Archive for March, 2008

If you are suffering with advanced prostate cancer, there are some drugs which can be used to cure this cancer.

You can also know some other types of prostate cancer here.

An uncontrolled growth of the cells in the prostate gland, which are the male sex glands, leads to the advanced prostate cancer.

The fluid is produced from the prostate gland, which is located at the bottom of the bladder from the serum that protects the sperms.

The prostate cancer is of three types. They are: Locally advanced cancer grows through the outer rim of prostate gland and tissues that are nearby. Recurrent prostate cancer is caused after the treatment. It can come near the prostate or at the back of prostate or the other parts of your body.

Metastatic prostate cancer can spread to the lymph nodes or metastasized or even spread to other parts of your body.

The advanced prostate cancer is slow growing, unlike other cancers. It can spread to other parts of your body including the bones.

Risk of getting prostate cancer is more in case of western countries. It includes 75% of the men of around 65 years old and 10% of them having family history. The environmental factors and diet are also linked with the prostate cancer.

Bladder cancer treatment depends on the type of cancer, your overall health, age and the stage at which you are.

Bladder cancer treatment includes four stages. They are surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy.

Surgery for bladder cancer treatment depends at what stage you are. If you are at early stages, an instrument is inserted through the urethra to remove the tumor. Radical or partial removal of bladder is done to remove the bladder cancer that has spread to the other tissues.

Complications are urine blockage, infection and urinary stones. Segmental cystectomy (partial removal of the bladder) is used if you are having adenocarcinomas or squamous cell carcinomas. Radiation therapy is done after the segmental cystectomy.

Urinary tract diversion is a newer method to track this disease. This includes the newer methods like:

• The neo bladder
• The continent urinary reservoir and
• The ileal conduit.

In the neo bladder procedure, an intestinal pouch is attached to the urethra so that you can urinate as usual without any stoma. Some abdominal cramping is experienced by some neobladder fills.

Complications in this procedure are pneumonia (lung inflammation), bowel (intestine) obstruction, urethral blockage, blood clots and ureteral reflux (back-flow).

The colon cancer treatment mostly depends up on the stages of your cancer. The mostly used treatment involves three types

They are: surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. For colorectal cancer, surgery is the main treatment.

Colon cancer treatment by surgical procedures:

It involves the removal of your colon that is affected by cancer. It also involves the removal of the margins of the tissue on other side of the cancer to ensure the total removal of cancer. The lymph nodes are removed to test for cancer.

The healthy portions of rectum and colon are reconnected by the surgeon. But, in some cases when it is not possible if the cancer is at the outlet of the rectum, then you may have the temporary or permanent colostomy.

This makes an opening into the abdomen for the elimination of the waste into a special bag. In case of temporary colostomy, the rectum and colon needs time to heal after the surgery.

Side effects of colon cancer surgery include temporary constipation, short-term pain, tenderness and diarrhea. The irritation of the skin around the opening develops due to the colostomy.

If you have large cell lung cancer, the cells look large and rounded under a microscope. This type of lung cancer tends to grow quite quickly.

Yes, some tests are used to diagnose and cure this cancer, if you are suffering with this disease.

Lung cancer is common in both women and men. The lung cancer is of two kinds. Small cell lung carcinoma or non-small cell lung carcinoma. There are many categories of non-small cell lung cancer. They are adenocarcinoma of the lung, large cell lung cancer and squamous cell lung cancer.

In case of cigar smoking or exposure to tobacco smoke, you can get lung cancer. The development of lung cancer is also by certain chemicals and exposure to the metals like arsenic, radon, chromium, nickel and asbestos.

The uncontrolled growth of the abnormal cells in the lungs leads to the large cell lung cancer. 10 to 20% of the tumors start from the bronchi that lead to lungs. Smoking is the main cause for this kind of cancer. [Lung Cancer and Smoking]

If you are having large size tumor at the center of the lung, it can lead to tissue damage and excessive bleeding. Specific structure is not found in these tumors, so they are called as undifferentiated tumors.

