There are many different types of cancer, some of which are very common and easily treated and others which are not very common at all and very hard to treat. The most common type of cancer is known as Non melanoma skin cancer.

Non melanoma skin cancer represents almost half of all cancer cases that are diagnosed in the United States. The least common type of cancer is Thyroid cancer, in 2008 thyroid cancer struck 37,340 different people in the United States.

Another type of Cancer is colorectal cancer which includes colon and rectal cancers. There were 108,070 new cases of colorectal cancers diagnosed this year in the United States alone. Kidney cancers can be divided into two main categories.

Reneal parenchyma cancers and renal pelvis cancers. Out of the many cases of kidney cancer that were diagnosed, about 85% of kidney cancers develop in the renal parenchyman, there were 46,232 estimated new (more…)

Cancer

The organs and tissues of the body are made up of tiny building blocks called cells. Cancer is a disease of these cells. Cells in different parts of the body may look and work differently but most reproduce themselves in the same way.

Cells are constantly becoming old and dying, and new cells are produced to replace them. Normally, cells divide in an orderly and controlled manner. If for some reason the process gets out of control, the cells carry on dividing, developing into a lump which is called a tumour.

Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade other tissues. Cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems.

Brain Cancer

A brain tumor is a group or clump of abnormally growing cells that can be found (more…)

For answers to your questions and facts about lung cancer, read on for details about causes of the disease, how it’s treated and how it can be prevented.

Is there more than one type of lung cancer?

There are two types of lung cancer – non-small cell and small cell lung cancer. The two types are distinguishable because of how the cancer cells expand, grow and spread throughout the body.

There are three types of non-small cell lung cancer (the most common form of lung cancer). They are adenocarcinoma, squamus cell carcinoma, and large-cell carcinoma. Though rarer, small cell lung cancer occurs in approximately a quarter of all people diagnosed with lung cancer.

Can I prevent lung cancer?

There are three ways to prevent lung cancer – quit smoking, avoid second-hand smoke and stay away from air-borne carcinogens at work. If you’re concerned about your (more…)

Cervical cancer is the cancer of the cervix. It is a disease caused by the abnormal growth and division of cells that forms in the lining of the cervix. It is the second common form of cancer that affects women today. It is very common in middle age women and older.

The statistics of cervical cancer in the United States, according to American Cancer Society (ACS), shows that about 11,150 women are diagnosing with this cancer and approximately 3,670 women die from this cancer every year.

To understand more about cervical cancer, it is important to note what a cervix is first. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus (womb) that connects the uterus to the vagina (birth canal) in a woman’s body.

Usually, cervical cancer exhibits no symptoms to detect the presence of cancer in your body. It is known as a slow (more…)

What is lung cancer?

In order to understand lung cancer we need to explore what cancer really is.

Every human being has cells in their body they are natural; they go through a birth and death cycle (“how cells and tissues grow). Sometimes cells change into cancer cells; cancer cells grow rapidly, die slowly, or do not die. As a result of this pattern they invade nearby tissue which causes tumours to develop out of abnormal growth.

Cancer cells do not bind or hang onto each other as normal cells do, they separate and spread.

Metastasis is the spreading of a disease from one organ to another which is common in cancer. For example if the cancer starts in the lungs and spreads to the pancreas it does not turn into pancreas cancer it still remains lung cancer. This is because the cancer cells that originated (more…)

Almost all colon cancer develops from polyps. Polyps are growths that arise in the lining of the colon and protrude into the intestinal canal. These adenomatous polyps grow slowly in the body and develop into cancer in a process that can take years. That’s why colonoscopy is so effective in completely preventing cancer, or in catching it in its earliest, most curable, stage. That said, what causes the polyps in the first place?

The answers are not completely known. There is a strong genetic component to some cases of colo-rectal cancer. (The disease is sometimes called colo-rectal cancer, to indicate that it occurs in the rectum as well as the colon.) There are certain behaviors that make getting colon cancer more likely. And there are certain groups that people with this kind of cancer tend to fall into. But many people who get colon cancer fall into no risk group at (more…)

Stomach cancer is common throughout the world and affects all races, it is more common in men than women, and has its peak age range between 40 and 60 years old. Stomach cancer mortality is higher in Japan and Chile, presumably because of the different diets in those countries where they are less dependent on red meat.

Over the last 25 years the incidence of stomach cancer in the western world has decreased by 50% and the resulting death rate is less than a third of what it used to be but in less developed countries it is still a major cause of death, probably because in these countries by the time the disease is diagnosed (usually by means of a Barium meal) the stomach cancer is at a very advanced stage.

TYPES OF STOMACH CANCER
There are several different types of stomach cancer, some of (more…)

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most devastating cancers because it simply has no early warning signs. Currently, it is much in the public eye since Patrick Swayze has admitted to being afflicted with pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is almost always fatal and is the major cause of cancer death. This is because this cancer spreads rapidly and often has no symptoms until the cancer is quite advanced. In 2008 so far, there have been 37,680 new cases reported and 34,290 deaths (National Cancer Institute).

Cancer happens when the cell cycle of a cell is broken. Instead of dividing, preforming its cellular duties, and then dying; the cell continues to divide and divide and divide. This becomes a problem when the cells take space that belongs to other cells and cause those cells not to function.

The best way to survive cancer is to (more…)

Lung cancer staging refers to a system of classifying where the cancer is in its growth. This allows physicians a guide to help determine what treatments would be most effective and how aggressively those treatments should be administered. It is also a way of determining the potential outcome of a particular case of lung cancer. The lower the stage, the better the odds of a full recovery.

The process of deciding what stage a lung cancer has reached is called “staging the lung cancer.” This is accomplished through a series of tests, such as x-rays, blood tests, bone scans, etc. The goal is to determine the size of the tumor or tumors and if the cancer has spread to other tissues (metastasized). X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans help to determine the size and location of the tumors. Bone scans and blood work can help to determine whether the cancer (more…)

Only very recently have a few men begun to wonder why so much attention is paid to breast cancer research and awareness, but relatively little by comparison to prostate cancer. That breast cancer is a serious health issue is not in question. Over 40,000 American women succumb to the disease annually, and one in eight will contract breast cancer during her lifetime. Breast cancer is the third leading cause of death among women, behind heart disease and lung cancer, respectively. Still, the statistics for prostate cancer are sobering, with one in six men’s being affected one in four for black men- and nearly 30,000 dying each year. When prostate cancer is in its early stages, there are virtually no symptoms. But the time, effort and money spent on fighting breast cancer versus fighting prostate cancer is anything but proportional.

Last year, the United States government spent $699 million (more…)

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