicles and prostate produce seminal fluid. Mixing with the sperm produced by the testes are in the prostate, the sperm then passes through the urethra during ejaculation.

At the crossroads of the urinary and genital systems
Because of its location, prostate problems can lead to urinary symptoms. Indeed it surrounds the initial part of the urethra, through which passes urine and ending at the end of the penis.

In case of increase in volume, the prostate can compress the channel and make urination difficult (to decrease the strength of the jet, frequent urination).

A digital rectal exam allows the doctor to assess the volume and flexibility of the prostate. An excessive size, irregular contours and hardening are all indicators that allow early detection of a condition of this gland from infection of the prostate, adenoma of the prostate or more serious cancer of the prostate.

Lung Cancer Early Symptoms

2009-01-29T03:08:00.000-08:00

Knowledge and understanding of the early symptoms of lung cancer is one of the most important things that those who are at risk of the disease can do. Lung cancer is the most treatable when it is discovered early, and the only way to find out soon enough, it is to recognize and report early symptoms of lung cancer. If you notice a combination of these symptoms of lung cancer, make sure you talk to your doctor.

One of the first symptoms of lung cancer is a nagging cough that just not going well. Often the cough worsens over time and is accompanied by chest pain chronic. Coughing blood is another of the many early symptoms of lung cancer. In fact, coughing blood is one of the main symptoms of lung cancer that sends patients to their doctors. Result of bronchitis or pneumonia sometimes indicates that the disease is present. Fatigue and shortness of breath are more symptoms to watch for if you suspect the disease. No matter what the symptoms are, if you have lung cancer, they will evolve gradually in intensity as the disease progresses.

The symptoms of lung cancer are not always indicate that the disease is present. There are other far less dangerous that can cause these symptoms. However, ignore the symptoms is dangerous, because if they were led to lung cancer, the disease will continue to grow. Early treatment is the best way to successfully fight against lung cancer, so do not ignore these symptoms.

What is Cancer?

2009-01-28T03:22:00.000-08:00

Cancer is the general name for a group of more than 100 diseases in which cells in a part of the body begins to grow out of control. Although there are many types of cancer, they all start because abnormal cells grow out of control. The absence of treatment, the cancer can cause serious illness and even death.

How a normal cell becomes cancer

The normal body cells grow, divide and die in an orderly fashion. During the first years of life, normal cells divide more quickly until the person becomes an adult. After that, cells in most parts of the body divide only to replace worn-out or dying cells and repair of injuries.

Cancer cells develop because of damage to DNA. This substance is found in every cell and directs all activities of the cell. Most of the time when DNA is damaged, whether the cell dies or is able to repair DNA. In cancer cells, DNA damage is not repaired. You can inherit damaged DNA, which is hereditary cancers. Several times, however, a person of the DNA is damaged by things in the environment, such as chemicals, viruses, tobacco smoke or too much sun.

How cancers differ

The cancer can start in many parts of the body. However, different types of cancer can act very differently. For example, lung cancer and breast cancer are very different diseases. They grow at different rates and respond to different treatments. That is why people with cancer need treatment aimed at their particular type of cancer.

How cancer spreads (metastasis)

Because cancer cells keep growing and dividing, they are different from normal cells. Instead of dying, they normal cells survive and continue to grow and create new abnormal cells.

Cancer usually forms as a tumor (a lump or mass). Some cancers such as leukemia, tumors do not. Instead, these cancer cells of blood and blood-forming organs, and circulate through other tissues where they grow.

Travel often cancer cells in the blood or through the lymphatic system to other parts of the body where they begin to grow and replace normal tissue. This process is called the spread of metastases.

Even when the cancer has spread to a different part of the body, it is still the name of the place in the body where it began. For example, breast cancer that has spread to the liver is a metastatic breast cancer, not liver cancer. Prostate cancer that has spread to bone is called metastatic prostate cancer, not bone cancer.

Remember that all cancer tumors. Benign (not cancerous) tumors do not spread to other parts of the body (metastasis) and are very rarely fatal.

How common is cancer?

