Lung cancer occurs when abnormal cells begin to reproduce and attack the tissues of the lungs.
Thats the plain and simple explanation. Heres a short expansion: in its normal life, a cell will grow, divide, proliferate and then die, all the while meeting the needs of your body. When one or more of these cells […]
Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of your pancreas, a large organ that lies horizontally behind the lower part of the stomach. Pancreatic cancer occurs most commonly in men between the ages of 35 and 70, it is the fourth most common cause of cancer mortality behind lung cancer, colorectal cancer and breast cancer. Pancreatic […]
Kidney cancer or renal carcinoma usually occurs in older people and accounts for about 2 to 3 of cancers in adults, affecting about twice as many men as women. In adults, the most common type of kidney tumor is renal cell carcinoma, which begins in the cells that line the small tubes within your kidneys. […]
Bladder cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in your bladder, a balloon-shaped organ in your pelvic area that stores urine. It is the fourth most common type of cancer in men and the eighth most common type in women. Tumors can develop on the surface of the bladder wall or in more severe […]
Bone cancer is rare and accounts for less than 1 of all new tumors. Not all bone tumors are fatal in fact benign non cancerous abnormalities are more common than malignant ones. Most bone cancers are secondary and have been spread from another site. Primary bone cancer which starts in the bone is quite rare […]
Cervical cancer is the second most common malignancy in women worldwide, and it remains a leading cause of cancer-related death for women in developing countries. Cervical tumors usually affects women of middle age or older, but it may be diagnosed in any reproductive-aged woman. Cervical tumors are classified as either preinvasive where the lower […]
It is expected that over a million Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer in 2008. This deadly disease is quite easy to treat in its early stages, however if tumors go unnoticed, up until now there has been nothing that can be done to increase survival rates. A new use of immunotherapy in fighting […]
The word cigarette comes from the French and means small cigar. The earliest cigarette dates back to around the ninth century and took the form of reeds and smoking tubes.
Cigarettes, as we know them today, are full of tobacco which is processed from the fresh leaves of the Nicotiana plant. The process involves the […]
Herceptin Treatment is a fairly new treatment for breast cancer. It was originally licensed for women who had some form of meteastatic breast cancer spread but a little over two years ago it was licensed to be used on any woman with early stage breast cancer. For me this was amazing timing as I had […]
Diagnosed with cancer as a teenager, Zoё Szypillo. 23, didnt thin shed get to her 17th birthday. But she was never going to give up on her dreams
Ever since I was eight, Id dream of becoming a model. Dressed up in my mums clothes and high heels, Id practice catwalk poses Id seen in fashion […]
