Archive for February, 2010

How men can get breast cancer?

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

men breast cancer

Even if people do not have breasts like women, who have a small amount of breast tissue. Actually my breasts “of an adult man are similar to the breasts of a girl before puberty, and consist of a few ducts surrounded by breast and other tissues. In girls, this tissue grows and develops in response to female hormones, but in men – who do not secrete the same amounts of these hormones – this tissue does not develop.

However, because it is still the breast tissue, men can develop breast cancer. In fact, men get the same types of breast cancers that women do, but tumors that involve the production of milk and the conservation of regions of the breast are very rare. According to the American Cancer Society, about 2,300 cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in men in 2009.
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Diagnostic methods for prostate cancer

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

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There are several diagnostic methods to detect prostate cancer, his confirmation will always be a part of pathological prostate analyzed for final diagnosis. The doctor through a series of both clinical and laboratory tests will be made to track the diagnosis.

Digital rectal finger is inset into the rectum and from there you can highlight an area hardest or irregular, which could be an indication of both a benign and malignant pathology in both the colon, or prostate, remember that the prostate is located in front of the colon. This exploration is part of the clinical examination of the patient.

PSA test: PSA stands for prostate specific antigen English, this test proved very useful because the PSA is increased in prostate cancers but may also increase other pathologies. It seeks its presence in the blood, so for study should be performed the extraction of venous blood from the patient.

Urine test: This test is less specific, but it serves to confirm the presence of blood in the urine or other abnormality. It’s a little specific examination.
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Prostate Cancer Treatment

Friday, February 26th, 2010

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It is a cancer whose treatment as with other cancers should be individualized, especially taking into account the disease and how advanced it, the biological status of the patient, his age and life expectancy of the patient.

Surgery.Primary surgical options for prostate cancer can be variable, only the affected part of the prostate in its entirety, and also may be required removal of lymph nodes, or segments of neighboring organs.

The removal of the entire prostate with surrounding tissue is called radical prostatectomy. This can be done via perineal or retropubic.

In some cases also may be indicated to remove the organ that produces the hormone that stimulates the prostate to creezca. In that case the hormone is testosterone and its main producer is the testicles can get to make the extirpation of them performing a bilateral orchiectomy.
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Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

If a woman has symptoms or precancerous cells suggests Papanicolaou cervical cancer, the doctor may use one of the following tools to confirm the diagnosis:

* Colposcopy. It uses a colposcope, a device with lenses that increase the visibility of the doctor and to assess the cervix and vagina
* Biopsy. A method for sampling the cervix and evaluated under a microscope.

To assess the extent of the disease and suggest the type of cancer treatment to follow can also be taken:

* X-rays To check whether the cancer has not spread to the lungs.
* CT. It is an X-ray machine with a computer to make pictures of organs.
* MRI. To evaluate images of the pelvis and abdomen.
* Ultrasound. It is a method that sends ultrasound waves to create images of tumors and whether the disease has spread.

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What is Radiation Therapy?

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Radiation therapy uses particles similar to those of X-rays, but of higher energy capable of penetrating into the body.

This technique for cancer treatment acts on the tumor, destroying the malignant cells and preventing them from growing and reproducing, but also destroys normal tissues temporarily, so that radiotherapy has side effects. The advantage is that healthy cells have greater capacity for regeneration than cancer, so the body recovers from the damage once it has managed to remove the tumor and treatment is completed.

Radiation therapy can be administered either as monotherapy or as adjunct to surgery or chemotherapy. When the previously radiated area affected by the tumor, its size is reduced further by facilitating the surgeon’s intervention. In the event that received radiation after undergoing surgery, the goal is to destroy cells that have been left after excision.

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