Half of all men and one-third of all women in the US will develop cancer during their lifetimes. Today, millions of people are living with cancer or have had cancer. The risk of developing most types of cancer can be reduced by changes in a person's lifestyle, for example, by quitting smoking, limiting time in the sun, being physically active, and eating a better diet. The sooner a cancer is found and treated, the better the chances are for living for many years.

Prostate Cancer - What it Means and What Your Options Are?

2009-01-27T03:05:00.000-08:00

Prostate cancer can spread throughout the body in different ways, but it tends to spread to bone rather than other organs. Means the spread of metastatic cancer and prostate cancer can occur when the tumor is small. To determine if the cancer has become an advanced metastatic cancer of bone scintigraphy is used. If it is found that the cancer has spread to bone disease and will be considered as an advanced metastatic disease, even if the tumor in the prostate itself is relatively low.

There are two different stages of prostate cancer spread (or metastases), denoted by:

In the case of an advanced metastatic prostate cancer the M1 label is used.

In this scenario, it is considered unlikely that the cancer will be able to be cured. Once the cancer has spread to the bone, treatment for advanced metastatic cancer centres on slowing the cancers growth and reducing symptoms rather than a cure. Treatment also aims at prolonging life, and increasing its quality.

Possible treatments for advanced metastatic prostate cancer are that can slow the tumors growth are:

- Radiotherapy
- Hormone treatment
- Chemotherapy

All prostate cancer treatments have associated side effects, so no one will force a patient into taking a particular therapy. The best course of action will be advised by the doctor, but ultimately the decision to have or not to have treatment is the patients.

Bone Cancer About

2009-01-26T03:00:00.000-08:00

Bones form the basic structure of our body. In total there are 200 bones in the human body that support us and provide protection for our bodies. Although bone cancer is not as common as most other types of cancer, it is very dangerous, like most cancers.

* Types of bone cancer

There are mainly 2 categories in which we can classify bone cancer – primary bone cancer and secondary bone cancer. When the bone cancer originates in the bone itself, it is categorised as primary bone cancer and when it spreads from a cancer elsewhere in the body it is known as secondary bone cancer.

Though there are quite a few different kinds of bone cancer, the most common one is Osteosarcoma. This type of bone cancer occurs primarily in younger adults and affects knee joints the most.

* Cause and symptoms of bone cancer

The exact causes of bone cancer still seem to be a matter of research and study. The symptoms of bone cancer are linked to the position of the cancer-affected bone in the body. One of the symptoms of bone cancer is incidence of swelling or tenderness or pain in the area affected by bone cancer.

The formation of a lump is another indication of bone cancer. Though the detection of a bone cancer related lump is a bit difficult in the initial stages of bone cancer, the lump can sometimes be felt (due to the restriction in movement that it causes) when the bone cancer occurs at joints (e.g. knee joints). However, none of these symptoms are prominent indicators of bone cancer.

* Diagnosis of bone cancer

If you experience a lump or any of the bone cancer symptoms, you must not neglect them and seek advice of a qualified doctor.

Remember that early diagnosis of any type of cancer (not just bone cancer) can help in getting a cure and reducing the threat to life.

* Treatment of bone cancer

Removal of bone tumour through surgical procedures is one the most common ways of treating bone cancer. Radiotherapy and chemo therapy are other ways of treating bone cancer.

A combination of different techniques is sometimes used to form a more effective bone cancer treatment. The kind of treatment to be administered is dependent on the stage of bone cancer and the place of its occurrence.

Threat of Cancers

2009-01-26T02:56:00.000-08:00

Cancer is one the major causes of death in the world, especially in developing countries. Cancer can affect anyone whether the person is rich, poor, man, women, child or teenager. More than 40% of all cancers can be prevented. Cancer arises from one single cell which is then gets transformed from a normal cell into a tumor cell.

Now let’s put some light on WHAT IS CANCER?

Cancer is the Latin word for crab. Cancer is a disease of cells, which courses by the abnormal growth of cells. Cancer is of many types. It is a group of more than 100 different types wherein skin cancer is the most common type of cancer.

