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Fewer people are diagnosed with bone cancer than with other kinds of cancer, as it is very rare (about 0.2%). This kind of cancer can affect any bone in any part of the body. Bone cancer can also be a result of any other type of cancer in the body metastasizing or spreading to the bones. Bone sarcoma and multiple myelomas are the two most common kinds of cancer, of which the latter is less rare. Read the rest of this entry »

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It is true that there are not as many instances of kids getting cancer as adults, but they do. Kids do get cancer & it can also be cured in most cases. With each passing year survival rate of kids has been going up because of medical researches & breakthroughs.

Kids get cancer when cells go through an abnormal rate of growth and division, just as in adults. Thus the reason why cancer happens is alike for everyone. When cells that are not normal, they grow and spread fast in the affected part of our body and the result is cancer. Normal body cells grow and divide and know when to stop growing. Over a period of time, they die and are replaced by new cells. Like such normal cells, cancer cells simply keep growing and divide out of control and don’t die. Read the rest of this entry »

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You’ve heard the term usually used in connection with the diagnosis of cancer. But how much do you really know about what a biopsy is? To start with: once cancer is suspected the physician will suggest that a biopsy be carried out to determine if a cancer in a particular organ is present. It’s a procedure wherein a piece of soft tissue or fluid or bone is taken from the relevant part of the body of a patient and given to the laboratory/pathologist for analysis of a particular type of cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

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The news about study conducted and report published by certain well known and well respected research bodies linking Oral Sex and Throat Cancer, is spreading and splashing across the net and doing crazy rounds.

The findings at Johns Hopkins University confirm that oral sex is a risk factor for throat cancer, although the risk may be relatively small. They found a link between HPV and Throat Cancer. The study is being published in the latest edition of The New England Journal of Medicine. Read the rest of this entry »

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The spinal cord is part of the central nervous system and, yes, like any other part of the body it too can develop cancer, though it is extremely rare.

A mass of cells growing within or around the spinal cord is a spinal tumor. The cells may also spread from other sites in the body. Most times, spinal tumors grow between the membranes and the bones of the spinal cord. If they are primary in origin they start in the spine while secondary tumors spread or metastasize from the breast, lungs, or thyroid. Doctors have not yet been able to establish what causes primary spinal tumors—one theory being that they are linked to genetic defects. Primary tumors spread more slowly than secondary tumors. Read the rest of this entry »

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Earlier cancer survivors’ complaints of memory and concentration loss were dismissed and ignored by their doctors. The doctors, friends and family members with whom the survivors is most likely to share such symptoms or experience were often easily and un-thoughtfully attributed to stress and emotional affects of cancer or other medications that they were taking. Read the rest of this entry »

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Cancer these days is considered a common disease. An estimation suggests that in UK alone, about 1 in every 3 persons will be affected with cancer sometime during their lives. Most people who are affected with cancer are aged over 65. It is comparatively not a very common ailment for young people, or say people under 50 to be diagnosed with cancer.

If you or someone you know have just one relative who is or was diagnosed with cancer, you are not so much at a risk of getting the same type of cancer yourself. Genetic cancers are a result of a gene mutation passed down from a parent to her/his offspring. Read the rest of this entry »

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The first and most horrifying fact - As per report and info given out by the British Government, cigarettes contain: a toilet cleaner, a lighter fuel, the chemical in mothballs, a poison which is used in gas chambers, a rocket fuel and many such deadly poisons. Breathing drifting tobacco smoke can also prove to be extremely harmful.

Do you know drifting tobacco smoke kills more people than motor accidents, all types of crimes, AID, illegal drugs, etc. In simple words people are more likely to die as a result of drifting tobacco smoke than by a car, shoot-outs, or the virus called AIDS. Read the rest of this entry »

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Cancer cells growing uncontrollably in the lining of the stomach form tumors that can attack normal tissues and spread to other parts of the body–this is how gastric cancer develops. Gastric cancer does not always show up with recognizable symptoms early on. The symptoms it may be identified with–such as nausea, vomiting, blood in stool, and unexplained weight loss, loss of appetite or bloating after meals, and fatigue–can also be linked with other diseases such as peptic ulcer or gastritis. So it is important to refer to a doctor when there is discomfort or pain in the stomach. While you may be treated for the lesser diseases, if the symptoms persist then you should go in for a second opinion. Read the rest of this entry »

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If you or someone you know is going through menopause and the doctor suggests HRT – i.e. Hormone Replacement Treatment. Before taking the treatment its better know how will it affect your overall health. Some researches suggest that Hormone Replacement Treatment during menopause may increase risk of several types of cancer. We shall discuss each one of them vis-à-vis taking Hormone Replacement Treatment.

Hormone Replacement Treatment is a therapy involves female sex hormones to replace hormones that the patient’s body has stopped producing after menopause. Doctors at one point of time thought that HRT acted as a shield and protected against heart diseases but after some more researches it has been proved that Hormone Replacement Treatment doesn’t help reduce risk related to heart. HRT basically helps to reduce discomfort and symptoms women undergo during menopause and it also helps to reduce osteoporosis risk. Osteoporosis affects women where in bones start to thin or say reduced bone density. However it may be noted that HRT is not prescribed to prevent osteoporosis. Read the rest of this entry »