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Ovarian Cancer Mortality Rate 2007-10-06 13:56:17 Ovarian Cancer
Mortality RateBy Eddie Tobey
Mortality rate refers to the number of people dying due to a particular affliction. Ovarian cancer is a predominantly destructive cancer and is rarely detected in its early stages. It is the gynecological cancer with the highest mortality rate. Ovarian cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women after lung, breast, and colorectal cancer.
Ovarian cancer is responsible for 5% of all cancer deaths among women. In the year 2004 itself there has been around 16,090 deaths of American women from ovarian cancer. In the last five-years, mortality rates decreased from 63% in 1974 to lesser than 50% currently. Mortality rates differ depending on age and the stage at which detected. Five-year mortality rates are less than10%, if the cancer is still contained within the ovary at diagnosis. If it has spread to nearby areas in the pelvis, the mortality rate rises to between 20% and 40% and if it has spread beyond that then the mortality rat Read more:Ovarian
The In Depth Study of Mesothelioma Part 2 - Peritoneal Mesothelioma 2007-10-06 13:56:17 The In DepthStudy
of Mesothelioma
Part 2 - Peritoneal Mesothelioma
By Bryan Miller
If you ve not read my first part about the three main branches of mesothelioma, then that s fine. I would recommend you find it and read it, but I am writing these in such a manner as have them stand alone. This article is on the second common type of mesothelioma cancer.
The second common type of mesothelioma is peritoneal mesothelioma. Peritoneal mesothelioma is a type of cancer that affects the thin cell membrane around the abdomen. This part of the body is called the peritoneum. Peritoneal Mesothelioma is the second most common type of Mesothelioma cases. The percent of which is about 10% of the total amount of asbestos related cancers.
Peritoneal mesothelioma is unfortunately terminal, though there is the possibility of slowing the progress of the cancer in order to prolong life. Although this is a more rare form of mesothelioma peritoneal mesothelioma claims many lives each year and thus far there
Stomach Cancer: Causes and Diagnosis 2007-10-06 13:56:17 Stomach Cancer
: Causes and Diagnosis
By Michael Russell
There are several causes of stomach cancer. To name a few are previous exposure to radiation, bacterial infection caused by Helicobacter pylori, pernicious anemia, stomach surgery, as well as genetic factors that cause predisposition to the disease. Helicobacter pylori infections now thought to be responsible for most cases of stomach cancer involving the bottom half of the stomach. Stomach cancer near the junction between the esophagus and the stomach is not usually related to Helicobacter pylori infection.
Stomach cancer is a very serious condition. Symptoms usually arise later due to the large capacity of the stomach and often the tumor is not curable at the time of diagnosis. It is for this reason that the mortality rate for patients diagnosed with stomach cancer is exceedingly high. In the Far East, the incidence of stomach cancer remains high, probably due to the high rate of Helicobacter pylori infection, as well as certain Read more:Stomach
Skin Cancer and Your Responsibility 2007-10-06 13:56:17 Skin Cancer
and Your Responsibility
By Lance Winslow
Early treatment of skin cancer is the way to prevent death and generally most all skin cancers can be treated and or cured. Malignant Melanoma is the big killer, but if it is caught early it too is usually curable. There are three major types of skin cancer as per the Center for Disease and Control (CDC) “The three major types of skin cancer are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma.”
If you have light skin and light features such as blond hair, red hair, blue or green eyes, or light skin you are much more susceptible to skin cancer than other folks. But also consider if you work outside all your life, then you will be at risk too. For Melanoma the most deadly type of skin cancer if not treated can be rather obvious to doctors as it will be non-symmetrical and have multiple shades of dark spots
http://www.melanoma.com/melanoma/diagnosing/look/
Skin cancer is your responsibility and luckily due to earl
Preventing Cancer 2007-10-06 13:56:17 Preventing Cancer
By Kieran Waldron
Governments throughout the world rarely tell their populations what the individual
can do to prevent a disease occurring in the first instance. While all the emphasis
is put on building more hospitals, better equipped hospitals and reducing waiting
lists, lowering the need for hospital space by preventing diseases largely gets
ignored.
