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Sulforaphane when released in the gut stimulates the production of powerful enzymes that are capable of destroying food substances that promote colon cancer (mainly contained in very roasted meat).

Botanists are developing a variety of broccoli (superbrócoli) that may help fight this cancer.

This new variety of broccoli retains its traditional flavor, but has 100 times more sulforaphane, (compound capable of destroying the contents carcinogens in food).

It is recommended to eat broccoli people treated for colon cancer during the subsequent six to twelve months after surgery.

New approach to medicine that tries to attack this disease from a genetic angle. Scientists are testing a new drug aimed at ending the melanoma, a dangerous cancer that arises in the skin in malignant moles.

The results have been considered a success and are ready to extend this new way of tackling the disease to eliminate all types of cancer that is activated by a known genetic mutation. New and important step against cancer.

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Radiation therapy is indicated especially for malignant tumors of head and neck, prostate, gynecological tumors, soft tissue and central nervous system tumors.

It is especially effective for breast cancer because it prevents in many cases have to be a mastectomy, or breast removal. The same is true in the case of bladder cancer.

It is also used in cases where the disease is already too late a stage. In these cases the goal is not cure cancer or even reduce it, but to help relieve pain, reduce tumor mass and prevent bone fractures. This is what is called palliative radiotherapy.

When we talk about the benefits of tea, green tea is often obviously be first on the list. However, this wonderful medicinal tea is not the only tea that contains positive health properties, any type of tea has its own benefits to prevent a particular disease, including some very complicated as it may be cancer.

The increasing scientific evidence regarding this point, and Dr. Christina Nagle’s Institute of Medical Research in Queensland has shown a number of animal research that green tea, black tea and other herbal tea can reduce risk of ovarian cancer by inhibiting the growth of cancer cells in the body.

Nagle’s work focused on animals, for the answer of your body in relation to the intake of compounds characteristic of green tea, black tea and other herbal teas. After the tests it was found that these infusions inhibit cancer cell growth of ovarian cancer by 30%.

We do not know if this works the same way, but the study results are compared with the earlier evidence provided by this research, published in Cancer Causes and Control, allowing for humans risking their effect would be a reduction in cancer risk Ovarian around 40%.

Working with a psychologist to reduce stress can help women with breast cancer survive longer, say U.S. researchers

Stress reduction during treatment for breast cancer can maintain a strong immune system and improve the quality of life, two factors that help survival.

They found that women who participated in a support group where they were taught to deal with your stress through relaxation techniques and problem solving, lived an average of six months longer than other women.

The study is unusual because although it is logical that the therapy could alleviate some of the stress of cancer treatment, few studies have shown that it can increase the survival of a woman.

Women who participated in the study had a psychological evaluation and therapy that helped them understand the stress, learn ways to deal with it, stay in your cancer treatment and improve communication with your doctor, situations that made them feel better emotionally during treatment and recovery.

Stomach cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the second deadliest in the world.

Infections caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (one of the most common in the world) are the cause of gastritis and gastric ulcers as well as being a major cause of stomach cancer.

According to studies at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in USA and published on the journal Cancer Prevention Research, broccoli sprouts three days reduced infections caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, to inhibit the development of the same.

To be an association between stomach cancer and infections caused by this bacterium, a reduction of the bacteria consequently lead to a decrease in that type of cancer.

The agent who owns this building is a natural compound (sulforaphane) found in high amounts in broccoli (specifically in the shoots of the garden).

The laboratory experiments show that this eliminates the bacteria purified phytochemical H pylori resistant to common antibiotics and, furthermore, is capable of ending it within and outside the cell.

Broccoli is rich in antioxidants and specific elements that protect against cancer.

Broccoli protects against cancer by being a vegetable rich in beta carotene and vitamin C, nutritional antioxidants have been shown in numerous studies to have a great capacity to prevent the growth of malignant tumors.

Also has in its composition three elements with anticancer capacity such as: indole (indole-3-carbinol), sulforaphane and phenilisotiocianate.

Broccoli also acts as a protector of benzopyrene (which is a carcinogenic element that originates from combustion processes: car exhaust, cigarettes, stoves, etc).

