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A child suffers from colorectal cancer when the cells of the lining of his rectum or colon grow and reproduce abnormally. The abnormally growing cells are referred to as cancer cells. They multiply rapidly and as the disease progresses start invading the normal tissues of the child’s body.

If you have family history of having colon polyps, you must get your little one checked for a medical disorder known as familial adenomatous polyposis. The signs of this medical disorder include altered bowel habits (constipation or diarrhea), black stools, weight loss, reduced energy and stomach discomforts. Majority of the cases of colorectal cancer in children occur due to this genetic disorder. Familial adenomatous polyposis is marked by formation of polyps, which are growths protruding within the lining of the child’s rectum or colon. As

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There are primarily three types of eye cancer; they are:

Uveal or intraocular melanoma:

This eye cancer type originates from the melanocytes i.e. the eye cells responsible for producing pigments. According to theories of medical science, the cancer mostly occurs in the melanocytes of the uvea. Due to this, this cancer type is also called uveal melanoma. Around 90% of the cases of uveal melanoma are marked by cancer in the choroid, one of the substructures of uvea. The remaining 10% of uveal melanoma starts from the iris. Spotting this eye cancer type is much easier compared to spotting cancer in the melanocytes of choroid. This is because cancer can be viewed as growing spots when the iris gets affected.

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Men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer can opt for active surveillance rather than more invasive treatments without worrying about losing quality of life, suggests a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Researchers ran a computer simulation using data (culled from previous studies) on the success of various treatments. It found that in 65-year-old men, closely monitoring the patient to see if the disease progresses produced 11.1 quality years of life, compared to about 10.6 for internal radiation and 10.5 for external radiation. Men who have a radical prostatectomy can expect about 10.2 quality years of life, the model showed.

Of course, the results will depend on the assumptions used in the model.

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A Toronto woman who told friends that she had terminal cancer and then set up a fake charity has been exposed as a fake, according to the Toronto Sun.

Ashley Kirilow is now missing with the thousans of dollars that people thought was going to cancer research through Change for a Cure.

On Facebook, the very venue that the woman used to scam people, there now a facebook page DEMANDING ASHLEY KIRILOW BE HELD FULLY ACCOUTABLE AND ARRESTED! It’s got 249 members and they all seem pretty disgusted that someone would prey on others, particularly those who have lost loved ones.

So, think it’s easier now in the age of social media to scam people? Will people always fall for a sad story? Does this make you less likely to give to a charity?