‘Lymphoma’

Cancer Occurs when a Particular

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Cancer Occurs when a ParticularCancer occurs when a particular type of cells lost normal control mechanisms and starts to grow in a way that the body can not regulate.

While different types of cancers have signs, symptoms, treatments and different prognoses depending on the type of cells involved and the degree of cell growth, childhood cancer is usually easier to control if caught in time and how adults younger the child, the more likely to survive. A baby may have a better expectation of life than a boy of 10 years and that such a young age many of their cells are to be formed and to remove malignant cells from your body we will ensure a full survival.

While the treatments are very cruel and painful and the physical and psychological sequelae are difficult to overcome, now is not the same cancer 20 years ago. People tend to assume that cancer is synonymous with certain death, but with proper diagnosis and following the protocol established for this type of cancer, can be overcome and even have a normal life. At first deal will be difficult years, with many twists and turns, with fear of recurrence of the disease, but you can. (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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