FACTS ABOUT CANCER

Lung Cancer(1.3 million deaths/year)
Stomach Cancer(1 million deaths/year)
Liver Cancer(662,000 deaths/year)
Colon Cancer(655,000 deaths/year)
Breast Cancer(502,000 deaths/year).

Out of all, 40% of cancer can be prevented

CAUSES OF CANCER
- The major causes of cancer are: tobacco, alcohol, diet, sexual and reproductive behavior, infectious agents, family history, occupation, environment and pollution.

- 80% to 90% cases of lung cancer occur by using tobacco and by smoking.

- Excessive use of ALCOHOL is a risk factor in some cancers. Combination with tobacco increases the chances.

- 35% of cancer is caused due to dietary causes. Excessive intake of fat food increases the risk of cancer.

- 15% of the world's cancer deaths can be traced due to viruses, bacteria, or parasites.

- Some cancers like breast, ovarian can repeat generation after generation in the same family.

- 1-2% of cancer can be caused by harmful radiation.

SYMPTOMS

Usual bleeding or discharge.
Persistent cough, hoarseness, or sore throat.
Some changes in bowel or bladder habits.
Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing.
A change in a wart or mole.

TREATMENTS

Cancer can be cured by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, monoclonal antibody therapy or other methods depending upon the type and stage of the disease.

Side effects of Cancer Treatment
Some side effects of cancer treatments are as follows:-

Constipation
Fatigue
Nausea(unease and discomfort)
Vomiting

Cancer Fighting Diet - Green Tea

2009-01-25T02:52:00.000-08:00

What Is Green Tea?

Tea has been drunk for centuries and is one of the most popular drinks in the world.

Green tea is made by drying and steaming fresh tea leaves straight after harvesting.

Green tea is packed full of powerful antioxidant which can help to protect the body from many health conditions such as:

Cancer
Coronary Heart Disease
High Cholesterol
Hypertension
Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Stroke

Why Is Green Tea A Must In Your Cancer Fighting Diet?

Green tea is a must in your cancer fighting diet because it is rich in catechin polyphenols especially epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).

EGCG is an extremely powerful anti-cancer compound. It stops the production of an enzyme called urokinae, which cancer cells need to grow.

EGCG stops cancer cells from growing and kills them without harming healthy tissue.
Green tea can help reduce the risk of developing cancers such as:

Bladder Cancer
Breast Cancer
Colon Cancer
Pancreas Cancer
Rectum Cancer
Skin Cancer
Stomach Cancer

How Much Green Tea Do You Need To Include In Your Cancer Fighting Diet?

To help prevent cancer, you can drink up to ten cups of green tea a day.

There seems to be a lot of conflicting debate on how many cups of green tea you need to drink per day to protect your health.

Generally, it is believed that seven to ten cups of green tea a day will help to prevent cancer.

So, to sum up...

To protect against cancer, it is best to drink at least seven cups of green tea a day as part of your cancer fighting diet.

It is the catechin polyphenols within green tea that helps to protect you against many types of cancer.

Reduce The Risk Of Breast Cancer

2009-01-25T01:38:00.000-08:00

For each disease there are certain risk factors, it is even breast cancer. There are certain risk factors that are not under the control of a person and some risk factors are those that depend on the lifestyle of a person.

First, I want to write about the factors that can not be changed, if you are a woman, the risk of breast cancer is automatically increased. Women are more at risk of contracting breast cancer cells that are constantly exposed to hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Men can also suffer from breast cancer, but breast cancer in men is a very rare case.

Breast cancer risk increases with age. It is also one of the factors that a person can not control. While some genetic modifications are being implemented in a family which means that if the hereditary breast cancer is the chance of getting hit increases automatically without any control over it. If a woman is having cancer in one breast the chance of getting cancer in another breast or in another part of same breast increases. White women are at high risk of breast cancer than Asian women. If a woman began menstruating in a very young age or have gone through menopause within two years later, these conditions increase the risk of breast cancer. If a woman has gone under radiotherapy in the chest because of the treatment of other cancers are also at increased risk of breast cancer. Some pregnant women are given diethylstibestrol this is a drug that prevents miscarriages, but women taking the drug are at increased risk of breast cancer.

