Lung cancer is often times a terminal disease that’s generally a byproduct of smoking. Being diagnosed with lung cancer can be devastating to anyone. This includes the pain and fear of the sick person as well as their friends and family.
It affects the small cells of the lungs and surrounding regions, which include the lymph [...]
Can You Get These 10 Cancer Facts Right?
1. Age is more important than family history in developing cancer?(A) True (B) False
2. About half of cancer deaths are related to lifestyle and related factors.(A) True (B) False
3. Pollution is as much a cause for lung cancer as smoking.(A) True (B) False
4. Men are at a higher [...]
Cancer is a deadly disease and it is now increasingly being realized that what we eat can cause and prevent cancer. When we overload our body with everything that is artificial - fried foods, fast foods, processed meat, packaged food, preservatives, chemicals etc. it causes huge strain in our body. There are already enough carcinogens [...]
The days when I am not busy cleaning or writing my mind seems to snap back to the reality that my little girl might die. Die! I can’t seem to comprehend that word and my little girl in the same sentence. All the reading to make sure I understand what lies ahead for her just [...]
Inflammatory breast cancer, known only by some doctors and men and women who have been diagnosed with this rare form of cancer, are aware of its existence.
As any woman who is knowledgeable about how to check for breast cancer will tell you, they check regularly for lumps. That is what we have been told to [...]
Let’s face it; no one wants skin cancer to show up in our fun in the sun summer time plans. Along with the bronze tan we seek, the real threat of skin cancer creeps in. Over one million people develop non-melanoma skin cancer every year. The good news is with early detection and treatment, the [...]
When damaged cells on the skin begin to grow and divide uncontrollably, cancer of the skin develops. Skin cancer develops in the outermost layer of the skin (epidermis). So a tumor on the skin becomes clearly visible. Hence, most skin cancers are detected in the early stages. In the U.S., cases of skin cancer have [...]
Skin Cancer is a common disease that is thought to develop when the skin is exposed to ultraviolet rays. Depending on the type of skin, this exposure can be limited and still lead to the development of some form of skin cancer. Fair skin that burns easily in the Sun is particularly vulnerable. As the [...]
Squamous cell carcinomas, or SCCs, are so called because they develop from the squamous cells which make up the bulk of the epidermis. They are much less common than BCCs. They occur in older people on sun-exposed sites such as the face, hands, arms and the lower lip. Sometimes they develop in solar keratoses.
People whose [...]
The operation process can take 2 hours in the case that the patient doesn’t suffer any complications or other traumas. If the operation proves to be a hard one it can take up to 4-5 hours to finish. This, of course, varies from patient to patient. Most of the reasons for taking a surgery like [...]