Cancer is a good example of a disease where it s strike rate can be greatly reduced
by the individual taking precautionary measures. The incidence of cancer can, in
some cases, be reduced by more than 50% by taking simple preventative actions.
The first preventative measure that should be taken is adequate exposure to direct
sunlight.The effect of direct sunlight on the skin produces vitamin D, which is vital
to good health. While some vitamin D can be obtained from food sources, the
individual is unlikely to get enough from sources other than the sun. The exposure
for white people need only be 10-15 minutes a day 3 or
Malignant Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma 2007-10-06 13:56:17 Malignant Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma
By Ross Bainbridge
Majority of mesothelioma (cancerous tumor affecting mesothelial cells of organs) cases come under the classification pleural mesothelioma . This is a cancer that originates in the pleura, the delicate membrane covering the lungs. Out of these, seventy five percent are diffuse malignant pleural mesethelioma. The balance is localized or benign.
Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma is, in most cases, caused by unprotected exposure to asbestos. The symptoms include shortness of breath and/or chest pain, loss of weight, cough, fatigue, swelling on the face, neck and arms, reduced appetite, and coughing up blood. There would be collection of fluid in the thoracic cavity. It may take from twenty to forty years or more after contact with asbestos for the symptoms to emerge. Because of the time lag, diagnosing is often difficult. Moreover, many doctors are not familiar with the disease.
Diagnostic procedure consists mostly of imaging w Read more:Malignant
Colon Cancer - The Digestive System Killer 2007-10-06 13:56:16 Colon Cancer
- The DigestiveSystemKiller
By Michael Russell
The part of the large intestine that joins the small intestine is called the caecum. Directly above the anus is a short length of large intestine - 12-15cm long - called the rectum. The colon extends from caecum to the rectum and is divided into 4 parts: the ascending colon, which rises upwards from the caecum the transverse colon, which runs across the body from right to left the descending colon, which sweeps downwards and a relatively short section called the sigmoid colon, which leads to the rectum.
A major function of the colon is to extract fluids from what remains of food after its nutrients have been absorbed in the small intestine. The colon also provides a temporary storage place for solid wastes, as well as a channel for their removal from the body. Colon cancer and rectal cancer, often referred to collectively as cancer of the bowel, is one the most common cancers of the digestive system. All parts of the lar Read more:Colon
, Colon Cancer
Testicular Cancer 2007-10-06 13:56:16 Testicular Cancer
By Kelly Moore
Cancer can attack any part of the body lungs, stomach, reproductory organs and many other parts. A common form of cancer in men is testicular cancer. This is a cancer that occurs in the male sex glands in the scrotum. Testicles produce and store sperms while producing male hormones.
Testicular cancer is also known as germ cell tumor and is of two kinds - seminoma or nonseminoma. About 40% of testicular cancer are seminoma type and the other are divided into four sub-types choriocarcinoma, teratoma, embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumors. The cancer can sometimes also be a combination of both cancers, and are called mixed germ-cell tumors.
Testicular cancer is prevalent in men aged between 15 and 35 and is more common in white men than Asians and blacks. The exact causes are still unknown, but there are various risk factors that can induce testicular cancer. Underdevelopment of testicles, Klinefelter s syndrome where the man experiences sterility, small
Leukemia- A Battle Lost 2007-10-06 13:56:16 Leukemia- A Battle
LostBy Chris Teo, Ph.D.
On 28 September 2006, I received an e-mail from a man seeking help for his wife. This is what he wrote:
I write this e-mail to you in order to seek your suggestion regarding my wife s illness.
