Category: Cancer

Alcohol may benefit heart but researches have proved that alcohol increases the risk of many types of cancers. And so people who don’t drink need not be encouraged to start.

However men and women who already drink moderately, that is less than one drink a day is prescribed moderate women and less than two for men, need not stop.

Studies done of various groups of women in various institutes suggest that having alcohol within limits can also increase the risk of breast cancer.

It may surprise many of you but an average and prescribed limit of two drinks per day can also increases breast cancer risk by approximately 25%. It’s a topic of active studies and the recent studies show that alcohol increases the estrogen level in the bloodstream, which in turn may increase breast cell division and as a result increase cancer risk. Continue reading “Are Alcohol and Cancer Linked”

This is one of those cancers that people don’t like to think about or even talk about. But it does occur and it’s best to be aware of how it starts and progresses.

The function of the bladder is to gather and accumulate urine until it is ejected from the body. The bladder walls are made up of muscles and urinary epithelium.

At the back are the ureters that take urine from the kidneys to the bladder. The lower portion of the bladder narrows down into the urethra, which carries the urine from the body.

Bladder cancer can be of two types superficial and invasive cancers. Superficial bladder tumors are also known as papillary tumors or bladder warts.

They are found on the urinary epithelium surface. Invasive bladder cancers, as the name suggests, spread deeper into the epithelium, continuing into the muscle layer or surrounding tissues.

Sometimes they spread through the bladder wall to adjacent organs such as the rectum, colon, prostate gland/uterus, pelvic bones, and lymph glands. Continue reading “Know About Bladder Cancer”

The exact causes of thyroid cancer are not yet known. Doctors are hardly able to explain while some people are affected with this disease and another is not. However, it is clear that thyroid cancer is not contagious. No one can “catch” cancer from another person.

Who is at a risk of developing thyroid cancer? Risk is something that increases the chance of developing the disease. Some such risk factors for thyroid cancer include family history of certain cancers, age, habit of tobacco and tobacco products, improper eating habits or unhealthy diet, obesity, no physical activities or say lack of exercise, exposure to radiation or other cancerous compounds or agents, and genetic changes. Continue reading “Thyroid Cancer Risk, Symptoms and Treatments You Need To Know About”

Vegetarians are also at a risk of getting cancer in many ways because of the way they eat and what they eat. The risk certainly is lower among vegetarians than those whose diet is meat based though. Through this article I will share some facts and reasons why vegetarians are at a risk of being affected with cancer.

Sugar fuels cancer! Vegetarians tend to eat a lot of sugar. It’s a part of their breakfast, lunch, brunch, and dinner without their realizing it. They take it so much for granted and so casually as an everyday thing that they forget to take notice that sugar kills.

Vegetarians include sugar in some form as a part of their breakfast with cereals, a bite of donuts, pancakes, tarts and so on and so forth so even if they shun meat they are not reducing the risk of being affected with cancer as long as their sugar intake is not under control. Continue reading “How Are Vegetarians at a Risk Of Getting Cancer?”

A study released recently says that if vitamin D intake is increased it may reduce the risk of developing cancer.

The findings are the latest in a growing list of evidence confirming that the ongoing guidelines related to diet of vitamin D may be very low.

For the moment, until more research and studies are conducted in this field this new finding should be viewed as basic and priliminary and therefore should not be treated as a definite reason to drastically increase vitamin D in any form especially by way of supplements, in an effort to prevent or reduce the chances of getting cancer. Continue reading “Does Vitamin D Reduce Cancer Risk?”

About Esophageal Cancer: Esophageal cancer is also being known as Cancer of The Esophagus. As the name suggests esophageal cancer develops in the esophagus. Esophagus is a long tube, which connects mouth and stomach. It is a 9 11 inches in length in adults.

Esophageal cancer is far more common in men than women. Men’s chances of developing it are about 4 times more often than that of women. This type of cancer is 50% more common in African Americans than Caucasians. It is estimated that approximately 14000 people have died of Esophageal cancer in 2006. Continue reading “Esophageal Cancer Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment”

Liver cancer generally sets in at around 60 to 70 years and affects men more than women. Research shows that it is rarer in the United States than it is in Asia or Africa but the numbers are growing. It is now globally the fifth most common cancer.

Liver cancer is a deadly disease and can affect anyone who has particularly a history of drinking or a family medical history of liver problems and hepatitis. The functions of the liver include metabolizing fats and carbohydrates and proteins, exuding bile and enzymes that help in digestion, and removing harmful materials from blood. Continue reading “How Deadly Is Liver Cancer?”

Men are more casual than women when it comes to reading the message their body or body functions are trying to convey. If people would seriously start making an attempt at listening to their bodies, chances are that they will be able to diagnose many ailments in time and treating them will become that much easier as well as less complicated.

In this article we will talk about symptoms of cancer among men. All the possible symptoms are listed below.

Chances are that even if you notice some of them in you, you may not necessarily be diagnosed with cancer after going through a medical check-up, but the point here is that we learn to read the symptoms. Understand the message our body is trying to convey. Continue reading “Cancer Symptoms For Men”

The diagnosis of cancer puts paid to every other thought in a patient’s mind until pain comes to the fore. The cancer itself might cause pain and the treatment might add to it.

A patient has not only to face the thought of a terminal illness but also the aches and pains that go with it.

The severity of the pain will also determine a person’s emotional and physical health. Pain can result from diagnostic procedures such as biopsies and remedial intercessions such as chemotherapy. The pain from the tumor can be chronic and can last over a long period of time. Continue reading “Can Pain Be Relieved in Cancer Treatment?”