Prostate Cancer Hormone Therapy - How It’s Used and Why it Works
Posted on August 26, 2008 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | Leave a Comment
Prostate cancer hormone therapy is also known as androgen suppression therapy and its purpose is to remove or block hormones from the body that might cause the growth of existing cancer cells.
Hormones are chemical substances produced by glands in the body. These hormones enter the bloodstream and affect other bodily tissues. The purpose of this type of therapy is twofold: 1. Delay the cancer’s progression and 2. Maximize the quality of life. It is not a cure for prostate cancer, however.
Prostate cancer is known to grow when exposed to a group of male hormones… Continue reading
Read More..>>Prostate Cancer and Its Dangers
Posted on August 26, 2008 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | Leave a Comment
Prostate cancer is a malignant (cancerous) tumor (growth) that is made up of cells from the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men and the second highest cause of deaths from cancer, after lung cancer. It is a complex disease that predominantly affects older men and is normally one of the more slowly growing cancers.
Cancer is most frequently caused by injury to one or more of a cell’s genes. Cancer cells that get to be very abnormal can break off from a tumor and spread (also known as metastasize). Cancer cells… Continue reading
Read More..>>Cervical Cancer - What Are the Treatment Options?
Posted on August 25, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
For many people the very word “cancer” conjures up images of an incurable disease. Typically a disease that is quite often life-threatening. Cervical cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers among women. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that in the year 2004, 1,892 women in the U.S. were diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3,850 women died from the disease. Because cervical cancer is slow-growing most women do not notice any symptoms and the disease may significantly progress and be less treatable by the time it is diagnosed. It is extremely important to get regular gynecological checkups… Continue reading
Read More..>>Learn More About Sarcomatoid Carcinoma
Posted on August 22, 2008 - Filed Under Lung Mesothelioma Asbestos | Leave a Comment
What is Sarcomatoid cancer?
Sarcomatoid cancer (SARC) of the lung is a rare type of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Non-Small Cell lung cancer accounts for about 80% of all lung cancers. There are several types of Non-Small Cell lung cancer and each type is associated with a uniquely different type of cancer cells. Sarcomatoid cancer cells tend to invade the lung tissue more deeply than other types of cancerous cells.
It has been suggested that radiotherapy for the treatment of a patient’s other cancer’s may induce a Sarcomatoid change in lung tissue which could preempt the subsequent development of a Sarcomatoid… Continue reading
Read More..>>Treatments For Lung Cancer
Posted on August 22, 2008 - Filed Under Lung Mesothelioma Asbestos | Leave a Comment
Treatments for lung cancer depend on a combination of factors. How advanced is the cancer? Are the tumors localized or have they spread to other locations within the body (metastasized)? How is the overall health of the patient? What are the desires of the patient?
Traditionally, lung cancers treatment options include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or a combination of these. For instance, after surgery to remove a tumor, radiation therapy may be used to make sure all of the diseased cells have been destroyed. This is referred to as adjuvant therapy.
In some cases, the goal of the treatment is to halt… Continue reading
Read More..>>Recent Advancements in the Fight Against Lung Cancer
Posted on August 22, 2008 - Filed Under Lung Mesothelioma Asbestos | Leave a Comment
Lung Cancer Deaths are increasing at alarming rates each day due growth rate of people who smokes cigarette. Researchers are constantly trying to find and collect the resources to stop these deaths. There has been numerous developments in the fight against lung cancer.
Recent Developments:
A recent study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a group of researcher found that drinking pomegranate reduces the growth of lung cancers when they tested on some laboratory mice. Research leader Hasan Mukhtar, who is a Professor of dermatology at the School of Medicine and Public Health, says that the fruit contains a powerful cancer fighting agents… Continue reading
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