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Signs and Symptoms of Testicular Cancer

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Signs and Symptoms of Testicular CancerCompared with other types of cancer, testicular cancer is rare. But it is the most common cancer in men between the ages of 15 and 34.
Testicular cancer is highly treatable, even when the cancer has spread beyond the testicle. Depending on the type and stage of testicular cancer, you may receive one of several treatments, or a combination.
Signs and symptoms
• A lump or enlargement of the testicles
• A feeling of heaviness in the scrotum
• A pain in the abdomen or groin
• A sudden collection of fluid in the scrotum
• Pain or discomfort in a testicle or scrotum
• Enlargement or tenderness of the nipples
• unexplained fatigue and a general feeling of not feeling well

Etiology

Almost all testicular cancers begin in the germ cells – the cells in the testes that produce immature sperm, which would be given by the susceptibility of these to the risk factors. (more…)

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Research the use of Nitroglycerin for Cancer

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

“The Treatment of prostate cancer with a very low dose of nitroglycerin can slow or even stop the progression of the disease without serious side effects of current treatments. At least that is confirmed by researchers from Queen’s University responsible for this new research, which I personally left me impressed.

The findings are the result of the first clinical trial using nitroglycerin to treat prostate cancer. The 24-month Phase II study has been directed to 29 men with high levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA, a key indicator of the progression of cancer) after prostate surgery or radiation. “We are very excited to see a significant slowdown in disease progression as evidenced by PSA levels, and to see this outcome in many of the men who participated in the study,” says Robert Siemens, the study leader Professor of Urology at Queen’s University at Kingston General Hospital urologist.

Researchers are encouraged by the results, especially because at present the safe and effective treatments for men with rising PSA levels after surgery or radiation are limited. They note further that the additional evidence is needed to confirm the results of this study are very small.

Of the 17 patients who completed the study, all but one showed a stabilization or decrease in the rate of cancer progression, as measured by PSA doubling time. Nitroglycerin has already been used significantly higher doses for over a century in the treatment of angina pectoris, has proven without a doubt his power to reduce nitric oxide, which plays an important role in the progression of a tumor. (more…)

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What Causes Cancer?

Friday, March 26th, 2010

The cause of cancer remains a great mystery to medicine and this article can help us rethink what we thought we knew. Want to know more about possible causes of cancer and what should be done to try to compensate for them?

What causes cancer?

Now it seems clear that no one has the answer to this question. The doctor responded to this question by explaining the mechanism of abnormal cell proliferation. They responded by explaining how but not why. “The factors or multiple causes,” says the most. But the reality is that every oncologist can answer that question satisfactorily.

To answer this question, I think, must be placed a little further. We must move away from the microscope to see clearly what was really sick, a person, not a cell. Someone with a life. A life that is probably what causes the disease. Life, perhaps sickly.

But let’s start from the beginning. Someone with a certain personality you live a certain life. Suddenly, one day you feel something is wrong and see a doctor. This makes a series of tests and concluded that this person has developed a disease called “cancer.” Person, this personality, and with life, has been produced in the body of cancer. There have been infected by a virus, or have an accident, or suffering from something innate, your body only has to send commands to a group of cells to multiply at an abnormal level and not die, thus creating what is called a “tumor. In turn, these tumors will nurture and grow without limit of time, destroying cells and even send a few cells elsewhere in the body, resulting in what is called “metastasis”. In short, the body, by itself, has started the process of self destruction. Because it is precisely what cancer, the process of self destruction.

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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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Breast Cancer is a Malignant tumor

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in the breast tissue.
Cancer can begin to grow in the milk glands, milk ducts, fatty tissue and connective tissue in the breast.

* Causes
The cause is unknown, but there are some risk factors that cause a woman to be more likely to have breast cancer.

* Risk Factor
Several factors influencing risk are:
1. Age.
Approximately 60% of breast cancer occurs in over 60 years of age. Greatest risk found in women aged over 75 years.
2. Had breast cancer.
After the affected breast removed, then the risk of breast cancer in healthy increased by 0,5-1% / year.
3. Family history of breast cancer.
Women are mothers, sisters or children suffering from cancer, a risk 3 times more likely to have breast cancer.
4. Genetic and hormonal factors.
5. Disease had non-cancerous breast.
6. Menarche (first menstruation) before age 12 years, menopause after age 55 years, first pregnancy after age 30 years or had never been pregnant. (more…)

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