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What are Cancer Extremities Treatment Side Effects?

Awareness + Prevention, Cancer 101By admin12/02/2021Leave a comment

Cancer is a life-threatening disease that brings a lot of difficulties in one’s life. However, when cancer is diagnosed in its initial stage, it doesn’t cause as many problems and gets treated easily. But when cancer reaches its final stage, it brings severe life risks. Cancer extremities treatment also causes some side effects. Targeted therapy…

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Can You Have Lymphoma And Leukemia At The Same Time?

Awareness + Prevention, Cancer 101By admin11/30/2021Leave a comment

Cancer is regarded as one of the confusing and hard to understand diseases. Most of the time, it gets a bit trickier to understand what exactly is happening in the body and when it comes to blood cancer, it becomes more challenging to decipher it.  Blood cancers are the worst. The malignancy affects the blood…

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Cancer Over 65: Does Cancer Risk Increase With Age

Awareness + Prevention, Cancer 101By admin11/26/2021Leave a comment

Cancer is a disease in which the body cells grow uncontrollably and spread to several parts of the body. It is pretty scary to know that age is one of the most significant risk factors for this malignancy. The risk of the disease increases considerably after the age of 50, while studies reveal that half…

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World AIDS Day: Types Of Cancer Associated With HIV

Awareness + Prevention, Cancer 101By admin11/26/2021Leave a comment

People often use terms such as HIV and AIDS together, but they have different meanings. In simple terms, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a type of virus that damages the immune system. At the same time, AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a severe, life-threatening disease caused by HIV. Let us talk more about the virus…

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Squamous Or Basal Cell Cancer: Which One Is Worse?

Awareness + Prevention, Cancer TreatmentBy admin11/09/2021Leave a comment

Skin, the largest organ of the human body, protects us from infections, injuries and helps to modulate the body temperature. Also, the organ stores water and fat and is responsible for producing vitamin D. You might have studied in your school that skin is made up of three layers, i.e., the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.…

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Is Whipple Procedure the Cure for Pancreatic Cancer?

Awareness + Prevention, Cancer TreatmentBy admin10/26/2021Leave a comment

A pancreaticoduodenectomy is another name for the Whipple procedure. Most cancer patients know what is a Whipple procedure as it is the most common surgical treatment for pancreatic cancer that has spread to the gland’s head. In this procedure, the pancreatic head, duodenum, and a section of the intestine, gallbladder, and accompanying lymph nodes are…

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Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy: Which is Better for Breast Cancer?

Awareness + Prevention, Cancer TreatmentBy admin10/26/2021Leave a comment

People with breast cancer can choose between total removal of a breast (mastectomy) or breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) followed by radiation in specific conditions. For people with only one side of cancer in the breast and a tumor less than four centimeters, a lumpectomy followed by radiotherapy is likely to be as beneficial as mastectomy. It…

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How to Detect Colon Cancer Without Colonoscopy?

Awareness + Prevention, Cancer TreatmentBy admin10/26/2021Leave a comment

Screening for colon cancer is an essential consideration of routine health care. If you’re over 45, you should have colon cancer screening (CRC) done. One of the most prevalent screening methods is a colonoscopy, which is a clinical procedure that involves viewing the colon with a camera linked to a probe. It also necessitates a…

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Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Guide to Small Cell Lung Cancer

Awareness + Prevention, Cancer TreatmentBy admin10/26/2021Leave a comment

At times, cells of the lung begin growing speedily in an unexplained manner, and this situation leads to lung cancer. Cancer can develop in any lung location, and it’s the significant cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in America, China, and Canada. There are mainly two kinds of lung cancer. Small-cell lung…

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Cervical Cancer and Pregnancy: Can You Get Pregnant?

Awareness + Prevention, Cancer TreatmentBy admin10/26/2021Leave a comment

These days, a lot of women delay having a baby. Cervical cancer can develop as a result of this before conception. Infertility is a common side effect of several therapies. Cervical cancer and pregnancy, however, both have options. Some women can still conceive if they want to protect their fertility. Fertility can be affected by…

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