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Disease testicular cancer in young
In young men between 15 and 34 is the most common type of cancer. You can also occur in men with other ages, so everyone should be alert for symptoms that may arise.
The testicles (also called testes) are a pair of male sex glands. They produce and store sperm and are also the main source of male hormones in the body.
These hormones control the development of reproductive organs and male characteristics. The testicles are located under the penis in a sac-like pouch called the scrotum.
Testicular cancer can be broadly classified into two types
Seminoma tumors, comprising about 30% of all testicular cancers. The seminomatous tumors tumors: are a group of cancers that include choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinomas, teratomas and yolk sac tumors.
A testicular cancer may have a combination of both.
Causes
Do not know what causes testicular cancer. Studies show that several factors increase the likelihood that a man will develop testicular cancer.
- Undescended testicle ( cryptorchidism )
- Abnormal development of the testes.
- Klinefelter syndrome .
- History of testicular cancer: If you have previously had testicular cancer have an increased risk of developing cancer in the other testicle.
Symptoms
- A painless lump or swelling in either testicle
- Pain or discomfort in a testicle or scrotum
- Any enlargement of a testicle or change in how you feel
- A feeling of heaviness in the scrotum
- A dull ache in the lower abdomen, back or groin (the area where the thigh meets the abdomen)
- A sudden collection of fluid in the scrotum.
Treatment
• During surgery, the affected testicle is removed.
• After examining the tumor under a microscope: it determines the exact type of tumor and type of complementary treatment necessary to apply after the surgery.
• Surgery: just as long as the cancer is isolated, confined in the testis, with a wrap intact and after an early diagnosis.
• Sometimes it is necessary to resort to chemotherapy or to radiotherapy after surgery.
Oral cavity cancer and smoking
Oral cancer is a destructive disease in the region of the head and neck can infiltrate and invade tissues and spread to other areas via the lymphatic and blood, resulting in distant metastases.
Each puff of smoke fills the mouth before being sucked into the lungs. The largest concentration of toxic substances is evidently in the mouth and attacks the mucous membranes.
Smoking snuff causes oral cavity cancer in men and women. The risk increases when consumed smokeless snuff or smoking and drinking alcohol.
here is a strong relationship between cancer risk and how many cigarettes are smoked and for how long. The risk tends to decrease once you stop smoking.
Most cancers of the buccal cavity birth caught flat cells that line the interior of the mouth.
Mouth cancer is manifested by a tumor can be placed on the lips, tongue, inner walls of the cheeks, gums and palate.
Causes
The main causes of oral cancer include:
- Consumption of snuff (90% of oral cancer due to smoking cigarettes, cigars or pipes, chewing snuff and snuff powder rubbed on the gums).
- The consumption of alcohol.
- Leukoplakia – a condition characterized by a whitish patch that develops inside the mouth or throat.
- Erythroplakia – a condition characterized by red, raised patch that develops inside the mouth.
- Excessive sun exposure as anywhere in the body, can cause lip cancer.
- Red or white patches velvety texture
- Ulcers or sores that fail to heal
- Plate-like sores or warts on the lips
- Persistent sore throat
- Lump on the lip, on the tongue or neck
- Difficulty chewing, swallowing or talking
- Descrecimiento not painful in the lip, forming a dry scab that bleeds when removed
- Pain in the ear or jaw
The cost of cancer
Let’s take a moment to consider the cost of therapies which can often save lives.
It’s no secret that he or treatments for cancer are expensive. Even assuming no changes in cancer trends, except for an increase of patients due to the aging population, the National Cancer Institute estimates that medical costs will reach $ 158 billion in 2020 and could rise to $ 207 billion taking on new therapies and diagnostic costs further.
Two highlight news: Doctors say that the market for cancer drugs, ie, targeted therapies, treatments, may increase the total cost of cancer drugs and 15% annually through 2013. This is partly due to greater use of them, especially because the cost of therapies is rising.
The cost of cancer: high-cost drugs, prescriptions abandoned
Many new drugs are not given by infusion in a hospital or clinic that can be self administered, often in pill form, without medical supervision. That’s more convenient for patients, but there may be advantages and disadvantages.