Epithelial cancers, the most frequent but better treated

2009-01-25T01:27:00.000-08:00

Extremely rare in populations with skin pigment, they are however very common in the English who immigrated to Australia (melanoma as well) and represent a public health priority in this population.

Directly linked to repeated exposure to the sun and the accumulation of damage in skin cells (keratinocytes), they preferentially appear on sun-exposed areas like the face, the bridge of the nose, scalp and ears.

The relationship between exposure to ultraviolet (UV), type of skin cancer and can be summarized as follows: the risk increases (2 x 3) in subjects with light skin, tanning and having little exposure to UV during Children, for cell carcinoma, the duration of exposure plays an important role.

Basal cell carcinomas (90% of cases)

They are the result of an alteration to the level of epithelial stem cells of the skin; such cells are normally responsible for a line of epithelial cells "girls" who form the bulk of the skin barrier skin. Outstanding among the very young subjects, basal cell carcinomas develop from 40 years. They are characterized by an ulceration of the skin without risk of metastasis.

The squamous cell carcinoma (10% of cases)

There are results from damage to a cell already differentiated keratinocytes, keratin-producing cells, "daughter" of a stem cell. The squamous cell carcinoma affect people 50 and older and predominantly blond subjects skinned. They are more likely due to a power-invasive higher than basal cell carcinoma, and lead in 20% of cases the emergence of metastases.

In carcinomas, the degree of invasion of the tumor often determines the treatment. Surgery helps in most cases a full recovery of these cancers. When the size of the tumor is no longer a surgical removal, radiation therapy (chemotherapy or local) may be considered.

Treatment, epithelial cancers have a cure rate of about 90%, but the risks of recurrence exist and regular monitoring should be carried out.

Ovarian Cancer About

2009-01-16T03:16:00.000-08:00

Ovarian cancer is relatively uncommon. All too often discovered at a late stage cancer is difficult to treat.

A relatively uncommon cancer

Ovarian cancer is relatively rare. It affects about one in 70. This is the 5th female cancer after breast, colon, uterine and stomach.

In most cases, breast cancer for women over 45 years. It is mainly between 60 and 70 years.

There are three main forms of ovarian cancer. Cancer develops in epithelial cells of the epithelium, the envelope that covers the ovaries It usually affects women over 50 years is the most common (90%) and the most deadly cancers the ovary. The germ cell tumors start, they, for their part in the egg-producing cells and affects mainly young women. The stromal tumor cells develop in the connective tissue cells that bind and support the various elements of the ovary. They mainly found in patients over 50 years.

Ovarian Cancer Belated discovery

Ovarian cancer does not by specific symptoms early so that the diagnosis is often at an advanced stage.

In Stage 1, the cancer is confined to one or both ovaries without affecting other organs.
In Stage 2, the cancer had reached other organs close to the ovary in the pelvis (uterus, fallopian tubes ...).
In Stage 3, the cancer has spread to other parts of the abdomen or lymph nodes.
In Stage 4, it spread to the liver or outside of the abdomen.

Stages 3 and 4 are advanced forms of cancer of the ovary. In 70% of cases, ovarian cancer is detected at an advanced stage, often at 3. Ovarian cancer develops most often without arousing attention. Experts say that a tumor can grow to a size of 10 cm and do not cause symptoms. Sometimes the disease is discovered incidentally, during a routine pelvic exam or during tests in search of other conditions.

A recent study revealed that 43% of women suffering from ovarian cancer had a combination of three early symptoms: increased abdominal discomfort, bloating, urinary signs.

Un pronostic sombre

As it is detected late, ovarian cancer has a rather gloomy prognosis. Each year, 3 500 French die. The survival rate for cancers of the ovary is a little more than 30% at 5 years, whereas for breast cancer, it is about 75% at 5 years.

Yet when the diagnosis is early while the tumor and limited to one or both ovaries, the chances of recovery are 90% to 5 years. The only problem: there is still no accurate test to detect ovarian cancer at an early stage, contrary to what happens in cases of cancer of the breast or uterus. For now, the only condition of early diagnosis is a very regular monitoring by a gynecologist. Please do not hesitate to consult before the occurrence of unusual symptoms - may be normal or related to many other diseases, which persist more than three weeks: abdominal pain, bloating, difficulty eating, nausea, change in stool, frequent or urgent needs to urinate, fatigue, unexplained weight loss ...

