List of Cancers
- A - Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Anal Cancer
- B - Bladder Cancer
Brain Tumors: (Stem Glioma, Astrocytoma, Ependymoma, Medulloblastoma, Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal and Pineal Tumors, Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma, and other)
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Aflatoxin
Aflatoxin is a very potent human carcinogen, which means you can get cancer after ingesting for a variable period of time food with aflatoxin.
But what is aflatoxin? Aflatoxin is a naturally occurring micotoxin produced by a fungus (mold) called Aspergillus. This mold is near ubiquitous in the natural environment, contaminating especially corn, rice, cottonseed and peanuts, as well as coffee and cocoa beans.
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About
You are going to have a CT Scan. First of all you must know that this is not a painful procedure. Maybe you will have to receive a contrast material. You should tell your doctor about previous allergies, asthma, or anaphylactic reactions, because you can develop an allergic response at the contrast substance. Depending on the things doctors are looking for, you will be asked to swallow the substance or it will injected into your veins, or, sometimes, it will be delivered by enema. None of these techniques is painful, maybe just a little unpleasant.
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What
First of all, CT Scan or CAT Scan means Computed Axial Tomography and it is a medical imaging method using X-rays. Doctors use CT Scan for diagnosing a lot of diseases, cancer being one of them. On a CT Scan your internal organs can be seen with many details, permitting the doctor to see tumors and other abnormal things growing in your body. For example, a CT scan of your abdomen will show the bones, the muscles, as well as your liver, stomach, intestines, kidneys, spleen, pancreas, adrenal glands and blood vessels — all with a high degree of precision.
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Kaposi’s Sarcoma
Kaposi’s sarcoma is a malignant tumor of the connective tissue, often associated with AIDS.
Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) was described initially in 1872 by a Hungarian dermatologist, Moritz Kaposi. Before AIDS epidemic, KS was considered a rare disease that mostly affected elderly men of Mediterranean or Jewish heritage, organ transplant patients, or young adult African men. Now, most KS cases have developed in association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). KS occurs in patients with advanced HIV infection. In the United States, KS serves as an AIDS-defining illness in 10-15% of HIV-infected homosexual men.
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Screening
Cancer screening tests are used to find cancer or precancerous lesions in ‘healthy’ people who do not have any symptoms. Screening tests do not prevent and do not cause cancer, the only thing they do is finding the cancer as early as possible. It is very important to detect the cancer in early stages, because only then you can cure cancer. There isn’t a test for all kinds of cancer because cancer includes many different diseases. You and your doctor, based on your risk factors have to decide what screening tests do you need and when is the best moment to start taking them. You should know that a negative result means you don’t have cancer in that moment, but it doesn’t mean you will never have cancer.
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