A diagnosis of cancer doesn’t just affect the patient but their family and friends as well. When someone you love is stricken with cancer, your emotions run the gamut: anger, disbelief, sorrow and fear. In order to cope, you must lean on God. Anyone who has ever cared for a sick person knows the sheer [...]
Meat lovers have been told all to often that regularly eating large quantities of red or processed meats ups your cancer risk factor. This is why so many of us are trying to limit the amount of red meat we take in. But if you love your steaks, is your only option banning them from [...]
It’s true, women who survive breast cancer and load up on nutritious fruits and veggies as part of a breast cancer diet (a whole lot more than the current U.S. dietary guidelines) might just slash their risk of a tumor recurring by nearly one third. This according to a just released U.S. study to appear [...]
A diagnosis of cancer is a terrible thing. When we hear those dreaded words, “I’m sorry, but it is cancer,” most of us immediately go into full panic mode. We wonder what we will do, we wonder how long we have to live, we wonder who will care for our children while we are sick, [...]
Mesothelioma is an uncommon type of cancer in which the malignant (cancerous) cells are found in the mesothelium, a protective sac lining most of the body’s internal organs. Most people who develop the disease were exposed to asbestos inhalation at their place of work. The mesothelium is a membrane that covers and protects most of [...]
Mesothelioma is an uncommon type of cancer in which the malignant (cancerous) cells are found in the mesothelium, a protective sac lining most of the body’s internal organs. Most people who develop the disease were exposed to asbestos inhalation at their place of work. The mesothelium is a membrane that covers and protects most of [...]
Testicular mesothelioma is the least common type of mesothelioma. Like other forms of malignant mesothelioma, it is also associated with exposure to asbestos fibers.Up till now, the number of reported cases of this type of mesothelioma is less than a hundred.This cancer attacks the membranous lining of the testicles known as the tunica vaginalis which [...]
Most known cancers have various staging systems which have been developed to aid doctors and physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of individual cases of cancer. Pleural mesothelioma is the only form of mesothelioma that has been successfully staged as it is the commonest type of the disease.There are three different staging systems used to [...]
There are several options available for the treatment of mesothelioma. The most recommended forms of treatment are: a} Surgery b} Chemotherapy c} Radiotherapy. There are however other less popular, less commonly used forms of treatments, these include gene therapy, immunotherapy, photodynamic therapy and others. Some of these other forms of treatment are still in the [...]
Receiving a diagnosis of mesothelioma is like receiving a death sentence, it is a very difficult and harrowing experience not only for the victim but also for the family of the victim. Although new drugs and forms of treatments are been discovered daily, mesothelioma still has an extremely low survival rate. Facing and living with [...]
