Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer
Posted on July 23, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
Often dubbed as a silent killer it claims several lives per year is prevalent amongst women of all ages. Women who have had ancestors suffer from this very disease have a magnified risk of developing it. Being knowledgeable about the intensity of its various degrees is significant for the determination of the treatment options.
Visibility of its symptoms is often misunderstood as the symptoms for some other less fatal diseases. Still some of the common symptoms that become visible at the initial stage include abdominal uneasiness that is supervened by bloating. Both these feelings intensify with the passage of time. Further… Continue reading
Read More..>>Uterine Cancer and Early Detection
Posted on July 6, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
About 15% of cancers in women is uterine cancer. More or less 80,000 women were diagnosed in 2005 with cancer (pelvic gynecological malignancy) and a lot of these cases were uterine cancer. Of uterine cancers around 95% are endometrial. Uterine cancer mostly occurs in postmenopausal women and is basically abnormal cell growth in the uterus (neoplasm).
Endometrial uterine cancers, in many cases, are curable as well as being highly treatable - treatment methods include medications, surgical options, chemotherapy and radiation, depending on relevant protocols.
Once a problem is diagnosed the appropriate treatment can commence. The symptom most common in uterine cancer is… Continue reading
Read More..>>Why Uterine Cancer Isn’t Caught Earlier
Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
Over a year ago my period started on schedule. But, then it never stopped. I got online to look up “long periods” and “heavy periods” because I had always been very regular and now besides going on forever there was a lot of blood. Even clots a few times, which was scary.
The internet relieved much of my fears. I was 51 and much of my searching online led me to believe that as a woman gets closer to menopause her periods get whacky. Either skipping and getting lighter or getting longer and heavier. Either way was “normal.”
There were many other… Continue reading
Read More..>>Breast Cancer Facts
Posted on May 5, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Here are some well known facts about breast cancer. It is highly likely that your doctor is only aware of a few of these facts.
Natural Alternative Treatment for Uterine Cancer
Posted on April 7, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
Uterine cancer occurs in women aged 40 to 50 years and post-menopausal women, with fewer than 5% of child bearing women at risk of developing this cancer. A common approach against most tumors is its removal together with the organ it is attached to thereby necessitating a hysterectomy. Physicians determine if uterus removal is adequate or whether the tumor has extended to surrounding lymph nodes and ovaries.
There are standard surgical and chemotherapeutic procedures or other options and certain women may opt for a hysterectomy followed by alternative methods of treatment to replace radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal blocking which cause anemia, nausea… Continue reading
Read More..>>Adenosquamous Cancer Of The Uterus
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
The uterus or womb located inside the pelvis of a female is prone to problems such as fibroids, cervical cancer, scarring,uterine cancer and endometriosis. The uterine wall consists of various cell types.
Cancer is named according to the cells affected by it. About 95% of uterine cancer cases are where the endometrial cells lining the uterus are affected. Cancer affecting glandular cells is called an adenocarcinoma and sometimes has squamous cells - as found on the surface of the skin and cervix. Non-cancerous squamous cells are called adenocanthomas cancer and malignant ones are called adnosquamous carcinomas.
These cancers may look different under… Continue reading
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