My wife had been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) type M5 in late December 2005. I brought her to Singapore General Hospital (SGH) on 1 January 2006 for further management and chemotherapy. She had 3 cycles of chemotherapies in the first 3 months. Later she underwent a Bone Marrow Transplant procedure (BMT) in late April 2006 until mid May 2006. But unfortunately, on the 75th day after BMT, the leukemia cell relapsed. After that my wife had another cycle of chemotherapy and also received donor lymphocytes.
Due to financial consideration, I moved my wife for further treatment to Malaysia in mid August 2006. She was admitted into the Subang Jaya Medical Center (SJMC) until today. At SJMC she got another cycle of chemotherapy and received another Read more:Leukemia
Healing of Cancer: Belief and the Power of the Mind 2007-10-06 13:56:16 Healing of Cancer
: Belief and the Power of the MindBy Chris Teo, Ph.D.
Philip Parham (in Letting God) wrote about two men who contracted tuberculosis around the same time. They both went to the same sanatorium. One went home after eighteen months, fully recovered and healthy. The other man was dead within six months. The disease was the same but the outcome was different. Why? William Osler, a famous American physician said: “What happens to a patient with tuberculosis depends more on what he has in his mind than what is in his chest.”
Many people may have the misconception that the brain is synonymous with the mind. It is not. A dictionary s definition of the brain is that “part of the vertebrate s central nervous system that constitutes the organ of thought and nervous coordination.” On the other hand, the mind is defined as the “complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills and especially reasons.” Henri Bergson, a Read more:Healing
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Internet Is A Gold Mine For Mesothelioma Lawyers 2007-12-01 02:29:37 Internet Is A Gold Mine For MesotheliomaLawyers
by Sam Gurgis
One man’s misery can be another man’s fortune. This seems to be the case with the mesothelioma victims on the one hand and mesothelioma lawyers on the other. An online feeding frenzy is currently taking place. The average mesothelioma case today is settled at around 1 million dollars, and that figure jumps to 6 million dollars when the lawsuit goes to the courts. With such enormous money to be made, legal firms are hungry for a slice of the action, and are shelling out big money for online visitors. The result is that search engines and other sites that can supply them with those visitors are racking up huge revenue.
It works like this. In the sponsored listings of search engines, clicks (visitors) are auctioned off to the highest bidder. When someone searches “mesothelioma”, the highest-bidding law firms appear. With the keen competition, these firms are paying as much as $100 per mesothelio Read more:Internet
Ovarian Cancer Mortality Rate 2007-10-06 13:56:17 Ovarian Cancer
Mortality Rate
By Eddie Tobey
Mortality rate refers to the number of people dying due to a particular affliction. Ovarian cancer is a predominantly destructive cancer and is rarely detected in its early stages. It is the gynecological cancer with the highest mortality rate. Ovarian cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women after lung, breast, and colorectal cancer.
Ovarian cancer is responsible for 5% of all cancer deaths among women. In the year 2004 itself there has been around 16,090 deaths of American women from ovarian cancer. In the last five-years, mortality rates decreased from 63% in 1974 to lesser than 50% currently. Mortality rates differ depending on age and the stage at which detected. Five-year mortality rates are less than10%, if the cancer is still contained within the ovary at diagnosis. If it has spread to nearby areas in the pelvis, the mortality rate rises to between 20% and 40% and if it has spread beyond that then the mortality rat Read more:Ovarian
The In Depth Study of Mesothelioma Part 2 - Peritoneal Mesothelioma 2007-10-06 13:56:17 The In DepthStudy
of Mesothelioma
Part 2 - Peritoneal Mesothelioma
By Bryan Miller
If you ve not read my first part about the three main branches of mesothelioma, then that s fine. I would recommend you find it and read it, but I am writing these in such a manner as have them stand alone. This article is on the second common type of mesothelioma cancer.
The second common type of mesothelioma is peritoneal mesothelioma. Peritoneal mesothelioma is a type of cancer that affects the thin cell membrane around the abdomen. This part of the body is called the peritoneum. Peritoneal Mesothelioma is the second most common type of Mesothelioma cases. The percent of which is about 10% of the total amount of asbestos related cancers.