The number of young people affected with testicular cancer
The conference “Asexorate” was a good time for the Department of Youth Care Tower to instruct high school students , testicular cancer, its impact on young people and self-exploration as the best way to find an abnormality.
The conference was offered to approximately 200 students from CETIS number 59, the colonial expansion of Torreon and Las Margaritas was provided by Juan Carlos Acosta de la Torre, a specialist in clinical sexology, which addressed several issues such as teenage pregnancy, diversity sexual and venereal disease.
According to data presented at the conference testicular cancer in young people between 15 and 30 have high statistics in Mexico.
The information provided was related to Human Papilloma Virus, the exploration of the testicles as a means of cancer prevention among youth and adults.
One of the main weapons against cancer is early detection testes for a full treatment or removal .
The testicular exploration campaign has been carried out in schools as School Venustiano Carranza, Institute London School LUZAC, among several others.
Childhood Psoriasis
Indeed, his suspicions were confirmed: These lesions responded to the first symptoms of the condition. Now the child is 10 years and the truth is that “although we know that is chronic, when not being very aggressive. In fact, we are only using topical products (creams, ointments, …). ”
Angeles summarizes the daily routine of its small: “A good moisturizer after showering and at night, depending on how you, try the head, body and everything.” As he explains, if you feel your child scratches his head and begins to have an outbreak, has four topical medications to be combined, some other softer and more steroids. Read the rest of this entry »
Lung Cancer Increased in 2020
Are two curves diverge: while lung cancer mortality in Spain and most other EU countries lower among men (the exception is Portugal), among women not only rises, but is accelerating. Specifically, between 1990 and 2007, a spokesman for the Spanish Health Ministry said that the lung cancer mortality in men decreased by 19% in the EU, and 4% in Spain. In contrast, among women increased by 39% in the EU, a rate that Spain doubles and reaches 73%. 20% of women smoke, a figure that increases slightly in each National Health Survey.
Compared with what is, by far, the first female cancer, both incidence and mortality, “the breast, is that in the EU, the mortality has fallen by 9% between 1990 and 2007, and Spain 24%. The projection of what will happen in Spain seems clear. With the delay due to the late entry of women to smoking, the country follows the same path traveled by U.S. and northern Europe, where lung cancer is already the leading cause of death in women, ahead of breast (in large studies comparing these two women with colorectal cancer, which are the first, and in men breast changes the prostate). For example, this is the case in Denmark since 1996. In Hungary the case since 2005 or so. And if it confirms the trend, and there is no indication that it will not be confirmed, the projections are that Spain will occur after 2020, indicates Massutí Bartholomew, secretary of the Spanish Group for Lung Cancer (GEPC). Read the rest of this entry »
Tracking Ovarian Cancer : Commentary
During the last decade, research efforts have focused on protocols for detection and diagnosis of ovarian cancer in early stages. Unfortunately, achieving this goal has been difficult and to date not been demonstrated that monitoring strategies or systematic screening tests have reduced mortality from ovarian cancer.
Since 80% to 90% of women who presented ovarian tumors have no family history of the disease and that screening in the general population is not yet effective, it is important for patients and physicians know the symptoms of cancer ovary to establish the diagnosis as quickly as possible. Theoretically lead to early diagnosis of tumor detection in early stages, when the chance of cure is significantly higher. Even if that early diagnosis through symptoms does not detect early stage disease, will make optimal cytoreduction in advanced disease. Read the rest of this entry »
Tracking Ovarian Cancer
Frequency of Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer in women attending primary care centers
More severe symptoms or more frequent than expected and newly emerging diagnostic warrant further investigation because it is more likely to be associated with both benign and malignant ovarian masses.
Introduction
Ovarian cancer has been called the “silent murderer”, because it is believed that the symptoms do not appear until the advanced stages of the disease, when chances for cure are limited. However, several retrospective studies indicated that most patients have symptoms, although not necessarily a gynecological nature. These studies were criticized by the small number of patients included and the retrospective analysis used for data collection.
The aim of this study was to identify the frequency, severity and duration of symptoms typically associated with ovarian cancer in a population of women presenting in primary care. Comparisons were made with 128 patients with ovarian masses were monitored for symptoms prior to surgery, and before the establishment of the diagnosis of cancer or benign tumor. Read the rest of this entry »