Ovarian Cancer Treatment

2009-01-16T03:08:00.000-08:00

Surgery is the treatment most often used to treat cancers of the ovary. It depends on the stage and, when possible, the situation of women and their desires (woman wishing still pregnancies, postmenopausal women ...). Chemotherapy is often used in addition to surgery, either before or after it.

Ovarian cancer surgery in early stage

When the surgeon discovered that the tumor is located only appearance at one or both ovaries, it is an early cancer. Surgery at this stage depends on the situation of women. In post-menopausal women or who no longer wish to pregnancy, the surgeon removes both ovaries and uterus after having examined all the organs of the abdominal cavity. Examinations are routinely conducted to ensure that it is a form of cancer confined to the ovaries.

If a woman wishing to pregnancy, two situations may arise. When a tumor is found only on one ovary, the surgeon is drawing on the ovary. If the examination reveals the presence of cancer cells, it removes the ovary that these cells have been found and may keep the other ovary. He then proceeded to a careful exploration of the peritoneal cavity and lymph nodes and levies.

In the event that one or more on ovarian tumors are detected, it is necessary to remove both ovaries. The surgeon can keep the uterus after having examined during the operation. The fact to keep the uterus in place allows for rules through hormone replacement therapy. It also provides pregnancy by oocyte donation.

Ovarian cancer surgery at an advanced stage

Surgery for cancer of the ovary at an advanced stage - cancer cells in the abdominal cavity or lymph nodes - is different from surgery for ovarian cancer at an early stage. In this case, the surgeon removes both ovaries, the fallopian tubes, uterus. At the same time that the organs of reproduction, épiploon (section of tissue from the top of the stomach to below the transverse colon and small intestine that covers and supports various abdominal organs and blood vessels) and some lymph nodes lymphatics in the abdomen can be removed.

If it is determined that the cancer has spread throughout the abdomen, we often try to extract as much cancerous tissue as possible. This surgery is called tumor volume reduction. In some cases, after a first round of chemotherapy, if the scan shows a regression of lesions, a second intervention is proposed, said the revaluation (or second look) or to determine the follow-up treatment, either to complete the first surgery if it was incomplete.

Chemotherapy for ovarian cancer

Surgery for cancer of the ovary, either early or at an advanced stage, is most often followed by 6 cycles of chemotherapy. Only a few highly localized cancer or some borderline tumors (tumors that occur frequently among younger women and have an excellent prognosis) do not require chemotherapy after surgery. Chemotherapy aims to reduce the risk of recurrence.

Made before surgery, it can reduce the volume of the tumor and thus facilitate the operation. Chemotherapy has greatly increased in recent years, thanks to the arrival of new active drugs and new methods of administration of these products in addition to chemotherapy through blood (intravenous or intra-arterial), surgery intra-peritoneal allows in some cases to act more quickly on households intra-pelvic tumor.

Then follow-up is required to ensure that there is no resumption of tumor. Such monitoring, which must be regular and extended, is done with the clinical examination, biology (marker CA 125) and imaging.

What sex life after Cervix Cancer?

2009-01-16T03:00:00.000-08:00

During a pelvic exam, the smear of the cervix may be abnormal. In this case, a colposcopy examination which gives a clear view the pass, will be performed. The physician can then perform a biopsy, which will be decisive for the choice of treatment for cancer.

Wait for healing

Whatever your situation, do not be worried. The resumption of a normal sex life is still possible after treatment. But do not be too impatient, it will be healing.

If abnormalities are minor and warrant surgery (or removal) of the lesion by spraying, or probe diathermic conization, healing takes about two months.

If these treatments do not remove all the abnormal cells, we must consider a more extensive surgery or radiotherapy. The healing process takes longer.

There is need a dialogue between the couple

In addition, the shortening of the vagina and the hardening associated with radiation may result in a few weeks or months, a gene or a pain in the resumption of reports.