Peritoneal mesothelioma is unfortunately terminal, though there is the possibility of slowing the progress of the cancer in order to prolong life. Although this is a more rare form of mesothelioma peritoneal mesothelioma claims many lives each year and thus far there
Stomach Cancer: Causes and Diagnosis 2007-10-06 13:56:17 Stomach Cancer
: Causes and Diagnosis
By Michael Russell
There are several causes of stomach cancer. To name a few are previous exposure to radiation, bacterial infection caused by Helicobacter pylori, pernicious anemia, stomach surgery, as well as genetic factors that cause predisposition to the disease. Helicobacter pylori infections now thought to be responsible for most cases of stomach cancer involving the bottom half of the stomach. Stomach cancer near the junction between the esophagus and the stomach is not usually related to Helicobacter pylori infection.
Stomach cancer is a very serious condition. Symptoms usually arise later due to the large capacity of the stomach and often the tumor is not curable at the time of diagnosis. It is for this reason that the mortality rate for patients diagnosed with stomach cancer is exceedingly high. In the Far East, the incidence of stomach cancer remains high, probably due to the high rate of Helicobacter pylori infection, as well as certain Read more:Stomach
Skin Cancer and Your Responsibility 2007-10-06 13:56:17 Skin Cancer
and Your Responsibility
By Lance Winslow
Early treatment of skin cancer is the way to prevent death and generally most all skin cancers can be treated and or cured. Malignant Melanoma is the big killer, but if it is caught early it too is usually curable. There are three major types of skin cancer as per the Center for Disease and Control (CDC) “The three major types of skin cancer are basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma.”
If you have light skin and light features such as blond hair, red hair, blue or green eyes, or light skin you are much more susceptible to skin cancer than other folks. But also consider if you work outside all your life, then you will be at risk too. For Melanoma the most deadly type of skin cancer if not treated can be rather obvious to doctors as it will be non-symmetrical and have multiple shades of dark spots
http://www.melanoma.com/melanoma/diagnosing/look/
Skin cancer is your responsibility and luckily due to ear
Preventing Cancer 2007-10-06 13:56:17 Preventing Cancer
By Kieran Waldron
Governments throughout the world rarely tell their populations what the individual
can do to prevent a disease occurring in the first instance. While all the emphasis
is put on building more hospitals, better equipped hospitals and reducing waiting
lists, lowering the need for hospital space by preventing diseases largely gets
ignored.
Cancer is a good example of a disease where it s strike rate can be greatly reduced
by the individual taking precautionary measures. The incidence of cancer can, in
some cases, be reduced by more than 50% by taking simple preventative actions.
The first preventative measure that should be taken is adequate exposure to direct
sunlight.The effect of direct sunlight on the skin produces vitamin D, which is vital
to good health. While some vitamin D can be obtained from food sources, the
individual is unlikely to get enough from sources other than the sun. The exposure
for white people need only be 10-15 minutes a day 3 or
Malignant Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma 2007-10-06 13:56:17 Malignant Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma
By Ross Bainbridge
Majority of mesothelioma (cancerous tumor affecting mesothelial cells of organs) cases come under the classification pleural mesothelioma . This is a cancer that originates in the pleura, the delicate membrane covering the lungs. Out of these, seventy five percent are diffuse malignant pleural mesethelioma. The balance is localized or benign.
Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma is, in most cases, caused by unprotected exposure to asbestos. The symptoms include shortness of breath and/or chest pain, loss of weight, cough, fatigue, swelling on the face, neck and arms, reduced appetite, and coughing up blood. There would be collection of fluid in the thoracic cavity. It may take from twenty to forty years or more after contact with asbestos for the symptoms to emerge. Because of the time lag, diagnosing is often difficult. Moreover, many doctors are not familiar with the disease.
