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Brain Tumors, as the name suggests grow in the brain — an organ that controls everything from movement to emotion. Around 20 percent of all malignancies in patients under the age of 15 are either Brain or spinal cord tumors. They are also known as central nervous system tumors (CNS) and are the most common type of solid tumor among children.

Brain tumors can be malignant or non-malignant (non-cancerous). Brain tumors can be of several types. Some tumors get formed in the tissues and cells of a child’s brain are these are called primary brain tumors. In other cases, tumors originate in other parts of the body, spread or metastasize to the brain, which is quite rare but has been noticed in children also. Continue reading “Types of Childhood Brain Tumors, Symptoms and Treatment”

It is true that there are not as many instances of kids get cancer as adults, but they do. Kids do get cancer & it can also be cured in most cases. With each passing year survival rate of kids has been going up because of medical researches & breakthroughs.

Kids get cancer when cells go through an abnormal rate of growth and division, just as in adults. Thus the reason why cancer happens is alike for everyone. When cells that are not normal, they grow and spread fast in the affected part of our body and the result is cancer.

Normal body cells grow and divide and know when to stop growing. Over a period of time, they die and are replaced by new cells. Like such normal cells, cancer cells simply keep growing and divide out of control and don’t die. Continue reading “Why Kids Get Cancer?”

You’ve heard the term usually used in connection with the diagnosis of cancer. But how much do you really know about what a biopsy is?

To start with: once cancer is suspected the physician will suggest that a biopsy be carried out to determine if a cancer in a particular organ is present. It’s a procedure wherein a piece of soft tissue or fluid or bone is taken from the relevant part of the body of a patient and given to the laboratory/pathologist for analysis of a particular type of cancer. Continue reading “What You Need to Know About Biopsies”

Do we really give any thought about this part of our body?

How much attention do we pay to what it does? But once the pain sets in then we are aware of little else. The colon is amazingly four feet long, starting at the end of the small bowel and ending at the anus.

This organ is quite muscular and tube-like, snaking its way through your belly. It helps to take up nutrients from food, and stores, controls, and empties fecal matter. Continue reading “What Do We Really Know About Colon Cancer?”

The spinal cord is part of the central nervous system and, yes, like any other part of the body it too can develop cancer, though it is extremely rare.

A mass of cells growing within or around the spinal cord is a spinal tumor. The cells may also spread from other sites in the body. Most times, spinal tumors grow between the membranes and the bones of the spinal cord.

If they are primary in origin they start in the spine while secondary tumors spread or metastasize from the breast, lungs, or thyroid. Doctors have not yet been able to establish what causes primary spinal tumors one theory being that they are linked to genetic defects. Primary tumors spread more slowly than secondary tumors. Continue reading “Is the Spinal Cord Prone to Cancer?”

Skin cancer is on the rise and is beginning to develop in younger people also, which children also at risk.

After reading through this article you will realize how skin cancer can affect us all, directly or indirectly.
Majority of skin cancer cases are a result of sun exposure:

The Ultra Violet rays of the sun are responsible for non-melanoma skin cancers. Therefore unprotected and direct exposure to these rays can be a cause of it. Continue reading “Skin Cancer Facts Are Children Also At Risk?”

Before we discuss hair and skin care solutions let us first get to know the kind and extent of damage sun can cause to our skin and hair. Summers for America may be just round the corner.

And it’s time we start worrying about what type of special care we will take to protect our skin and hair from being exposed to the harsh and harmful sunrays.

Through this article let us know how can sun harm our hair and skin and how to fight it back. Continue reading “Hair and Skin Care Solutions For Summers”