Cancer

Adult brain tumors

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Adult brain tumors are diseases in which cancer (malignant) cells begin to grow in the tissues of the brain. The brain controls memory and learning, senses - hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch, and emotion. It also controls other parts of the body, including muscles, organs, and blood vessels. Tumors that start in the brain are called primary brain tumors.

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The Burden of Skin Cancer

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. The three major types of skin cancer are the highly curable basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas and the more serious malignant melanoma.

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Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer means that cancer cells form in the tissues of the prostate. It is the most common cancer in American men after skin cancer.

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Colon Cancer

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The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 93,800 new cases of colon cancer diagnosed in the US in 2006, with 47,700 resulting deaths.

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Understanding Prostate Cancer

The prostate is part of a man's reproductive system. It is located in front of the rectum and under the bladder. It surrounds the urethra, the tube through which urine flows. A healthy prostate is about the size of a walnut.

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Stages of Thyroid Cancer

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Once thyroid cancer is found, more tests will be done to find out if cancer cells have spread to other parts of the body. This is called staging. A doctor needs to know the stage of the disease to plan treatment.

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Healthy Diet, Exercise Fight Prostate Cancer

Diet and lifestyle changes may help stop or even reverse progression of early stage prostate cancer, U.S. researchers report.

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Skin Cancer Prevention

Doctors cannot always explain why one person gets cancer and another does not. However, scientists have studied general patterns of cancer in the population to learn what things around us and what things we do in our lives may increase our chance of developing cancer.

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Myth: Cancer cannot be prevented

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You may be making health decisions based on incorrect or outdated information. Make sure that your sources for health information are current and accurate.

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Vaccine Against Cervical Cancer Virus

An experimental vaccine that protects against two types of a virus that can cause cervical cancer remained highly effective for up to 4.5 years and caused very few adverse effects, an international team of researchers reports.

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Radiation Exposure

Observations in survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and in women who have received therapeutic radiation treatments to the chest and upper body document increased breast cancer risk as a result of radiation exposure.

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99-cent-only-store cancer test

Over the counter pregnancy tests will detect the presence of HCG, a hormone found in two types of people - pregnant women and people with certain types of tumor.

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Cimetidine - Little known Herpes Treatment

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Cimetidine demonstrates as an effective anti-viral for the treatment of genital HSV-2 and labial herpes and HSV-1, and shingles. Cimetidine has anti-viral and immune response enhancing effects. Available for more than twenty years, it is sold over the counter as Tagamet.

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