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Breast cancer also affects men but in a much smaller percentage (1%) compared to the female population suffer from it. The symptoms are similar to those presented by women, and prognosis and treatment is the same as them and is explained below . The biggest problem I see is that it detects a little later then, to be in a few men, he thinks of others rather than a diagnosis of breast cancer. Joan was showering when he discovered I had a lump in her breast. He did not give too much importance and even spent several months until he decided to go to the doctor to take a look. That was when he was diagnosed “with metastatic breast carcinoma” was the official name. Breast cancer. The year was 1981.

Joan is now 62, and is fine. Their reviews have distanced in time and just go to the doctor once a year to make sure the tumor does not reappear. “The doctor says I do not even need to go, but I do it for my own peace of mind,” he says, adding with humor “at my age I have to watch my cholesterol, prostate … so a revision does not mean anything. ” In the U.S. press this week echoed the case of Senator Edward Brooke, who has just published his illness. Yes, he too was surprised by the diagnosis. “Breast cancer? Did I? “. Yes, men can also suffer from this disease, but statistically your chances are much lower than those of women. Between 0.5 and 1.5 women per hundred cases or so.

That is, more or less, for every hundred female patients, there is a single man. Although the symptoms, treatment and evolution of the disease are identical to those of women, most men with CF discovers somewhat later, when malignant cells have already spread outside the breast tissue. The reasons are simple, no man thinks he can get this disease, traditionally attributed exclusively to the female, and many go to the doctor when several months have passed since the onset of symptoms. Thus, cancer is often already more advanced than women. This may give the wrong impression that men die more, but the statistics indicate that survival is similar, the differences can only be measured according to the stage that is cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

Radiation therapy administered high-energy X-rays that can destroy rapidly multiplying cancer cells. It has many uses in lung cancer:

* As primary treatment
* To reduce the size of the tumor before surgery
* After surgery to remove cancer cells that may have formed on the treated area
* To treat lung cancer that has spread to the brain or other body parts

In addition to attacking the tumor, radiation therapy helps relieve some symptoms such as shortness of breath. As initial treatment instead of surgery, radiation therapy can be given alone or in combination with chemotherapy. Today, many patients with small lung cancer that is accessible by an X-ray beam but are not candidates for surgery, received curative doses of radiotherapy. This group may include the elderly, patients with chronic heart failure, and those who receive blood arralar medications that put them at risk of bleeding during surgery. More recently, greater use is being given a new technique called Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT). It involves a multitude of small radiation beams focused tracking the lung tumor in conjunction with breathing movements, usually three to five treatments. This treatment delivers high doses of radiation therapy or lung cancer patients for whom surgery is not an option.

Most of the time the radiation was administered with external beam technique, with which a beam of X-rays directly to the tumor. Treatment is given in a series of sessions, or fractions, usually for six weeks. Some studies have obtained good results and fewer side effects when the total dose of radiation is given in more fractions in a shorter time period. For more details see page of external beam radiation therapy. The three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy is a relatively new technique that is based on three-dimensional image of tumor obtained with computed tomography (CT). This image serves as the target for a beam of high-dose radiation that automatically changes shape and size to match the tumor. This method minimizes radiation exposure to surrounding normal lung tissue.

Studies carried out with indole-3-carbinol demonstrate the ability of this compound to deactivate a potent estrogen metabolite that promotes the growth of tumors, particularly breast cells.

It works by stimulating the activity of an enzyme that converts active estrogen in an inactive form, which has the effect of avoiding various female cancers stimulated by estrogen.

Therefore, this phytochemical content in broccoli not only suppresses the growth of tumors in the breast but also prevents the metastasis of cancer cells.

This vegetable is also capable of preventing ovarian cancer to be rich in a flavonoid called kaempferol.

There are studies that show that women who consume a greater amount of this compound are 40% less likely to develop ovarian cancer.

