Archive for August, 2006

Care to Know about the Cervix?

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

By Hendrick Wilbur
In the biological make up of human species, the reproductive system is one major factor that differentiates men from women. The women’s reproductive system is the harbor of human life. The womb, specifically, is where a potential human life is nestled. The women’s unique body serves as the breeding ground for the next […]

Uterus Cancer: How Dangerous is It?

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

By Nilutpal Gogoi
WHAT EXACTLY IS UTERUS CANCER?
Endometrial cancer is the most common type of uterus cancer. It is so termed as the cancerous cells abnormally develop in the endometrium lining. It is also known as the cancer of the uterus or uterine cancer.
UNDERSTANDING CANCER
To understand cancer, we must first know that this ailment begins in […]

Ovarian Cancer Symptoms

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

By Eddie Tobey
The symptoms of ovarian cancer come into notice mostly when it grows for some time and the cancer mass becomes large enough. Some women, however, may feel some symptoms, like pelvic pain, even in the early stages. As the symptoms are vague and are often similar to those of common benign conditions, the […]

Ovarian Cancer Treatments

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

By Eddie Tobey
The course of treatment for ovarian cancer is normally determined by the stage of the disease. We here classify the stages from I to IV based on the cancer’s specific characteristics, and find out which course is suitable for which stage.
By stage I, we mean the cancer is confined to a single ovary […]

Ovarian Cancer

Monday, August 14th, 2006

By Eddie Tobey
Ovarian cancer begins in the cells that form the ovaries. Among these cells are surface epithelial cells, germ cells, and the sex cord-stromal cells. This is why cancer cells that metastasize from other organ sites to the ovary are not called ovarian cancer. Breast and colon cancers are examples of such cancers.
It has […]

Treating Cervical Cancers

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

By Michael Russell
Cervical cancer, to some people, might not be a very common type of cancer, but unfortunately, it is no less dangerous. This type of cancer ranks second only after breast cancer in the number of deaths recorded globally, annually in women between the ages of 35 and 55. Though its prevalence […]

Cervical Cancer - Detect It Early

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

By Michael Russell
Cervical cancer ranks high on the list of common cancers that plague women worldwide; it comes second after breast cancer in prevalence. More than 300,000 women die of cervical cancer every year, worldwide, while in the United States alone, 13,000 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed every year, with about 4,000 deaths. […]