Diagnostic procedure consists mostly of imaging w Read more:Malignant
Colon Cancer - The Digestive System Killer 2007-10-06 13:56:16 Colon Cancer
- The DigestiveSystemKiller
By Michael Russell
The part of the large intestine that joins the small intestine is called the caecum. Directly above the anus is a short length of large intestine - 12-15cm long - called the rectum. The colon extends from caecum to the rectum and is divided into 4 parts: the ascending colon, which rises upwards from the caecum the transverse colon, which runs across the body from right to left the descending colon, which sweeps downwards and a relatively short section called the sigmoid colon, which leads to the rectum.
A major function of the colon is to extract fluids from what remains of food after its nutrients have been absorbed in the small intestine. The colon also provides a temporary storage place for solid wastes, as well as a channel for their removal from the body. Colon cancer and rectal cancer, often referred to collectively as cancer of the bowel, is one the most common cancers of the digestive system. All parts of the large i Read more:Colon
, Colon Cancer
Testicular Cancer 2007-10-06 13:56:16 Testicular Cancer
By Kelly Moore
Cancer can attack any part of the body lungs, stomach, reproductory organs and many other parts. A common form of cancer in men is testicular cancer. This is a cancer that occurs in the male sex glands in the scrotum. Testicles produce and store sperms while producing male hormones.
Testicular cancer is also known as germ cell tumor and is of two kinds - seminoma or nonseminoma. About 40% of testicular cancer are seminoma type and the other are divided into four sub-types choriocarcinoma, teratoma, embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumors. The cancer can sometimes also be a combination of both cancers, and are called mixed germ-cell tumors.
Testicular cancer is prevalent in men aged between 15 and 35 and is more common in white men than Asians and blacks. The exact causes are still unknown, but there are various risk factors that can induce testicular cancer. Underdevelopment of testicles, Klinefelter s syndrome where the man experiences sterility, small
Leukemia- A Battle Lost 2007-10-06 13:56:16 Leukemia- A Battle
Lost
By Chris Teo, Ph.D.
On 28 September 2006, I received an e-mail from a man seeking help for his wife. This is what he wrote:
I write this e-mail to you in order to seek your suggestion regarding my wife s illness.
My wife had been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) type M5 in late December 2005. I brought her to Singapore General Hospital (SGH) on 1 January 2006 for further management and chemotherapy. She had 3 cycles of chemotherapies in the first 3 months. Later she underwent a Bone Marrow Transplant procedure (BMT) in late April 2006 until mid May 2006. But unfortunately, on the 75th day after BMT, the leukemia cell relapsed. After that my wife had another cycle of chemotherapy and also received donor lymphocytes.
Due to financial consideration, I moved my wife for further treatment to Malaysia in mid August 2006. She was admitted into the Subang Jaya Medical Center (SJMC) until today. At SJMC she got another cycle of chemotherapy and received anothe Read more:Leukemia
Healing of Cancer: Belief and the Power of the Mind 2007-10-06 13:56:16 Healing of Cancer
: Belief and the Power of the MindBy Chris Teo, Ph.D.
Philip Parham (in Letting God) wrote about two men who contracted tuberculosis around the same time. They both went to the same sanatorium. One went home after eighteen months, fully recovered and healthy. The other man was dead within six months. The disease was the same but the outcome was different. Why? William Osler, a famous American physician said: “What happens to a patient with tuberculosis depends more on what he has in his mind than what is in his chest.”
Many people may have the misconception that the brain is synonymous with the mind. It is not. A dictionary s definition of the brain is that “part of the vertebrate s central nervous system that constitutes the organ of thought and nervous coordination.” On the other hand, the mind is defined as the “complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills and especially reasons.” Henri Bergson, a Read more:Healing
The Secrets To Healing From Within 2007-12-20 22:38:32 Modern medicine is based upon the notion of battle. We battle germs and fight for life. As soon as we feel pain or discomfort, we immediately try to stop it from happening, look for some way to soothe what we are going through. We feel we must change our illness or problems, overpower them with our expertise. But this leads to a never ending battle, after one problem is conquered, another arises.
