May 5, 2012, 2:18 pm
Cancer is a disease that is caused due to excess growth of cells. This is a condition that sometimes also recurs at a later stage even after it is treated. Normally cancer is seen to come back after a long period of time. During this intermittent period, the cancer that is within goes undetected. When the cancerous condition grows in the same pattern as before then it is called recurrence of cancer.
Recurrent cancer is thus that condition of cancer where it reappears after some time, even after treatment. Normally it is visible in the same place where it had initially been treated. Recurrent cancer is seen in organs like lungs and also in the bones. Cancer also recurs in cases of lymph node cancer and anal cancer. The treatment for recurrent cancer is the same as the one that was given for the initial cancerous condition.
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February 19, 2012, 11:53 pm
Ovarian Cancer can be segmented into 4 stages, stage I to stage IV. The staging of the disease is done based on the extent of the spreading of cancer. In stage I of ovarian cancer, the cancer stays confined within both or any one of the ovaries. In the stage II, cancer invades other organs located in the pelvic region of the patient’s body for instance fallopian tubes, uterus, sigmoid colon or the bladder of a woman. In stage III the patients experience spreading of the cancer either to their abdominal lining or to their lymph nodes. Stage IV of ovarian cancer is marked by spreading of cancer either to the distant organs like lungs and liver or tissues located outside the patient’s abdominal cavity.
Symptoms of stage I ovarian cancer: This
stage is also referred to as the early stage of ovarian cancer. Pat
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December 8, 2011, 1:32 pm
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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September 21, 2011, 5:04 am
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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November 30, 2010, 6:03 am
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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