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Lung Cancer : What causes it?
A risk factor is any agent that increases the risk of developing a particular disease, ie, a person exposed to this factor has more chances of getting the disease.
Several factors that are related with lung cancer. These include:
Snuff: between 80-90% of lung cancers occur in smokers, or who have recently quit, but no concrete evidence that smoking is associated with a specific histological subtype, but tends to relate more to the with squamous cell carcinoma and small cell cancer, and less frequently with adenocarcinoma. Smokers have a risk of 10 to 20 times more likely to develop lung cancer (according to the number of cigarettes smoked per day) than non-smokers. The use of snuff light does not change the risk of the disease. Read the rest of this entry »
What is Lung Cancer?
Our body consists of organs and these in turn by a group of cells, which are divided on a regular basis to replace aging or dead and thereby maintain the integrity and smooth functioning of various organs. This process is regulated by a number of mechanisms that tell the cell when to start to divide and when to remain stable. Read the rest of this entry »
Lungs : Definition
The lungs are two organs located in the thorax and through them makes the breath. They are separated by an area called the mediastinum, the area which houses the heart, trachea, esophagus and blood vessels. The air reaches the lungs through the trachea divides into two main bronchi, right and left, for each lung. In the lungs, each primary bronchus divides, like the branches of a tree in increasingly finer lines: secondary bronchi, bronchioles and alveolar ducts, to reach some small sacs called alveoli. Read the rest of this entry »
Other Nutrition Recommendations
Other nutrition recommendations:
The basic diet is a diet adapted amended to make it suitable. It is useful in patients with chewing problems or have difficulty swallowing liquids (crushed diets high nutritional value, texture modifiers, enriching the diet).
Also useful are dietary supplements: are dietary products that contain concentrated nutrients to meet the nutritional needs of patients. Are indicated when dietary advice is not enough to meet the nutritional requirements. Read the rest of this entry »
Specific Dietary Recommendations for Special Situations
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Specific dietary recommendations for special situations:
Vomiting: You must reduce the intake of fats and fried foods with strong odor they produce nausea. It is also important to reduce the anxiety that does not contribute to proper digestion.
Constipation: exercise and adequate intake of fiber reduces constipation. It is recommended to consume in the form of fruit (prunes, raisins, kiwi, orange juice), whole grains, vegetables and legumes. Avoid fats and foods like quince, tea, or rice. If these measures are insufficient resort to laxatives. Read the rest of this entry »
Nutritional food for Cancer Patient
Nutrition is one of the most important aspects of oncology patients, both for its impact as meaning: almost 90% of patients with advanced malignancies have a significant weight loss, and on the other hand, studies indicate that the state Nutrition is a prognostic indicator of survival. Inadequate nutrition begins even at the time of diagnosis because the psychological impact that this implies, negatively inicide food intake. In addition, some anti-tumor treatments, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery, leaving many patients in an extremely unfavorable nutritional status. Read the rest of this entry »
Broccoli Helps Fight Cancer
Broccoli contains a substance that can fight cancer and prevent experts say at least.
And laboratory mice
Scientists tested the effects of sulforaphane, a compound in broccoli, in experiments with mice and cell cultures. They injected various concentrations of the component from broccoli in mice with breast cancer. This shows that the stem cells of cancer decreased after treatment with this substance, this had little effect on normal cells. Unlike chemotherapy, which causes the patient after treatment often feel ill. Read the rest of this entry »
The Role of Exercise During Cancer Treatment
The Role of Exercise During Cancer Treatment
Vigor Orbis, Orbis and Orbis Sports Medical Center will participate in research on effects of physical training during treatment cancer.
Although such research non-core part, we are pleased to deliver a contribution. This consists of project management at the research site Orbis Medical Center and conducting intakes, times of measurement and evaluation with the participants. We will keep you informed of the results. The study called PACT (Physical Activity consistently Cancer Treatment) is an initiative of the Comprehensive Cancer Centre Middle Netherlands and Limburg in collaboration with the University Medical Centre Utrecht and Maastricht. Read the rest of this entry »