Helen Shaw, a major researcher, found the lowest risk of skin cancer development in individuals who spent a lot of time in the sun. Plus, you have to keep in mind the increased risk of skin cancer that unprotected exposure to the sun can cause. CT scans and biopsies are other specialist means of diagnosing [...]

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Most people think that they know the real connections between smoking and diseases. They immediately think of lung cancer and may even know someone that has died from this terrible disease, due to their smoking. But in truth, the connection between smoking and cancer is much more detailed than this, and involves many more parts [...]

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Cancer is second only to cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in the Western world. Although Cancer is primarily a disease of the elderly with more than 60% of deaths from cancer occurring in those over the age of 65, cancer can strike even the youngest of children. Cancer appears to occur when [...]

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The most common prostate cancer treatment is complete surgical removal of the entire prostate gland, a procedure which can leave many men with annoying side effects. However, a new version of this surgery has grown exponentially in recent years. Called “minimally invasive radical prostatectomy,” this treatment is nothing all that radical, and does have it’s [...]

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One passage into middle age for men is the dreaded prostate exam. No it’s not fun but it is necessary. Prostate cancer is men’s second most frequent cancer in the United States. But one must look at the world in order to fully understand prostate cancer and men’s health, in general. Prostate cancer is a [...]

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Cervical cancer starts in the cells of the cervix. The cervix is the narrow, lower part of the uterus (or womb). It is the passageway that connects the uterus to the vagina. The cervix is part of a womans reproductive system. It makes mucus that helps sperm move from the vagina into the uterus or [...]

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I was mortified as a father described the horrifying details of his daughters cancer. He stopped by my upholstery shop after a 14 hour work day to purchase a piece of foam. Out of his mouth he spoke of the cancer that consumed his twelve year old daughter. During the fight for her life she [...]

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Melanoma skin cancer is a condition that affects millions upon millions of American people every day. It is the result of abnormal cells in the skin that often result from prolonged exposure to the sun, one of the reasons why direct tanning is discouraged and strong sunblock is so strongly encouraged these days. The cells [...]

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There was a movie in the 1990′s called ‘The Medicine Man’, where a scientist discovers the cure for cancer; whilst it still continues to kill people, it is not always the death sentence it once was. Think about that for a moment; can you even imagine the impact this would have on our world if [...]

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Cancer is, unfortunately, spreading in the modern society. Nearly all cancer forms are increasing when it comes to incidence, i.e. new cases/year (cf. Hallberg & Johansson 2002a). It could recently be read in the BBC News that skin cancer is rising in young adults, and Sara Hiom, head of the health information at Cancer Research [...]

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