Archive for the 'Cancers' Category

According to the study, people with diabetes have a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer. Diabetics can protect themselves from colon cancer by eating a diet that is high in fruits and vegetables. The diabetes diet should also be low in red and processed meat. Being physically active and maintaining healthy weight can reduce the colon cancer risk.

Age is considered as main risk factor for colon cancer. If you have diabetes, it is better to screen for colon cancer immediately. A family history of colon cancer or history of inflammatory disease is the risk factors of colon cancer if you have diabetes.

Early detection of colorectal cancer is important. The cancer can be detected by several tests such as fecal occult blood test, colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy.

Diabetic patients should take following steps before colonoscopy:

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Though breast cancer is less common than women, it is possible to develop breast cancer in men.

Both men and women have breast tissue.

Until puberty, girls and boys have a small amount of breast tissue with few ducts under the nipple and areola.

After the girl reaching puberty, her ovaries producing hormones cause breast ducts to grow.

Lobules form at the end of the ducts and the amount of stroma increases. But in men, hormones which are made by testicles prevent in further growth of breast tissue.

As you have less amount of breast tissue than women, it is easier to detect breast lumps and other abnormalities in you than women. As everyone thinks that breast cancer can occur only in women, you often ignore the early symptoms of breast cancer. You become embarrassed with breast lumps and delay to make an appointment with the doctor.

Common abnormality seen in men:

The common abnormality seen in men is a non-cancerous condition called gynecomastia. It is the condition with increase in the amount of breast tissue. The condition is most common in boys of teenage and it is related to hormone balance changes during adolescence.

Women are at lower risk of recurrence of cancer whose breast cancer is detected by mammography compared to those who discover a tumor by other means.

Women who are detected with cancerous tumors outside of the mammography, usually manual breast exam had a ninety percent of chance of recurrence of cancer elsewhere in their bodies.

Breast cancers are mostly detected by mammography screening and the procedure is becoming more common and the tumors found are often smaller.

The choice of breast cancer treatment, whether to skip the treatment depends on the age and severity of the cancer. So, correct diagnosis is essential to find the size of the tumor and mammography helps in finding the size.

Should all women in their 40s screen for breast cancer routinely?

There are many benefits to screening mammography, but the decision should be based on the conversation between a patient and the physician. Screening mammography in women in their 40s provided a reduction in breast cancer mortality, but with any regular screening, there will be potential harms.

There are few guidelines from which women can go for screening: individual assessment of risk of breast cancer and informing women ages 40 to 49 of the benefits and harms of mammography.

The Royal College of Physicians and British Association of Dermatologists advised holidaymakers to look for changes to their skin on return from holiday, particularly the growth of new moles or changes to existing moles. Being alert can save lives, as these changes can be signs of skin cancer, and patients have a better chance of being treated successfully if melanomas are found early.For information on moles and its relation to melanoma, visit:http://www.medicalnewstoday.com

Moles are the pigmented cells that appear as small, dark brown spots on your face, torso, arms and legs. But, moles can develop anywhere including your scalp, between your fingers and toes, and under your armpits.

New moles can appear in the adulthood and some moles can disappear as you age. Majority of moles are harmless, but some moles can become cancerous. When you return from holiday, you have to observe the changes in the skin, particularly the growth of new moles, change in color or size.

Many people are not exposed to sun most of the time. But, when you are on holiday trip, you are at more risk of developing melanoma, a skin cancer, because of exposure to sun all the time. Many people take sunbath and spend most of the time near beaches, which is the main cause for the occurrence of moles.

The decline in cervical cancer is a success story of cancer research. Although there are reasons to be optimistic about even further decreases in cervical cancer incidence, there still remain some women who are not screened.For related information on cervical cancer screening, visit:

http://www.sciencedaily.com

Cervical screening is most important because you can prevent cervical cancer from developing in the first place. This cancer can be preventable because pre-cancerous call changes can be picked up before they have a chance to go to a full blown cancer. But, many women have not been screened with pap smears and are undetected of the cancer.

