Cancer: An overview 13 Articles

by BaliMermaid

Update on Cancer, the disease, it's causes and current thoughts on treatments and lifestyle adjustments that can help fight and defeat cancer. John Hopkins University and Hospital have recently put out letters to subscr...read more

by Lynne G

All over the world cancer brings about fear and many unanswered questions, not only in the medical community, but in patients and families who don't understand what they are up against or perhaps why domestic cats can be i...read more

by Rebecca Phillips

My brother had a neck biopsy for cancerous nodes. I'd always thought of a BIOPSY as a "tiny" procedure. In fact, sometimes a biopsy is not really considered an operation but a "procedure." No matter what you call it, it ...read more

by Martin W. Schwartz

Cancer is not a single disease, but rather a pantheon of illnesses, that may be caused by heredity, environment, exposure to carcinogens, specific pathogens, or a combination of one or more of these factors. There are also...read more

by Joel Stottlemire

This is a very very simple overview of how cancer works. Among the many different functions in a cell is a set of instructions on how and when to reproduce. Some cells, skin and hair for example are almost always repro...read more

by Dorothy Wilde

Cancer is a disease which is associated with uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells, which can occur in almost any part of the body. Abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells produce an abnormal growth called tumor. This tu...read more

by Garland Castaneda

Cancer has the potential to affect all parts of the body. Aside from heart disease it remains the leading cause of death in America. Hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved each year if someone discovered a way to h...read more

by Gurinder Matharu

INTRODUCTION TO CANCER-cancer,a common name developing at some stage of life and which is second most common cause of death after cardiovascular diseases.cancer may effect people at any age but risk increases with age.to ...read more

by Elizabeth Waterhouse

the title here is the problem. We want a cure for 'cancer', a term used for a huge variety of different symptoms. we should really start to refer to the disease as 'cancers'. The common features of cancers is that they...read more

by Richard Serra

For over 20 years I've had this idea burning in my mind for a cure with this dreaded disease. And it just may come without my having to submit that idea to the medical world for consideration. Cancer as it is, destroys he...read more

by Stephanie Hotujec

Making the World Stronger If I could make one scientific discovery in my life it would be to find the medical cure for cancer. Both of my grandmothers and my mother have had some type of cancer. I saw what they went throu...read more

by B. B. James

Does your family have a history of cancer? Then you should be getting regular cancer screenings and tests. Here's a list of the most common and effective screening options, and how often "the experts" say you should get th...read more

by Moakhirul Mahmood

Cancer DOES NOT refer to a disease that cannot be cured. In fact some forms of cancer can be cured using a combination of radio, chemo, physio and diet therapy. What is a cancer? Strictly speaking, "cancer" is...read more