Do not worry: the time, the requirement of lubricants or hormone, and in rare cases, an expansion of the vagina, will help you find sex harmonious.

In all cases, talk to your partner and your doctor. This can be beneficial to have a couple with him to discuss and ask any questions you want.

As to the possibility of having a child, it is preserved in the vast majority of cases. Rarely, a hysterectomy or radiation therapy is needed and only after the treatment he is no longer possible to be pregnant.

Cervix Cancer Diagnosis to Treatment

2009-01-16T02:34:00.000-08:00

Almost all cancers of the cervix is caused by infection with a virus papillomavirus. Most often, the agency will eliminate the virus spontaneously, but sometimes the infection persists. Lesions in the neck cause abnormal cells on a privileged and vulnerable: the processing area. The infected cells then undergo morphological changes that are detected at the smear. It is these anomalies that can potentially develop into cancer.

Smear diagnosis

In cases of abnormal Pap smear, a colposcopy may be performed. This examination of the cervix, performed with a magnifying glass, to view the injuries as "spots" that can be taken. With these biopsies, you can specify the exact nature of injuries:

Low grade lesion called yet Condyloma plan - mild dysplasia or CIN grade 1.
High-grade lesion called dysplasia average severe or CIN grade 2 or 3.
Sometimes abnormal cells are found non-specific. These abnormalities most often reactive which are not underpinned by a real injury. These anomalies are called ASCUS (atypical cellular nature unclear).

These lesions are seen in varying degrees as abnormal risk of cancer. Non-detected, they can make the bed of cervical cancer in a relatively long.

The treatment of lesions caused by HPV

When we talk about treatment, we prefer not to talk papillomavirus infection but injury induced by papillomavirus. Indeed, there is still no treatment of latent infection. The management target and the consequences and effects of the virus on the mucosa, ie damage caused by the virus:

In the case of genital warts (venereal vegetation or ridges rooster), we have to stimulate the local immunity in the form of cream and medical treatment destructive lesions. When the lesions are extensive or located at several sites (anus, vagina, cervix, vulva), we may use their destruction laser, which can handle all the anomalies at once. This gesture is done in the operating room with anesthesia. The treatment of genital warts by chemical or surgical methods gives good results in terms of healing and the aesthetic. The success of care depends on the location of condylomata, size and profile of the patient's immune.

In the case of a mild dysplasia (CIN1), treatment does not always necessary because these lesions can spontaneously disappear after a few months. If for personal reasons the patient wants to be treated, when these lesions are located outside of the cervix are destroyed by laser vaporization. With this technique, the success of treatment is about 85 to 90%. This simple practice is ambulatory with or without local anesthesia.

When the patient presents a smear suggestive of precancerous lesions (CIN2-3). The treatment is to remove the lesion. Do not require prolonged hospitalization, the simple gesture that is performed under local anesthesia used to eradicate these lesions in 95% of cases. The volume of the neck is usually kept what does not these young women in their fertility or their future midwifery.

Each of these treatments has a post-treatment to ensure the disappearance of the virus or non-evolution. This monitoring is based on smears and colposcopies control. The HPV test should soon make its entry in this type of monitoring.

Cancer Treatment

The number of cancer of the cervix has been steadily declining for 20 years. There are still more than 3 000 new cases per year. At the Congress EUROGIN 2003, Professor Joseph Monsonego estimated that 65% of these women had never had a screening and 30 to 35% were falsely reassured by smears labeled normal.

So when the diagnosis is established, an assessment of the extent of cancer is made. It will guide the treatment, which is mainly based on surgery and radiotherapy. In some cases, treatment may be supplemented by chemotherapy.

Radiation therapy may take the form of brachytherapy utérovaginale. This technique relies on the establishment of a radioactive source in direct contact with the tumor in the uterus and vagina. This operation is done under general anesthesia.

When cancer is confined to the cervix, the response may be limited in young women who want more children to a simple conization (or amputation of the cervix) under careful monitoring. In the older woman, removal of the uterus (total simple hysterectomy) is performed.

In more advanced forms, care may require surgery widest possibly associated with external radiation of the pelvic area.

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2009-01-09T03:33:00.000-08:00

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