The indole-3-carbinol is also effective for prostate cancer, it does act in two ways: first blocks several phases of cancer cells and on the other inhibits the production of a protein specific to the prostate (PSA) ; high levels in the protein are indicative of cancer.

The consumption of broccoli along with the tomatoes enhances the effectiveness of this cruciferous against prostate cancer.

Surgery is usually the first treatment carried out. Often, radiation is added to complete the treatment.
This is major surgery, so that hospitalization is necessary for a variable time according to the patient (it is usually one to two weeks). It will also require general anesthesia.

The incision for the surgery has to be wide, above the navel and horizontal.

Before the intervention, it is necessary to study preoperative called (blood and clotting, electrocardiogram and chest radiograph).

Prior to surgery the patient should be informed about the technique to use, risks and possible complications and sequelae and side effects. You must then sign a paper in which he gives his consent.

The most common technique employed is the removal of the entire uterus, along with surrounding tissue, part of the vagina and lymph. Sometimes, if the tumor is more advanced, the ovaries are removed, what is known as a hysterectomy.

There are other types of surgery and cryosurgery, which involves removing the tumor by freezing, laser surgery, which uses a beam of intense light to kill cancer cells, the cone, which consists in extracting a piece of cloth into a cone shape of the place where the tumor for a biopsy or to treat early stage cancer, the loop electrosurgical excision, which used an electrical current and exenteration in the case the cancer has spread and is necessary to remove the lower colon, rectum or bladder, so it is likely that after this the patient may need plastic surgery to form an artificial vagina.
For young women with early lesions and willing to have children, the uterus can be preserved by limited resections. In these cases it is very often necessary to make revisions.

Often after surgery, radiation therapy adds to lessen the chances that the disease may reappear in the area of intervention.

Like almost all surgery, it will also have impacts and adverse effects. Upon awakening from anesthesia, the patient will feel pain in the area and will have to be moving slowly recovering when the pain is mild. Should be kept clean the wound. This will be done by medical personnel while not removed the points, and once that is done, the patient should continue to be especially careful with that issue. An important point to full recovery is the resumption of sexual activity, an issue that is important to discuss with your gynecologist.

After confirming the diagnosis of cervical cancer and tests conducted to know in what stage the cancer, we must determine the most appropriate treatment to cure. Your doctor will recommend and explain the treatment options depending on the case and once the patient has received sufficient information with your doctor will take a decision.

The treatment of this cancer is, like most tumors, multidisciplinary. That is, different specialties work together to combine therapies and give the patient the best chance of cure.

To this it follows a protocol, a treatment plan based on scientific expertise for the treatment of this tumor. These protocols are established according to the age of the patient, the stage when the disease is found and the wishes of the patient. Besides this, we must consider whether there are other diseases that may hinder the realization of some kind of treatment.

The most frequently used treatments for cervical cancer are surgery (removing the cancer in an operation), radiation (high energy radiation to kill cancer cells) and chemotherapy (drugs to kill cancer cells).

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.

I was never very big fan of the pomegranate flavor, but doubt the benefits of the pomegranate is not only an act of stupidity, but ignorance. The properties of this fruit act specifically to counter the acidity and improve stomach problems, although other organs can also benefit from them (as is the case of kidneys, for example).

Its benefits are widely applied in folk medicine, and science has shown the various opportunities. Today’s is no exception, as an investigation has concluded that the pomegranate is a possible agent suitable for preventing breast cancer.

A group of researchers worked with the fruit in laboratory tests by applying it where it was observed closely in rodent activity on the prevention of the disease. The experiments showed that the fruit ellagic acid inhibited the formation of cancer cell growth, which concluded that products rich in this acid could prevent the disease.

Obviously, the study’s authors are aware that we are not facing a panacea, and warn that more experiments and tests on humans to test the effectiveness of the fruit. However, the hope is, and the grenade could be added to the list of fruits to prevent cancer.

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%.