Have you ever wondered how cancers formed? Cancer is caused in many ways‚ some are worse than others. There are also a lot of different ways to cure cancer. Thyroid cancer is cancer that can be caused by many things. Thyroid cancer kills people all the time. Any Type of cancer is bad and can kill you. Cancer is very serious. There are many types of cancer‚ but Chernobyl caused a special kind. Chernobyl caused many types of cancer. That special kind is thyroid cancer‚ it’s located on the bottom
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Author: Prachi Gera All you need to know about oral cancer Meta Description: Oral cancer incidence is on a rise with many new cases coming to light each year. The lifestyle changes and use of cigarettes and alcohol in our lives have unwittingly put us at further risk of having this disease. Keywords: Oral cancer‚ mouth cancer‚ tobacco smoke‚ prevention‚ treatment cancer‚ symptoms oral cancer‚ risk factors Intro Text: Knowledge about the disease is the first step towards its prevention. Understanding
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the body? The cancer cells grow and divide out of control‚ invading and damaging nearby tissues and organs. Cancer cells also break away from the original tumour and enter the bloodstream or lymphatic system. This spread of the cancer is called metastasis. Breast cancer may appear as a lump but there are many different types of breast lumps. Most lumps are harmless‚ or benign. Benign lumps are abnormal‚ but not life-threatening. Who is at most risk? Men? Female? Or both of them will get
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Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCN) are a group of rare pancreatic lesions that include benign cystadenomas and malignant cystadenocarcinomas. Middle aged women are almost exclusively affected‚ with a female to male predominance of 20:1 and an average age of diagnosis of 50. Affected individuals are frequently asymptomatic and lesions are discovered incidentally. Few present with nonspecific symptoms‚ such as abdominal pain‚ or sequelae of metastatic spread. Wide-spread availability and improved resolution
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Factors and Cytokines. The Journal of Biological Chemistry‚ 21 July 1995. Web. 18 Feb. 2015. <http://www.jbc.org/content/270/40/23305.full.pdf+html>. 3 Martin‚ Tracey A.‚ Lin Ye‚ Andrew J. Sanders‚ Jane Lane‚ and Wen G. Jiang. "Cancer Invasion and Metastasis: Molecular and Cellular Perspective."Madame Curie Bioscience Database. National Center for Biotechnology Information‚ 2013. Web. 18 Feb. 2015. <http%253A%252F%252Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%252Fbooks%252FNBK164700%252F>.
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Introduction A 45-year-old Caucasian female presented with a rapidly changing "black mole" on her left leg. Initially it was a flat brownish macule‚ which she had for many years. The patient reported that the lesion had become slightly raised with irregular borders over a period of 4 weeks prior to her presentation (see Figure 1). Upon questioning‚ the patient stated that she had received approximately 20 sessions of UV exposures per year for 5 consecutive years at tanning salons. She also mentioned
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affected. * Stage 4 - Malignant mesothelioma has reached other organs and has entered the blood stream. TNM System The TNM System is a more modern staging system for malignant mesothelioma. The TNM System is based on the extent of the tumor‚ metastasis‚ and lymph node involvement. Again‚ the TNM System divides malignant mesothelioma into four stages: * Stage 1 - Malignant mesothelioma is present in the left or right chest cavity (pleura) and may have metastasized to the lung‚ the sac around the
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in the skin that produce a pigment called melanin. Malignant melanoma develops when the melanocytes no longer respond to normal control mechanisms of cellular growth. They may then invade nearby structures or spread to other organs in the body (metastasis)‚ where again they invade
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For the treatment of cancer most of the drugs currently available but they have limited therapeutic potential because they are very toxic‚ expensive‚ highly inappropriate action in treating cancer‚ or having so many side effects like granulocytopenia‚ agranulocytosis‚ lymphocytopenia‚ alopecia‚ carcinogenicity or secondary cancer especially leukaemias and hyperuricaemia etc. Curcumin is one such natural herbal medicine‚ derived from the extraction of dried rhizome of turmeric or Curcumin longa‚
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and can also be used when lung cancer is suspected. Khera also stated “While lung cancer can spread to any organ in the body‚ certain locations--particularly the adrenal glands‚ liver‚ brain‚ and bones--are the most common sites for lung cancer metastasis.” If there is suspect that the cancer has spread to any part of the body‚ CT scans can be used. A scintigraph can tell if the cancer has spread to the
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