Cancer

Breast cancer, if left untreated, will surely be fatal. Therefore, treatment to fix the cancer is the most important task a person with this disease can take to preserve their life. Surgery is the most common form of treatment to help save a person from breast cancer. In the beginning, lymph nodes are removed to determine whether they contain cancer... [Continue Reading]

Recent studies have concluded that a large number of women who have undergone hormone replacement therapy to cure hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, have an increased risk of contracting lung cancer. The study revealed that needless causalities can be avoided if the combination of smoking and hormone therapy is prevented in such patients.... [Continue Reading]

To give you an idea about just how serious this disease is, take a look at some other statistics: - Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer (next to lung cancer) in both men and women. - Breast cancer is the 5th most common cause of cancer-related deaths. - Breast cancer is 100 times more frequent in women than in men – although the... [Continue Reading]

Women who have previously been diagnosed and treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, or CIN, are at higher risk for developing invasive cervical cancer, and for having a recurrence of severe CIN than women who have not previously had CIN. CIN is the abnormal growth of cells found on the surface of the cervix; this is classified as a precancerous... [Continue Reading]