ACS Daffodil Days helps fight cancer
The American Cancer Society will celebrate Daffodil Days next week. By offering daffodils to donors in appreciation of their contributions, the program celebrates the society’s mission to fight for everyone touched by cancer.
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Researchers One Step Closer to Understanding Underlying Causes of Cancer and Diabetes
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Loyola Study Finds The Hormone Estrogen Inhibits A Protein That Causes Normal Cell Death In Breast Tumors
Researchers discover key reason why form of leukemia progresses from chronic phase to blast crisis
Researchers have discovered a key reason why a form of leukemia progresses from its more-treatable chronic phase to a life-threatening phase called blast crisis.
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Loyola Study Finds The Hormone Estrogen Inhibits A Protein That Causes Normal Cell Death In [...]
Cervical Cancer – Symptoms and Causes of Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer: malignant cancer of the cervix uteri or cervical area. It may present with vaginal bleeding but symptoms may be absent until the cancer is in its advanced stages, which has made cervical cancer the focus of intense screening efforts using the Pap smear. In developed countries, the widespread use of cervical screening programs [...]
Causes ,effects symptoms and treatments of ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer: Ovaries belongs to the woman’s reproductive system. They are located in the pelvis region. Ovaries are useful in producing female hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Ovaries play the main role in releasing the egg to the womb (uterus). Ovaries will stop producing eggs when woman goes through menopause by decreasing the hormone levels [...]
Colon Cancer Causes and Prevention
If curing colon cancer is very difficult, it is quite contrary to prevent it. In fact, the majority of cancers of the rectum and colon could be prevented through regular checkup (examination or inspection), healthy lifestyle (eating healthy foods, regular colon cleansing, exercise, etc.), and chemoprevention.
Annual Check-up – annual health checkups is recommended to help [...]
Pancreatic Cancer – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Pancreas is responsible for producing insulin which regulates the sugar level in the body. All those who know what diabetes is would know the importance of insulin in body (and hence the importance of pancreas). Pancreas also produces pancreatic juice which helps in digestion of food. When abnormal growth of cells (malignant cells) occurs in [...]
Causes ,effects symptoms and treatments of lung cancer
What is Lung cancer: Cancer which is found in the lungs is termed as lung cancer. Lungs are the softy organs located in the chest on both either side of the heart. Lungs are the essential organs useful in supplying oxygen in the blood to various parts of the body. Lung cancer is referred as [...]
Causes ,effects symptoms and treatments of eye cancer
Eye cancer: Eye cancer occurs when the cells in the eye grow unusually without any controlling limit. These uncontrolled cancer cells grows rapidly and forms a tumor. These tumors can occur in any parts of the eye. Generally tumors are of two types.
•Benign tumor: This tumor is not cancerous. They can be treated easily. They [...]
Skin Cancer – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. Skin cancer the abnormal growth of skin cells most often develops on skin exposed to the sun. The two most common types are basal cell cancer and squamous cell cancer. Skin cancer is a malignant growth on the skin which can [...]
Pancreatic Cancer – Causes – Symptoms – Treatment of Pancretic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is one disease that affects the pancreas. The pancreas is a gland located in the back of the upper stomach close to the backbone. The pancreas has several functions; the main two are that it makes pancreatic juices and several hormones including insulin. Cancer is the growth and splitting up of cells in [...]