Here’s a little information on Breast cancer research and what are the chances of the breast cancer recurrence.

May be you want to know what are the research programs carried out on breast cancer, where are these researches done, who are the people behind these researches, where does all the information on net about breast cancer come from, and many more queries, then this article is specially for you.

Many Organizations mission is to achieve prevention and a cure for breast cancer in their lifetime by providing critical funding for innovative clinical and genetic research at leading medical centers worldwide and increasing public awareness about good breast health.

A minimum of 85 cents of every dollar goes to breast cancer research and awareness programs. These organizations work with a motto to serve the needy not concentrating on their profits. You’ll find many such concerns.

Sad news is that breast cancer research still continues on how the breast cancer recurrences can be controlled. In order to tailor local treatment in breast cancer patients there is a need for predicting recurrences after breast-conserving therapy.

Pediatric cancer originates in the cells that grow to form blood, nerve, muscle, and bone.

Leukemia’s, brain tumors, and other nervous system tumors, lymphomas, bone cancers, soft tissue sarcomas, kidney cancers, eye cancers, and adrenal gland cancers are the most common types of pediatric cancer or childhood cancer.

To offer a better chance of living there are many foundations and many more coming up which grants funds for stem cell transplantation, stem cell biology, molecular oncology, molecular and cellular genetics and many more.

All these funds are helping the needful in a most possible and effective way, putting maximum efforts in research, education, training and treatments.

Many web sites are available for parents, friends, and families of children who have or had pediatric cancer or childhood cancer. These resource centers were created by and for people who know young people who are recovering from cancer.

Devastating! A diagnosis of pediatric cancer or childhood cancer is devastating for the family. Often with a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, at a time of life when bodies are growing and developing the pediatric cancer or childhood cancer is treated aggressively.

Thyroid gland cancer is caused when the thyroid cells becomes abnormal, form a cancerous tumor and grow uncontrollably.

It if is not treated properly, it can affect other parts by a process called metastasis. The thyroid gland cancer is four kinds. They are follicular, papillary, anplastic and medullary.

Papillary cancer is developed by the cells that contain iodine produced by the thyroid hormone. It grows slowly containing the cells that are same as healthy thyroid cells. It occurs at the rate of 60 to 80 percent of the thyroid cancer.

Follicular cancer is developed by thyroid cells and it can produce the iodine-containing hormones. This occurs at the rate of 10 to 30 percent.

Medullary thyroid cancer is difficult to control than follicular and papillary cancers. It is difficult as the cancer cells spread to other organs. Calcitonin is produced by the cells of medullary cancer. 5 to 7 % of the cancer is medullay cancer. Iodine does not contain in calcitonin.

The causes for the thyroid cancer are not known exactly. You can have certain factors that increase the risk of cancer.

Thyroid cancer develops due to certain factors:

• Family history with thyroid cancer

Testicular cancer prevention is not proven yet. But if you are at early-stages of this cancer, then it can be cured by some tests and by performing testicular self-examinations regularly (TSE).

Testicular cancer prevention can be done with routine physical test by health professor or by self examination.

Health professor has to be consulted immediately when you have any discomfort in pelvis, lower back or scrotum.

For testicular cancer prevention, two methods are observed. They are:

• Testicular treatment and
• Testicular self-examination

Tests are conducted to detect the testis abnormalities or lumps. The male reproductive organs are testes that are present inside the scrotum which produce the sperms and testosterone, a hormone.

Their shape and size is same as an egg. A coiled tube called epididymis is at the back of testis that collects the sperms and stores them.

In the abdomen, the testis develops and before or after the birth, it descends into the scrotum. There will be increase in risk factor if the testis is not descended.

Testicular examination is the physical examination of the genital organs and groin done by the health professor. The presence of swelling, any visual signs of abnormalities, lumps or shrinking testis can be examined by the heath professor by feeling your organs.