What causes lung cancer – a dreadful disease that seems to have no mercy on the lives of those affected? Research shows that a lung cancer prognosis in many patients doesn’t exceed five years. This is disheartening at best. Being given a diagnosis such as this leaves the patient thinking what causes lung cancer?
Mention the top health threats and everything from heart disease to obesity come up. Many people will also bring up cancer. One form of cancer that is deadly, but does not get enough attention, is skin cancer.
Cancer has been a plague on humanity for a long time. Think about that for a moment. The reasons cancer is triggered in the body are only theories as it can be caused by many things.
Do you think that there is a smoker anywhere that hasn’t been told how dangerous smoking is? The Government along with the press, TV and radio make it next to impossible to get away from the problems smoking causes. People that are still smoking after all the anti-smoking campaigns probably aren’t going to are they? More importantly, you shouldn’t think that just because you are under 65 and no-one in your family has suffered from it that you won’t.
INTRODUCTION: Melanoma is a malignancy in which cancererous cells form in the skin cells called melanocytes (cells that color the skin). It may also happen in the eye and is called intraocular or ocular melanoma; however it can occur any place on the body. It is the most dangerous of the common types of skin cancer and frequently appears as an enlarging coloured skin spot, usually occuring in adults, but it is occasionly found in children and adolescents. The disease is more aggressive than basal cell skin cancer or squamous cell skin cancer.
Breast cancer can best be described as a type of cancer where cells abnormally divide and grow in the breast tissue. The site where breast cancer originated can typically be found either in the mammary ducts or the lobules. Cancerous tumors usually grow very slowly; by the time a lump is detectable by self examination; it can already be as much as 10 years old. However, it is important to understand the difference between invasive breast cancer and carcinoma in situ. The following is an overview of the various types of carcinoma in situ as well as invasive breast cancer.
Pituitary tumors are abnormal growths found in the pituitary gland which makes hormones that affect growth and the functions of other glands in the body. The pituitary gland is a pea-sized, reddish gray organ in the center of the brain, just above and behind the nose. Pituitary carcinomas occur in both sexes, usually by the [...]
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 third [...]
Basal Cell (often misspelled as Basil) is arguably the most common form of skin cancer in the world. Basal Cell Cancer starts in the lowest layer of the Epidermis (skin), which is called the Basal cell layer. Around eighty percent of diagnosed skin cancers are Basal Cell Carcinomas. This figure used to be higher (at [...]
Oral cancer strikes an estimated 35,000 Americans each year. In 2007, 25% of those diagnosed with the disease, died. In fact, more people die from oral cancers then either melanomas or cervical cancer. The use of tobacco and excessive alcohol is directly linked to developing oral cancers. However, almost 25% of patients diagnosed with oral [...]
