Archive for December, 2006
Cancer:
Everybody has some risk of cancer. Some of us will have a form of cancer during their lifetime. According to American Cancer Society, cancer is likely to affect 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women. In 2003, the latest year for which statistics are available, in the United States were 556 902 cancer […]
What is cancer?
Cancer is a group of different diseases characterized by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue (invasion) or by migration of cells to distant sites (metastasis). Cancer begins with damage (mutations) in your DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid).
Your DNA is a set […]
Do
“Do I have cancer?” is a question that many people ask at least once in their life time. The answer is, fortunately, most frequent “no”. But if you have a lesion, a sign, a symptom that alert you, it’s wise to see your physician and he will know what you have to do next. So, […]