How it works?
The mechanism which exerts this effect is based on the ability sulforaphane and indoles (indole-3-carbinol,) of inhibiting tumor growth by increasing the activity of certain enzymes which are dedicated to ridding the body of some officers carcinogenic or block its action.

The presence of fiber and vitamin C may also have a synergistic effect in protection against carcinogens.

Chemotherapy drugs are toxic to cancer cells. These drugs are usually given by injection into a vein or directly through a catheter inserted into a larger vein. Often given after surgery to kill small groups of cancer cells that may have been, chemotherapy can cause the tumor to grow less rapidly, and alleviate symptoms in patients who can not be operated. This treatment may be used at all stages of lung cancer and can prolong life even in the elderly if they are in good general health. Some chemotherapy drugs increase the damage caused by radiation to cancer cells. Other drugs keep tumor cells in a stage where they are more susceptible to radiation, or reduce the ability of cancer cells to repair after a course of radiotherapy. There is increasing evidence that a combination of these drugs and radiotherapy is more effective than radiotherapy alone, but there is a risk of serious side effects.

Chemotherapy causes many serious side effects including severe nausea and vomiting, and damage to white blood cells needed to fight infections, however, now there are ways to address some of these effects. Some patients with lung cancer will have to decide whether it is worth suffering side effects and diminished quality of life in order to prolong life a bit more.

Approximately one third of patients with lung cancer are diagnosed with localized disease can be treated by surgical resection. Another third of patients have disease that has spread to lymph nodes. In such cases, radiation therapy used in combination with chemotherapy and sometimes surgery. The last third of patients may have tumors that have already spread to other parts of the body through the bloodstream and usually are treated with chemotherapy and sometimes radiation therapy for relief of symptoms.
* Surgery is the primary treatment for patients with early stage cancer who have good general health. The goal of surgery is to completely eliminate all tumor cells and thus cure the disease. Although a tumor reappears after trying to remove it, often it can be removed with a second operation. Surgery is a possibility although there are multiple tumors or metastases, the tumors are always together on one site that the surgeon has access. Unfortunately, lung cancer tends to occur in smokers over 50 years of age, who often already have lung disease or other serious health conditions which increase the risk of surgery.

The location and size of a lung tumor determine the extent of surgery. Lobectomy, or removal of an entire lung lobe, is an accepted procedure to remove the cancer when the lungs are functioning. The risk of death is 3 to 4 percent, and tends to be higher in older patients. If lung function does not allow a lobectomy, a small cancer and confined within a limited area can be removed with a small portion of surrounding lung tissue. This is called a segmental or wedge resection. Patients lose less pulmonary function since it removes a smaller portion of the lung. The segmental resection is only for early-stage small cancers that are on the verge of lung and carries a mortality rate of 1.4 percent. If it is necessary to remove the entire lung by pneumonectomy, the mortality rate is 5 to 8 percent. Older patients are at greater risk, and is very common for the cancer coming back.

In most cases the patient is not eligible for surgery or can not remove the entire tumor because of their size or location. However, there are several other treatments available that can reduce the size of the tumor to make it easier to remove it, or in some cases completely destroy lung cancer.

Treatment is always surgical excision or tumor. Depending on the size and status of the patient, intervention may be required under general anesthesia, although most can be operated with local anesthesia on an outpatient basis without admission to hospital. If the tumor affects sensitive areas of the face such as eyes or nose, you may need a reconstruction of the area through plastic surgery techniques.

Tumors difficult to operate because of its size, location, or the patient’s condition. In some of these cases may opt for radiation therapy, which also gets cures in most cases. At present, the possibility of treating these tumors completely is 95%.

Some very superficial basal cell carcinomas or small can be treated with medication in cream, such as 5-fluorouracil or imiquimod, with excellent results. It also can be destroyed with an electric knife or by freezing with cryotherapy devices. Actinic keratoses can be treated similarly.

For cases of advanced squamous cell carcinoma has spread and has caused metastasis, the options are surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy depending on the case.

There infiltrating type BCC with many extensions or “roots” that can not be seen when operating. Often, the tumor recurrence over the scar if it is properly operated, because tumor cells are no longer continue to reproduce. For these cases there is a technique called Mohs micrographic surgery in which the tumor is analyzed under the microscope by removing stages as you go. This type of surgery ensures complete recovery of virtually 100% of infiltrative basal cell carcinomas.