Metastasis

Ductal Carcinoma Cancer Cancer has been around for a longtime but breast cancer has become more prevalent in the past ten years. Although breast cancer is a more common factor for women, men can also have breast cancer. There are different types of breast cancer however; Ductal Carcinoma Cancer is the most common type of noninvasive breast cancer women experience. The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC), are two of the most knowledgeable…

People who are at risk should get tested earlier. Diagnosis rates for pancreatic cancer are not very high. Most people at risk do not get tested because they think they do not need to. Since the risk of getting pancreatic cancer is relatively small, people do not get tested because they think that they will not get it. For example, people who have close relatives who have had pancreatic cancer are at higher risk. “If you have two or more first-degree relatives who have had pancreatic cancer, a…

Therapy can be applied one time in order to stop or make the progressive of cancer slowly, and the process of therapy could be working or not which is resulting in further efforts of treatment by applying a more aggressive type. Both radiation therapy and surgical elimination of the prostate (prostatectomy) are the most ordinary types of therapy that utilize for prostate cancer until now. Nonetheless, any kind of therapy has negative side effects which some of these effects are more serious than…

Stage 3 means the cancer is in more than one lobe of the lung or it has spread to lymph nodes or nearby areas in the chest. The patient may have surgery if the surgeon can remove all of the cancer or they are well enough. This may require having to remove part or the whole of the lung. After surgery, they might have chemotherapy to lower the chance of the cancer coming back. If they cannot have surgery they might have one or more of these treatments radiotherapy, chemotherapy or…

Pap smear is a quick and simple test used to screen women for cervical cancer. Pap smear screening is recommended starting around 21 years of age if you are sexually active and then every 3 years. Routine Pap testing can be stopped in women who have had a total hysterectomy for benign conditions (non cancerous). But if the hysterectomy was done as a treatment for cervical pre-cancer (or cancer) or you had undergone supracervical hysterectomy (hysterectomy without removal of the cervix) then you…

Pancreatic Cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the form of a tumor, most commonly found in the exocrine tissues of the pancreas. These tumors which are mostly abnormal may lead to the spread of cancer cell growth in other tissues and organs. The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system located deep in the abdomen behind the stomach. The location is one reason pancreatic diseases are difficult to diagnose. It is a silent disease because signs or symptoms may not occur, and when they…

Stress impacts women’s health. It can manifest itself in weight gain leading to obesity, or hair loss affecting appearance and self-esteem Reprieve Spiritual Wellness Center at 6614 W. Florissant goal is to encourage women to relax, restore, and rejuvenate which results in a positive impact on mind, body and spirit. For the month of October, Reprieve wants to be able to give memberships to breast cancer survives regardless of what stage. Reprieve Founder Culeta Hendricks explained, “Our goal is…

Breast cancer evaluation begins with symptoms and a general clinical history. This is followed by a triple assessment, which includes the following components: Clinical examination Imaging (usually mammography, ultrasonography, or both) Needle biopsy This approach naturally lends itself to a gradually increasing degree of invasiveness, so that a diagnosis can be obtained with the minimum degree of invasiveness and, consequently, the minimum amount of discomfort to the patient. Because the more…

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. It is the most serious form of skin cancer because it can spread to other parts of the body and cause serious illness or death. Melanoma normally develops in melanocytes and can occur anywhere on the body. The cause of melanoma is not clear, however, there are many contributing factors. UV radiation from sunlight or tanning beds can increase your risk. Other risk factors include having fair skin, many moles, a family history of melanoma, or a history of…

In many recent years, the termed “lupus” typical known as autoimmune disorder with a wide spectrum of manifestations ranging from minor cutaneous involvement to severe major organ damage. Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) previously a rare disease now seem to be relatively common in certain groups. SLE defined as chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease where the immune system becomes overactive and starts making antibodies against its own cells. Chronic means the signs and symptoms tend to…