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The Myths and Facts of Prostate Cancer Today Cancer is one disease that is dreaded by all. The word itself instils the feeling of no return. The media, the general public all have been fascinated with the causes and the prevention aspects related to cancer. One fortnight of excessive coffee, junk food or tea may instil the fear of prostate cancer in men. Prostate Cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers affecting men in India. 1 in 6 men are said to suffer from some prostate complication in…

The stages of melanoma Staging is a way to define where cancer located, where it spread and improve, also it affect other parts of the body. Doctors use diagnostic tests to know which cancer's stage, so determined the stage may not be complete until all of the tests are finished. Knowing the stage help doctor to decide what kind of cure is best and can assist to forecast patient's prognosis, which is the chance of recovery [1]. There are five stages of melanoma cancer. The First…

sources indicate that that there is a lot of tobacco smoking in Appalachia. Tar, which is found in tobacco, is a carcinogen that causes cancer. Smokers not only endanger themselves but they make passive smokers prone to lung cancer too. Smoking has always been known as the major cause of lung cancer however, in Appalachia, it is only one of the many factors that contribute to the high cancer deaths. Regardless of the fact that coal mining occurs in Appalachia, the region remains as one of the…

(healthypeople.gov, 2016b). Why is it a health problem? Tobacco use is a serious health problem causing premature death, respiratory illnesses, cancer, heart disease and stroke and other health problems. Tobacco narrows the vascular pathways to the heart and lungs and damages these areas on a cellular level. How does it affect the community? Tobacco users in the form of secondhand smoke affect the communities. Children and infants are especially susceptible to the effects of secondhand…

Researchers have studied the epidemiology of cancer for centuries. Gastric or stomach cancer is a cancer that can start in different sections of the stomach. Different countries and regions have all shown fluctuating rates for stomach cancer during the past century. Until the late 1930s, stomach cancer was the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The incidence rates have decreased by 1.7% for men and 0.8% for women annually from 1992 to 2010 (American Cancer Society). Still today…

cleaners we use everyday to clean our homes. The majority of these chemicals, especially the ones used in cleaning products have never been tested for their harmful long-term effects on humans. Now more and more literature is showing that the long term exposure to many of these daily household chemicals is detrimental to human health. We often take precautions to keep household cleaning chemicals out of reach of children and pets. We exercise precaution to avoid incidences of poisoning through…

The most common use of the stages of change are for breaking unwanted habits and addictions, like smoking. In the pre-contemplation stage smokers are not thinking about changing their behavior at all. One reason this may be true is because they are discouraged about previous attempts at quitting. However, at some point these smokers begin to think about quitting, which is when they move on to the second stage, contemplation. During this stage smokers come to a realization about the consequences…

This is meta-analysis study calculate the sensitivity and specificity of self-reports of smoking behavior using the biochemical assessments of smoking substances which are formed in the body to validate it. It was done by Donald L. Patrick, Allen Cheadle, Diane C. Thompson, Paula Diehr, Thomas Koepsell, and Susan Kinne. First, the researchers introduced the smoking as the largest preventable cause of mortality and morbidity in USA, and then introduced the importance of using biochemical…

Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors arising exclusively from the chromaffin tissue of the sympathetic nervous system in adrenal medulla, However, the similar tumors that arise from same tissue in other locations are referred to as paragangliomas according to the most recent classification done by World Health Organization classification of tumours.1,2 Only 1% of paragangliomas are found in the urinary bladder which account for less than 0.06% of all bladder malignancies.3,4 Paraganglioma of the…

Penile cancer, which occurs predominantly in elderly men, becomes more common with age, reaching a peak incidence at 70 years.(1) Risk factors for penile cancer include human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, smoking, phimosis and poor hygiene, while neonatal circumcision has been described as protective. Penile cancer occurs almost exclusively in uncircumcised men, with a lifetime risk of one in 100,000 globally, compared to 0.1 in 100,000 in Israel, where the majority of men are…