One study shows that married people and those who have never married are more successful a decade later
A recent study shows that in terms of cancer , marital separation seems worse health than divorce or widowhood. By contrast, being married or not married never, apparently, are the states that more civilians improves the chance of survival. (more…)
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Marriage And Cancer Survival
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Cervical Cancer
Friday, January 1st, 2010
according to the data are recorded 2100 new cases of cervical cancer annually, with an annual mortality of 740 women, representing each day die in this country two people for this kind of disease, which is situated between the second and third most common malignancy in women in Spain between 15 and 44. According to scientists, according to epidemiological data in Spain, as elsewhere in Europe, are 16 and 18 genotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV) that are associated with 70% of all cases and compared to which the efficacy of Cervarix vaccine is nearly 100%, as demonstrated by this trial. (more…)
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Smoking = Cancer
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
The decline in smoking in Europe and the implementation of better controls have allowed fewer people die from cancer, among women Although deaths by lung tumors are Increasing in places like Scotland and Hungary, where more women smoke.
The early diagnosis and improved treatments Involve a decrease in deaths from cervical cancer uterus and breast, while the lowest levels of smoking contributed to a good reduction in cancer deaths lung and other tumors related to smoking in men.
According to the Annals of Oncology, from 1990-1994 and 2000-2004, overall rates of cancer deaths in Europe fell 9 percent in men and 8 per cent for women in the second period, compared with the first. (more…)
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Stage Of Breast Cancer
Tuesday, December 29th, 20091 .- Stage 0
Noninvasive breast cancer or in situ.
a) Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): Cancer cells are located within a duct, there is no invasion of surrounding fatty tissue.
b) Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS): The atypical cells grow inside the milk-producing glands, and do not penetrate through the walls of the lobe.
2 .- Stage I
The tumor is less than 2 centimeters in diameter. Has not spread beyond the breast.
3 .- Stage II
It is divided into IIA and IIB.
a) Stage IIA. It includes three categories: non-palpable tumor with positive lymph nodes but mobile, not fixed to each other, tumor less than or equal to 2 cm in greatest diameter with positive axillary nodes and tumors moving between 2 and 5 cm with negative axillary nodes.
b) Stage IIB. Two modes: Tumors between 2 and 5 cm in greatest diameter, axillary node-positive phones, tumors larger than 5 cm in greatest diameter, with negative lymph nodes in the armpit.
4 .- Stage III
This stage is divided into IIIA and IIIB:
a) Stage IIIA. They have the following modalities: non-palpable tumors, tumor diameter greater or less than 2 cm and tumors between 2 and 5 centimeters, if they have positive lymph nodes, fixed to each other or that have invaded other structures in the armpit. O tumors larger than 5 cm in greatest diameter with any positive node in the armpit.
b) Stage IIIB: Breast cancer of any size that has spread to the chest wall, skin of the breast or chest wall or skin and inflammatory carcinoma of the breast. Or any size tumor with positive nodes in the internal mammary tumor on the same side.
5 .- Stage IV
Cancer regardless of its size, has spread (metastasized) to distant organs such as bones, lungs or
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The Best Preventive Treatment Of Cancer
Monday, December 28th, 2009t
he best preventive treatment of cancer, which is now accepted by cardiologists and oncologists are a vegetarian diet, in which we find: “Food that has been researched active ingredients which act as food, medicines, many for the actions of its principles as a powerful antioxidant effect that is directly linked with the best immune capacity of patients and the survival of themselves. ” (more…)
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Anal Cancer
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Anal cancer is often curable. The three major prognostic factors are site, size and differentiation.
Cancer of the anus is a rare malignancy, representing only a small percentage (4%) of all cancers of the lower digestive tract
In general, the risk of anal cancer is increasing, and there is evidence that individuals with human papillomavirus and gay men in particular are at increased risk of autism. (more…)
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Cancer in Pet Animals
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Cancer is common in pet animals and the incidence increases with age. It causes about half of the deaths of pets over 10 years of age. Dogs get cancer at roughly the same rate as humans, while cats get fewer cancers.
Diagnosis
Strong circumstantial evidence of cancer can be achieved through x-rays, blood tests, ultrasonography, physical examination and medical history. (more…)
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Cancer Diagnosis
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
The psychiatric or psychological support provided to people with cancer a better quality of life because they can better comply with treatment.
There are many myths about cancer and the way in which people deal with it, such as: all people with cancer are depressed, depression in a person with cancer is normal treatments do not help all people with cancer faces suffering and a painful death. Sadness and grief are normal reactions to the crisis that must be addressed during an illness of cancer. (more…)
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The Probable Etiology Of Pancreatic Cancer
Monday, December 21st, 2009
If you remember a few months, and if I do, around here we were talking about a man, named Ferdinand and ex-worker Inquidesa in Huesca, who claimed her cancer was recognized as an occupational disease of the pancreas.
In the first post by February, a servant claimed that chlorine and pancreatic cancer are not related … it’s true. But in these Dr. Sanz told me, he knew first hand one of the experts Dr. Porta of Barcelona, that the compound they were talking about was not the only organ-chlorine, chlorine … and there published the second post correcting … for certain is that certain organ-chlorine (such as some insecticides that quoted in the first inning) are associated with pancreatic cancer. (more…)
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Antibodies VS Cancer
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Possible treatment with antibodies that could boost the immune system to help fight some cancers. The treatment showed a significantly higher survival neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer – in laboratory tests, and they expect to ever be used to treat children with this disease.
The antibodies did not work so well with more aggressive tumors, but researchers then one of them accompanied with a peptide, a protein fragment-specific, and together they destroyed between 40 and 60 percent of these tumors. (more…)
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