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Let’s Talk About Cancer
Cancer now dominates our community, cases are displayed in abundance in all parts of the world. Most individuals affected with this disease live with it without knowing it. For now, cancer has been considered a disease death in the world with their performance. This gradually suppress the immune system.
Research shows that cancer is “an abnormal growth of cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled way and, in some cases, to metastasize.” And we know that cancer is not just a disease actually a group. This growth was the name of a crab.
Any abnormal growth of tissue was appointed through the organ. For example, when the mother happened to have abnormal growth, then this will be diagnosed as breast cancer, as with the prostate, lung, skin, ovaries and so on.
We refer to a tumor or neoplasm or malignant, which means a disease that can grow and progress continually. Some people have no idea perplexed when it comes to benign tumors. A benign tumor is not as bad as you think, not cancer at all, and certainly the two types are not contagious.
You can prevent prostate diseases
According to statistics from the Mexican Social Security Institute, 60 percent of men over 50 years have a good chance of seeing your prostate affected with any disease. Even in this gland cancer is the second cause of cancers in men.
But it usually attacks only the cancer, other diseases common in the male audience is prostatitis and obstructive prostatic hyperplasia. The first is a serious inflammation of the prostate and may be caused by an infection or sexually transmitted disease. For its part, prostatic hyperplasia occurs when there are changes in the body due to advanced age.
Symptoms that have a patient with these diseases are: urinary urgency, pressure reduction when missionary, pain or burning when passing urine, blood in semen or urine and severe pain in the lower back.
These diseases can be treated and detected sooner is better. However, many men refuse to get tested for fear of the exploration is done in the year. This bias must be discarded because it is the only way to prevent diseases of the prostate.
What is prostate cancer
The prostate cancer is one of the greatest scourges of the male sector of the population. It is also one of the most common diseases in this branch social, and early diagnosis can save many lives. There is a massive aversion to the examinations for the detection of this cancer , but it is very necessary to be carried out in order to treat it properly if its appearance.
After 40 years of age is almost obligatory to prostate exam every year. The most common is the digital rectal exam performed by a urologist, although there are several studies and analysis that can be used for the detection of cancer. The elderly are more prone to this disease, which is very important to make an annual inspection to avoid any surprises.
The list of symptoms of this disease is quite varied. If you are experiencing any of the following, it is best to consult your doctor a trust: painful urination , loss, blood in excreta and muscular pain in the spine area, groin and testicles. Remember that early diagnosis can help an effective treatment that reduces the risk of death.
Nor is it a matter of living scared, but it is always useful to encourage prevention. Note that to maintain good eating habits and physical activity significantly decreases the risk of prostate cancer. Also, remember that the familial predisposition is also a condition for having this condition.
New studies on cancer
With the aim of lowering the number of people who die from cancer each year are conducted several studies and conferences in which health professionals discussed different ideas and alternatives to cope with the disease. Recently, the National Cancer Institute in Washington, United States, announced it will begin to work with various researchers to try to give answers to the questions that still could not be resolved.
The main idea is to understand why the expansion (metastasis) of the tumors and then prepare a more effective method of combat, which would transform the chronic cancer using tools such as targeted therapy. The goal is simple: raise the quality of life and ensure that the percentage of fatal cases of cancer begins to decline.
Researchers and doctors are still very cautious and do not want to raise false expectations. However, it is noteworthy that opens in a new light for patients who suffer from some form of cancer. At first you probably will not achieve drastic changes in terminal cases, but it is possible to increase the quality of life, which it remains more than positive news.
Ovarian Cancer
Women have two ovaries that are in the pelvis and that communicate with the rest of the female reproductive tubes. Its main function is to reproduce and, subject thereto, the production of female hormones. The ovaries have a coating formed by epithelial cells. Malignant transformation of these cells appear the vast majority of ovaria
n cancers.
It develops mainly in women between 50 and 70 years, globally, about 1 in every 7 women develop the disease. It is the third most common cancer of female reproductive system, but instead more women die of ovarian cancer than any other affecting the reproductive system. Read the rest of this entry »