The first appointment with the oncologist is a query to take the history of your problem and do a physical exam. Typically at this time or shortly there after consultation with other team members head and neck, including head and neck surgeon, pathologist, radiologist and a dentist. It is important that the various members of the team that you have to take care to give their views before deciding the treatment plan and start it. (more…)
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Radiation Theraphy For Head And Neck Cancer
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Treatment Option For Head And Neck Cancer
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
The three main types of treatment for managing head and neck cancer are radiation therapy, surgery and chemotherapy. The primary treatment is radiation or surgery, or a combination of both chemotherapy is often used as an adjunct or adjuvant. The optimal combination of the three treatment modalities for a patient with head and neck cancer depends on the site and stage (stage) of disease. (more…)
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Overview of head and neck cancer
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
The term head and neck cancer in reality encompasses many different types of cancer. The behavior of a particular cancer of head and neck arises depends on where (the primary site). For example, cancers that begin in the vocal cords have a behavior very different from those faced in the back of the tongue, just an inch or less of the vocal cords. The most common type of cancer of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, which appears in the cells that line the inside of the nose, mouth and throat. Other types of head and neck cancer are less common salivary gland tumors, lymphomas and sarcomas. (more…)
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Head and Neck Cancer
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Cancer in the head and neck cancer includes cancer of the mouth, nose, sinuses, salivary glands, throat and lymph nodes in the neck. Most begin in the moist tissues around the mouth, nose and throat. Symptoms include:
* A lump or sore that will not heal
* Sore throat that does not go away
* Difficulty swallowing
* Voice changes or hoarseness (more…)
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Cancer, skin cancer: prevention by eating broccoli
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
According to a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, broccoli 25% decreases the likelihood of developing skin cancer.
Always known that eating fruits and vegetables is good for the body.
Always doctors and nutritionists recommend eating lots of fruits and vegetables because the beneficial effects on healthy life and to take over five servings per day.
Broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts are used as adjuvants in cancer therapy because foods contain significant amounts of magnesium, potassium, calcium, as well as of sulfur compounds. Are rich in chlorophyll, mucilage, fiber, vitamins C, A, K.
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A vaccine will cure skin cancer
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
A new vaccine being tested gives new hope for treatment of skin cancer. The drug, called “OncoVEX” attacks cancer cells, leaving healthy cells intact, and stimulates the body’s response to melanoma, so patients can fully recover, even those with the disease, advanced.
Dr. Howard Kaufman of the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago said that the vaccine will bring relief to thousands of people with skin cancer every year. The drug not only affects cells that are injected, but also in other parts of the body can not be reached, inducing an immune response by the flow of blood.
The BioVex, manufacturer is currently recruiting more than 400 patients for the final stages of testing, which will be made in the USA and the UK. (more…)
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Found a cure for skin cancer
Monday, April 12th, 2010
A test vaccine in infancy in England shows its effect has some complete cures melanoma, even at an advanced stage: attack cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact and significantly increases the immune response to skin cancer.
Dr. Howard Kaufman of Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center, says: “Our studies show clearly that we are: we have a cure for melanoma and develop drugs that could save thousands of lives every year.”
The figures are dramatic: in the last 25 years the rate of melanoma in the UK alone has increased dramatically compared to other types of cancer, and kills more than 2,000 victims a year. (more…)
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CLL, a blood cancer that kills over a slow time
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Underhanded, dirty, CCA imposes its law against a powerless and medicine places its victims in a state of intolerable psychological survival.
The appearance of some painless lymph nodes, the presence of fever and perpetual fatigue has nothing to worry about, but it is imperative to consult her doctor immediately. (more…)
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The Maitake may help fight prostate cancer and bladder
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
The authoritative scientific journal “British Journal of Urology” has published a new study by American scientists of the Department of Urology at New York Medical College.
In this study, the Maitake mushroom is able to reduce 75% of cancers and could pave the way for new procedures and new proposals for treatment. (more…)
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PROSTATE: MILK AND LATICINI INCREASE THE RISK OF CANCER
Monday, March 29th, 2010
Eating too often meat and dairy products may increase the risk of developing prostate cancer. This suggests a study published in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine which concluded that a diet rich in these foods raises levels of the hormone IGF-1 (insulin growth factor, type 1) which promotes cell growth and associated with an increased risk of developing certain cancers, including that of the prostate. (more…)
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