Risk factors for cervical cancer:

• You are more likely to develop cervical cancer if you have multiple sex partners or if you become sexually active at early age. Sexual activity at early age increases the risk because during puberty cervical tissues undergo many changes which make the area more susceptible to damage.
• Infection with human papilloma virus (HPV) increases your risk from 20 to 100 times. HPV is sexually transmitted disease, quite common in young women.
• Cigarette smoking increases the risk of cervical cancer.
• A family history of cervical cancer

Usually cancer occurs when abnormal cells grow in an unrestrained way.

Almost all breast cancers occur in women. Men can also be affected with breast cancer but it is quite rare.

Generally breast cancer starts as a small lump in your breast and it raises either slowly or quickly.

There is a chance to spread this to the other parts of your body as time passes. Early diagnosis and breast cancer awareness is the key to survival of breast cancer.

Most of the lumps in your breast are the cancers and they won’t spread to other parts of the body as the time passes. So, there is a need of careful checking of your breast lumps by a healthcare professional.

The exact cause of breast cancer is yet to be identified. The risks gradually increase with your age and for some women it can be a hereditary disorder. 1 in 10 women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives.

Is there any relation between breast feeding and breast cancer?

Breast feeding can greatly helps you to protect against breast cancer. If a woman fed for longer period in her lifetime, then there is a less chance to get breast cancer.

There are many risk factors of oropharyngeal cancer. The risk factors include poor diet, consumption of mate, chewing of betel quid, and infection with human papilloma virus (HPV).

Oropharyngeal cancer occurs when malignant cells form in the tissues of oropharynx. Oropharynx is the middle part of the throat behind the mouth. Most oropharyngeal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas, which are thin, flat cells that line inside of the oropharynx.

There are about 80 different types of human papilloma virus (HPV). This is also called as wart virus as certain types of HPV cause warts on genital parts and some other parts of the body. Among different types of HPV, HPV 16 is the most common type. Oral HPV can raise the risk of oropharyngeal cancer.

Pectin, a polysaccharide, is found in primary cell wall of plants. Sugar residue is the composition of pectin, which is also called as D-galacturonic acid.

Food sources in which pectin is present! Pectin is available in all plants, but the availability of the content differs depending on the variety, tissue, species, plant part, growing condition and maturity. The content of pectin is more in citrus fruits and legumes than cereals.

The fruits that contain high levels of pectin are grapes, oranges, apricots and apples. In citrus fruits, sixty to seventy percent of dietary fiber is pectin. Pectin is also found in cabbage, banana, carrots and beets.

Smokeless tobacco is as bad as or worse than smoking cigarettes. Like cigarettes, smokeless tobacco also contains nicotine, an addictive substance. Smokeless tobacco puts more nicotine into a person’s bloodstream than cigarettes.

There are many forms of smokeless tobacco such as chewing, oral and snuff tobacco. This smokeless tobacco contains carcinogens which are cancer causing agents. Carcinogens can enhance the threat of cancer of the oral cavity. This carcinogens cause mouth and throat cancer and other health problems like destruction of bone sockets around the teeth, gum disease and tooth loss.

Samir Taneja, MD., Director of Urologic Oncology is the Primary Investigator on a clinical trial in order to test Envisioneering Technologies’ new mechanical device called TargetScan, which preliminary tests indicate can improve doctors’ ability to detect cancer and could lead to more targeted treatments—reducing life-altering side effects like impotence and incontinence.

TargetScan is the latest device in detecting prostate cancer. In this technology, 3-D image acquisition is combined with stationary probe which helps the physicians plan and execute targeted prostated biopsies.

The TargetScan device is fixed and it allows making more accurate scan of the prostate gland. For patients with prostate cancer, TargetScan device allows precise treatment of an infected area. The common treatment side effects like sexual function and incontinence can be avoided when patients are diagnosed with Target Scan.