Archive for the ‘Cancer types’ Category

Fruit and Vegetables in the Green and Orange Color Effectively Prevent Cancer

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Vegetables Effectively Prevent CancerCancer has been a bugbear for the community and become one of the highest causes of death in Indonesia, which was also triggered by an unbalanced diet or food contamination.

However, according to Dr. Ir. Francisca Zakaria, MSc, researcher and lecturer at Agricultural Technology (Fateta) Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) in Bogor, cancer could be prevented, and this is done by improving the food consumption.

“Among them are fruits and vegetables are colored green like broccoli, green cincau pariah and that contains chlorophyll. Also, carrots, tomatoes, oranges and other foods that are rich orange carotene cancer prevention is also very helpful,” he said. (more…)

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Red Fruit Not Yet Proven Cancer Cure

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Red FruitCommunity cancer and HIV / AIDS are suggested not to replace conventional treatments for this have been executed with the fruits of the camera. Because, until now there has been no clinical trials that prove the fruit from Papua contain anticancer substances as well as HIV / AIDS.

Said former Head of Hematology-Oncology Division, Department of Medical Science in FKUI / RSUPN Prof. dr Zubairi Djoerban

Zubairi who daily deal with cases of cancer and HIV / AIDS said he saw many patients with both diseases were very quickly died after stopping conventional medical treatment and switching to alternative medicine wore red fruit.

”Many people who have HIV / AIDS who died after stop taking antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), and shifted to the red fruit that cost hundreds of thousands,’’said Zubairi.

The high interest of the people on the red fruit, according to specialists in this disease, driven by the desperation of the patient. Given the many parties who currently identify with the death of cancer. In fact, nowadays many drugs have been shown to treat cancer. (more…)

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Liver Cancer Causes Bad Habits

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Liver CancerLike to stay up? Rarely defecate in the morning? heart – the heart both of these habits is one cause of Liver Cancer .The doctors at the National Taiwan Hospital recently shocked the medical world since the discovery of a case of a 37 year old young doctor who had been so trusting the results of liver function (SGOT, SGPT),
Until now almost everyone is dependent on the results of examination of liver function index (Liver Function Index). They think if the examination results are normal index means all OK.

Misconceptions of this kind was also made by many doctors specialists, are really surprising, doctors should provide the right knowledge in the general population, turned out to have incorrect knowledge. Prevention of liver cancer should be done the right way. There is no other way except to detect and treat it as early as possible, so the doctor said Hsu Chin Chuan. But ironically, it turns out doctors who deal with liver cancer also have a biased view of the false, even misleading the public, this is why the biggest cause of liver cancer is difficult to cure. (more…)

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Symptoms Of Lung Cancer

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Lung CancerThe most common symptoms encountered in patients with lung cancer are:

1. Continuous coughing or become great.
2. Bloody sputum, change colors and more.
3. Shortness of breath and shallow.
4. Headache, sore or cracked bone with no obvious cause.
5. Chronic Fatigue
6. Losing taste eating or weight loss for no apparent reason.
7. Hoarseness / husky.
8. Swelling of the face or neck.

Symptoms of lung cancer is generally not so subtle, so that most lung cancer patients who seek medical help are already in an advanced stage.early-stage cases / early often found accidentally when someone doing a routine health examination. (more…)

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Green Tea for Cancer Prevention

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

A team of researchers studied the use of green tea for cancer prevention because he suspected that the antioxidants protect the entry of the deadly disease, especially because it will include bacterial attack substances associated with stomach tumors.

But earlier studies did not obtain conclusive results, they write in the journal Gut. To better understand the real effects of green tea, Dr M. Inoue, National Cancer Center in Tokyo, and colleagues reviewed six of their previous works.

Together, the studies involving more than 219,000 men and women 40 years and older, which followed more than seven to 11 years. Four out of five respondents say they drink green tea every day; third drank five or more cups per day.

