Tagged ‘chemotherapy’
Ovarian Cancer Symptoms
"Ovarian cancer is not silent, is noisy," said Dr. William Hamilton, who led the study. "The problem is that we do not know how to unravel the noise. Ovarian cancer accounts for 4% of all cancers in women, but has the worst prognosis," said Webmd.com The study and its results The research included 212 women aged 40 and 40 years who were diagnosed with ovarian cancer. These were compared w... More »
Surgical Treatments For Breast Cancer
Surgery is part of multimodal treatment of any stage of breast cancer. In the early stages it is possible to make only a conservative surgery, ie not to remove the entire breast, but only in certain disease conditions. So after they took into account several parameters (tumor size, for example) to decide which surgical option is chosen. The most common types of surgery are: 1. Breast cons... More »
Stages Of Breast Cancer And Corresponding Treatments
The stages I-IV cancer means that tumor size is (from T1 to T4) and whether or not lymph nodes, mobile or fixed. Thus, according to International Classification of the UICC, breast cancer can be distinguished: Stage I At this stage the breast tumor is less than or equal to 2 cm, without loss of lymph nodes and no distant dissemination. Stage II At this stage the tumor can be higher - 5 ... More »
Prevent Cancer Development By Using Vitamin C
In August 2008, another study came out to light the fact that vitamin C could prevent cancer. U.S. researchers say the injection with a high dose of vitamin C's ability to curb cancer growth. Moreover, information from the Center for Research in Britain shows that other studies suggest that high doses of vitamin C can even help treat cancer. Some time before this research team from the National... More »
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Symptoms
All symptoms of the disease are associated with other diseases, in this case are treated with indifference by the people in distress. All because of this diagnosis is difficult, and histopathological examination should be conducted by experienced people. The symptoms of lymphoma vary depending on where its development. If you are involved in the lymphatic tissue then abdomen may be swollen, ... More »
Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer
Hormone treatment is chosen by physician depending on the type of hormone receptors and their number and age and hormonal status of women (pre-or post-menopause). Hormone therapy is usually indicated after surgery, but it is useful preoperative. Types of hormonal therapies Hormonal therapies are currently used in several ways: Therapy after which ovarian function blocks - before this is... More »
Lung Cancer – Stages, Treatments and Care
In general, there are three types of treatment that can be used for patients with lung cancer. This is done separately or combined, depending on each case: Surgery; Radiotherapy; Chemotherapy. Small cell lung cancer and lung cancer non-small cell are different and therefore different treatments. Depending on the disease stage will determine the best therapeutic option. This differs ... More »
Removing the Adverse Effects of Chemotherapy with Peony
How does chemotherapy work? Normal cells grow and die and are controlled by the body. Cancer occurs when cells become abnormal and keep dividing and forming uncontrollably more cells. Then destroy cancer cells in their growth and multiplication of one or more times of their life cycle. Because some drugs work better together than separately managed, often several treatment is oral chemotherapy... More »
Positive Effect Of Radiation Therapy In Cancer Treatment
Chemotherapy, surgery and radiation therapy are three words quite common to people suffering from the life threatening ailment known as cancer. Though chemotherapy is popularly known to people, radiation therapy is being widely accepted worldwide today to treat the cancer patients. The four types of radiation therapies include the conventional and the conformal, the intensity modulated r... More »