Healing
from within brings inner peace with it. It arises in a different way. We are taught to stop, pay attention and respect all that comes to us. We do not view pain as bad, as something that must be removed at any cost. Pain arises from lack of balance and brings many messages along with it. When we see our pain as a messenger and learn how to listen to it, healing begins in all kinds of ways.
The first step in healing from within is to see pain as an ally, to learn how to “dialogue” with it. At first this requires a complete turn around. Instead of tensing up and gearing for b Read more:Secrets
Seven Easy Steps You Can Take to Discourage Cancer 2007-12-20 22:36:08 By Ginny Cone
Cancer
cells form in everyone from time to time, but they do not necessarily develop into the full blown illness. Trillions of cells make up the human body. As each one wears out, a new cell replaces it. If something goes wrong in the replication process, however, an abnormal (or defective) cell is born. Our immune system normallly destroys defective cells. When for some reason a defective cell evades the immune system, the cell may begin to multiply out of control. This is cancer.
Every person can do seven easy things at home that may help discourage cancer, either by making the body a difficult place for cancer cells to grow or by strengthening the body’s imune system.
Make Your Body An Unwelcome Place For Cancer. There are simple things you can do to make your body an “inhospitable host” for cancer cells.
Cancer cells grow best with low oxygen levels in the tissue. You can increase the oxygen levels in your body by learning to breathe correctly. Keep Read more:Seven
Cancer Drugs - Learning About Cancer Medication 2007-12-20 22:32:36 There are many types of cancer that people may suffer from but one thing that stays similar is the types of medication that they may be using. There are many forms of medication that you may be prescribed with various types of side effect to go with each. Your doctor will go over your particular case with you and determine which type of treatment is the best.
Your treatment may consist of such treatments as Chemotherapy, Hormone therapy, Biological therapy, Alternative and complimentary therapy and of course drug treatment. Chemotherapy uses anti-cancer drugs which are done intravenously, by mouth, Injectable and topical applications. They stop the growth of cancer cells as they destroy the cells. This type of treatment is usually done in cycles. They will usually alternate treatments with rest periods to allow the person to recuperate.
Some of the anti-cancer medications that your doctor may use may include such medications as: Hexalen, Elspar, Blenoxane, Xeloda, Idamycin and Doxil ju Read more:Cancer
, Drugs
, Learning
, Medication
The Difference Between Urostomy And Colostomy 2008-03-10 03:31:09 The Difference Between Urostomy And ColostomyBy Neil Macdonald
Yesterday it became obvious to me that some people have difficulty in distinguishing between Urostomy and Colostomy. If you or a loved one have never been afflicted by a disease or situation that necessitates you having to wear a pouch for some reason, then it is very understandable.
There [...]
Water Filters Help Remove Cancerous Chemicals 2008-03-07 01:23:14 Water Filters
Help Remove Cancerous ChemicalsBy Lesa Bolt
Chlorine is in most water companies and their systems. Of course during warm weather months chlorine is higher. Every day the amount coming into your house can vary depending on what level the water company had to use to get your water to an acceptable level to consume. [...]
Alternative Cancer Treatments - Cure Cancer Naturally 2008-03-05 23:54:10 Alternative Cancer
Treatments - Cure Cancer NaturallyBy Lester Lee
Cancer is talked about more and more each day. Everyone probably knows someone who has or had cancer. It is something that can devastate an entire family. It takes a lot to battle it and even hearing words like surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy can make a person [...] Read more:Alternative
Successful Treatment for Cancer 2008-03-04 23:51:56 Successful Treatment
for Cancer
By Alice Lane
What exactly is successful? There are so many definitions when it comes to success probably as many definitions as there are people. One s idea of success may be to have a billion dollars while another s may be to have safe drinking water. The difference in [...]
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