November 1st, 2009 by
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Breast cancer is a topic of global interest because it is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. Despite the mortality rate, it is one of the curable cancers only if women go for treatment upon discovering the early signs of breast cancer.
Detect Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is an abnormal growth of cells in the breast tissue. Any breast lump that is hard is suspicious. Detecting breast cancer symptoms is quite easy but most women delay seeking medical screening. The recommendations for screening are as follows: » Read more: Breast Cancer
October 20th, 2009 by
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Everyone has cancer cells in their bodies but these cells do not show up in the normal tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors inform cancer patients that there are no more cancerous cells in their bodies after treatment, it merely means that the tests are unable to detect these cells because they have not reached the detectable size. Beating cancer is not an impossible task as long as you know the positives and negatives of food and other factors.
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September 28th, 2009 by
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Colon cancer is a silent disease that only shows its symptoms at the advanced stages. As colon cancer has a long latent period, it can be detected in the precancerous stage.
Symptoms
Colon cancer early symptoms include blood in the stool or unable to pass motion suggesting that the colon is blocked. Frequent diarrhea, constipation and unexplained stomach aches are early colon cancer symptoms or other forms of cancer. Weight loss, when there have been no changes to diet or exercise routine, may be an early symptom of colon cancer or other digestive cancers.
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September 22nd, 2009 by
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Cervical cancer is a malignancy that develops in the lining of the cervix. It can take many years for it to develop, but during this development stage, the cell structure of the lining wall will display abnormal changes. These abnormal changes occur internally in the body and do not present any outward symptoms compared to other forms of cancer
Cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer and the main cause of cancer deaths in women after breast cancer. The main cause of the disease is the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), meaning that this is a preventable form of cancer. » Read more: Cervical Cancer
September 13th, 2009 by
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The prostate is a gland that is part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum just below the bladder. The primary role of the prostate gland is to squeeze fluid into the urethra when sperm spurts out through the penis during sexual climax.
As a man ages
The prostate gets bigger as a man gets older. This is an inevitable sign of aging, just as similar to having gray hair or wrinkles. This condition is known as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). When the prostate gets larger, the surrounding layer of tissue stops it from expanding. This causes the prostate gland to press against the urethra. This in turn causes the bladder wall to become thicker resulting in the frequent urge to urinate even when there is a small amount of urine.
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August 27th, 2009 by
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Going for annual health checkups is important but relying solely on these results does not exclude you from having cancer. Before cancer becomes easily apparent, there are early symptoms in your body that you can detect. These tell-tale signs may be the early cancer symptoms which, if left untreated or unchecked, could eventually be too late to treat. Hence, while cancer has no specific symptoms, you may not want to ignore early warning signs that could lead to early diagnosis and possibly to a successful cure. However, on the brighter side, every symptom for cancer may turn out to be just a harmless condition.
Here are some of these common tell-tale signs which have been usually overlooked. » Read more: Detect Early Cancer Symptoms
