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Survivors of heart failure face a high risk for cancer

Oct
14

Date: October 14th, 2014

The link between heart disease and cancer Battling a heart failure can be a devastating experience. However, just because you are able to survive doesn’t mean that you have won the battle. A new study reported that survivors of heart failure face a high risk of getting cancer which could even be more than 86%.

Screening for Stomach (Gastric) Cancer

Oct
13

Date: October 13th, 2014

Benefits of routine screening for stomach cancerScreening process plays a very crucial role when it comes to finding cancer at its early stages. If the doctor finds abnormal tissues or cancer at its early stage, treating the disease can be easy. When the symptoms start showing, the cancer might already be spreading to other places thus making it hard very hard to tame.

Treatment and drugs for gallbladder cancer

Oct
12

Date: October 12th, 2014

How to manage gallbladder cancer successfullyAs far as treatment for gallbladder cancer is concerned, what actually determines the treatment option used will depend on your overall health, your preferences and stage at which the cancer is diagnosed? The main goal of treating gallbladder cancer is to eliminate the disease completely.

Information about gallbladder cancer and how it is treated

Oct
11

Date: October 11th, 2014

Know more about gallbladder cancerGallbladder cancer is essentially a very rare disease compared to other types of cancers. The gallbladder itself is essential an organ with a pear shape which lies just below the liver on the upper abdomen. Gallbladder’s main role is storage of bile which is essentially a fluid that the liver makes for digestion of fat.

Treatment of Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors

Oct
10

Date: October 10th, 2014

A guide to childhood germ cell tumorsDuring the development of the fetus, there are various cells, which form eggs in ovaries or sperm in testicles. These cells sometimes travel to other body parts where they grow to become germ cell tumors.

Possible new treatments for Esophageal Cancer Treatments

Oct
09

Date: October 9th, 2014

Re-evaluation of esophageal cancer treatmentsThe current options for treating esophageal cancer might seem limited especially for patients with advanced disease. However, new therapies, specifically for esophageal cancer are being explored nowadays and developed by researchers.

Chemotherapy as a treatment for Esophageal Cancer

Oct
08

Date: October 8th, 2014

The in and out of chemotherapy for treating esophageal cancerWhen the term chemotherapy is mentioned, many unpleasant images come into the minds of most people such as feeling weak, loss of hair and visiting the toilet endlessly due to nausea and stomach upset just to highlight a few of them.

Tracking why esophageal cancer occurs

Oct
07

Date: October 7th, 2014

The risk of some people being diagnosed with esophageal cancer is greater than others. The esophagus is the long tube which joins the stomach and mouth and knowing what can cause esophagus cancer may help you take sound steps of reducing esophageal cancer.

Risk for endometrial cancer and obesity

Oct
06

Date: October 6th, 2014

How having a healthy body weight can prevent endometrial cancerEven though it is not possible to prevent or control some cancer risk factors, certain cancers with endometrial cancer included are usually associated to some risk factors that can be controlled. A common risk factor for numerous types of cancers is obesity and this usually accounts for over 3% of all cases of cancer in US.

How you can live well with emphysema

Oct
05

Date: October 5th, 2014

Useful tips for emphysema treatmentEffects of smoking includes the risk of having COPD

One of the many adverse effects of smoking includes the risk of having COPD and emphysema or the so called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The two kinds of COPD re emphysema