All Entries in the "Cancers" Category
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Probably No Good For Older Women
The much talked about ‘vaccine for cervical cancer’ which is actually a vaccine to prevent infection of the Human Papilloma virus or HPV may now have limited efficacy.
According to a new study, women over the age of 40 are not likely to benefit very much from the HPV vaccine, which reduces cervical cancer risk. The [...]
Shark Cartilage For Arthritis And Cancer?
The cartilage, which is what the skeleton of a shark is made up of, is processed to produce a supplement that is thought to have various different curative/preventive uses.
This post points out the possible uses of shark cartilage to check cancer as well as arthritis. This is how it could be seen to help:
Shark cartilage [...]
Home Cancer Detection Kits Could Be A Possibility Thanks To Sensor
Now a gadget smaller than a human hair could likely be a detection tool to identify a number of different diseases including prostate and breast cancer.
This is an acoustic resonant sensor that is currently being developed by engineering professor Jae Kwon at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
This sensor will be useful in detecting the [...]
Protein That Turns On Spread Of Cancer Identified
A specific protein has been identified which is known to enable a process that causes cancerous cells to migrate from the site of the original tumor and causes it to spread to other locations in the body and cause new tumors to form.
This protein has been called disabled-2 (or Dab2).
It is a process called epithelial-mesenchymal [...]
Women Turn To CAM Therapies For Breast Cancer
According to the U.S. Department of Defense Research, a growing number of women are now turning to complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) in a quest to recover from breast cancer. The questions about efficacy and safety of CAM are however not fully addressed, argue some researchers.
Biological therapies such as nutritional supplements and vitamins as well [...]
Soda Consumption Linked To Pancreatic Cancer Risk
According to a new study, even those individuals who may be having only as few as two soft drinks a week may have nearly twice the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. This is among the deadlier kinds of cancer since it is often asymptomatic and difficult to detect.
The sugary drinks were found to double people’s [...]
Steroids Can Cause Bladder Cancer
Anabolic steroids, one of the most commonly abused drug over North America for its effect on human body. “Anabolic”, a Greek word that means “build up”, first discovered in 1930s to treats impotency, delayed puberty.
Later was discovered that anabolic steroid aids in the growth of skeletal muscles that results into [...]
Different Methods Of Treatment For Bone Cancer
Bone cancer is by and far one of the rarest forms of cancer which affects people every year. In fact, there are less than 3,000 reported cases of this type of cancer each year.
Still, for those people who are unlucky enough to be inflicted with this disease, they will no doubt be [...]
Getting The Facts Straight About Testicular Cancer
Nearly half of all men in the world will at some point in their life develop some form of cancer.
Out of this staggering number an estimated one quarter will die from the cancer they are diagnosed with.
This is why it is very important for men everywhere to talk to their physicians the [...]
Being Aware Of Skin Cancer Risks
Everyone has the potential to get skin cancer due to the amount of time that they spend in the sun, soaking up UV rays.
However, different people are much more susceptible to gaining damage from UV rays over other people based on the way that their bodies work.
Learning if you are one [...]