During follow up, approximately 2,500 of the nearly 100,000 people and about 1,000 from more than 118,000 female participants developed stomach cancer. (more…)

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Knew Ewing’s Sarcoma and Leukemia Cancer

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Ewing’s Sarcoma

Another type of cancer that affects the bone is Ewing’s sarcoma. It is similar to osteosarcoma because it also affects adolescents and young adults, and usually attacks the legs or pelvis.

Most teens with Ewing’s sarcoma receiving chemotherapy and undergoing surgery. Some patients also need lightning, in addition to surgery or in lieu thereof, to be sure to destroy the remaining cells. Ewing’s sarcoma generally responds well to chemotherapy and radiation.

Osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma share common risk factors and the same side effects of treatment. The chances of recovery depend on the location of the tumor, its size and whether it has spread. But both types of bone cancer respond well to treatment and, in many cases are curable. (more…)

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Familiar Type of Bone Cancer

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Osteosarcoma

Osteosarcoma is the type most common bone cancer. It usually occurs in adolescent boys, in general, they begin to “catch lugs. Osteosarcoma affects twice as many boys than girls and often occurs in people higher than average. Some medical problems may be due to genes, such as retinoblastoma, a tumor that develops in the retina, may predispose some adolescents to develop osteosarcoma. The same happens if a teenager has received radiation treatments for other bone cancers.

The most common symptoms of osteosarcoma are pain and swelling of the legs or arms, sometimes accompanied by the appearance of a bulge. Some people suffer more pain at night or exercise. Often, osteosarcoma is found in bones surrounding the knee, but can also occur in other bones. In exceptional cases, a tumor can spread or cause outside the bone metastases in nerves and blood vessels of the limb. (The word metastasis is the term doctors use when tumor cells away from the original cancer site and move to different tissues or organs). (more…)

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Known Cancer in The Lymph System

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The term lymphoma refers to cancer that develops in the lymphatic system, which includes lymph nodes, thymus, spleen, adenoids, tonsils and bone marrow. The role of the lymphatic system is fighting the germs that cause infections and diseases. Most adolescents with lymphoma have Hodgkin’s disease (cancer of lymph tissue) or non-Hodgkin lymphoma (cancer of immune system cells that circulate in our bodies).

Hodgkin’s disease usually occurs in adolescents and young adults. May arise in lymph nodes in the neck, armpits, chest or other body sites. Lymph nodes were enlarged, but in general there is pain. Hodgkin’s disease is characterized by the presence of abnormal cells and large, called Reed-Sternberg cells are detected with a microscope after a biopsy (a procedure in which a doctor takes a small tissue sample for the presence of cells cancer). The chemotherapy and often radiation are used to treat Hodgkin’s disease. (more…)

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Known Brain Tumor

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Brain tumors are rare in adolescents. There are two types of primary brain tumors that originate in the brain cells, and secondary brain tumors, which originate from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (eg, osteosarcoma) and extends to the brain.

Most brain tumors in adolescents are primary. Two of the most common forms are astrocytomas and ependymomas. Astrocytomas are brain tumors that originate in the brain cells called astrocytes. This tumor is rarely spread outside the brain and spinal cord, and usually does not affect other organs. Ependymomas are tumors that usually begin in the walls of the ventricles of the brain. The brain has four ventricles, or cavities, which are a way for cerebrospinal fluid, a liquid substance that protects the brain and spinal cord, and absorbs shock. (more…)

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3 Types of Skin Cancer

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

It is the most common cancer in the United States and the numbers are increasing. Here we have what causes skin cancer, rates of skin cancer and what you can do to reduce the risk of developing it.

Now we’re in winter, most of us are looking forward to enjoy the summer sun. However, the sun, despite being our friend and ally to health, it is an enemy to your skin. Like everything else, and we take it as a precaution. Exposure to ultraviolet – UV – the sun, are the main cause of skin cancer. Moreover, these rays are responsible for wrinkles and other signs of aging.

Do you want a skin of 30 years when you have 40? The key is to remember to protect yourself from the sun. While in youth damage from the sun is not apparent, then it will become evident.

Skin cancer is most common in the U.S. and each day new cases. As if you did not know, there are 3 types of skin cancer: (more…)

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