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| Diseases ->Cancer: Cancer pain can almost always be relieved. |
 Having cancer does not always mean having pain. For those with pain, there are many different kinds of medicines, ways to receive the medicine, and nonmedicine methods that can relieve the pain you may have. You should not accept pain as a normal part of having cancer.
You have a right to pain relief, and you should insist on it.
Telling your doctor and nurse when you have pain is important. Not only is pain easier to treat when you first have it, but pain can be an early warning sign of the side effects of the cancer or the cancer treatment. Here are some facts about cancer pain that may help answer some of your questions.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Friday, April 22 @ 15:19:39 EDT (2748 reads)
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| Diseases ->Cancer: Types of treatment for patients with breast cancer |
 There are different types of treatment for patients with breast cancer.
Different types of treatment are available for patients with breast cancer. Some treatments are standard (the currently used treatment), and some are being tested in clinical trials. Before starting treatment, patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial.
A treatment clinical trial is a research study meant to help improve current treatments or obtain information on new treatments for patients with cancer. When clinical trials show that a new treatment is better than the standard treatment, the new treatment may become the standard treatment.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Friday, April 22 @ 14:59:51 EDT (871 reads)
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| Diseases ->Cancer: The stages of breast cancer |
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After breast cancer has been diagnosed, tests are done to find out if cancer cells have spread within the breast or to other parts of the body.
The process used to find out whether the cancer has spread within the breast or to other parts of the body is called staging. The information gathered from the staging process determines the stage of the disease. It is important to know the stage in order to plan treatment.
The following stages are used for breast cancer:
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Posted by healthanddiets on Friday, April 22 @ 14:35:57 EDT (714 reads)
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| Diseases ->Cancer: General Information About Breast Cancer |
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Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the breast.
The most common type of breast cancer is ductal carcinoma, which begins in the cells of the ducts. Cancer that begins in the lobes or lobules is called lobular carcinoma and is more often found in both breasts than are other types of breast cancer. Inflammatory breast cancer is an uncommon type of breast cancer in which the breast is warm, red, and swollen.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Friday, April 22 @ 14:14:54 EDT (736 reads)
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| Diseases ->Cancer: Bevacizumab Combined With Chemotherapy Improves Progression-Free Survival for Pa |
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Preliminary results from a large, randomized clinical trial for patients with previously untreated recurrent or metastatic breast cancer -- cancer that has spread from the breast to other parts of the body -- show that those patients who received bevacizumab (Avastin™) in combination with standard chemotherapy had a longer time period before their cancer progressed than patients who received the same chemotherapy without bevacizumab.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Friday, April 22 @ 13:49:35 EDT (735 reads)
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| Diseases ->Cancer: Study finds 'smart' cells in cancer fight |
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Study finds 'smart' cells in cancer fight..KEYWORDS: cancer studies smart cells fight cancer t cells t-cells cancer research
Trying to teach the body to fight cancer, researchers say they have found some immune cells are "smarter" than others.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Saturday, March 12 @ 01:52:49 EST (903 reads)
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| Diseases ->Cancer: Freezing Tumors Reduces Cancer Pain |
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Freezing Tumors Reduces Cancer Pain..KEYWORDS: cancer tumors controlling cancer pain new cancer treatments
Cancer that has spread to bone or soft tissues can cause severe pain and be difficult to treat. Doctors at Brown University now report success in reducing pain in such cases by freezing the cancerous mass.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Saturday, March 12 @ 01:46:15 EST (993 reads)
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| Diseases ->Cancer: Coffee May Reduce Risk of Liver Cancer |
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Coffee May Reduce Risk of Liver Cancer...KEYWORDS: liver cancer coffee + cancer reduce the risk of liver cancer relationship between coffee and liver cancer
Habitual coffee drinking seems to be associated with a lower risk of developing liver cancer, according to a study conducted in Japan and reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Saturday, March 12 @ 01:33:57 EST (935 reads)
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| Diseases ->Cancer: Green tea extract inhibits cancer growth |
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Green tea extract inhibits cancer growth...KEYWORDS: green tea extract cancer tea cancer treatment natural remedy for cancer prevention
Green tea extract inhibits the growth of cancerous cells, raising hope of finding new ways to fight bladder cancer, University of California researchers said.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Saturday, March 12 @ 01:30:30 EST (823 reads)
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| Diseases ->Cancer: High Tech Twist to Ancient Drug Kills Cancer |
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High Tech Twist to Ancient Drug Kills Cancer..KEYWORDS: wormwood used to treat cancer alternative cancer treatment alternative medicine for cancer alternative medicine +cancer treatment artemisinin free radicals ions
Using a high tech process to modify an ancient drug called artemisinin, researchers have created a compound that is highly lethal to cancer cells, but causes little harm to normal cells, according to a report in the journal Life Sciences.
Artemisinin, a substance derived from wormwood that is used to treat malaria in China, reacts with iron to produce "free radicals" -- toxic compounds that can destroy cells.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Saturday, March 12 @ 01:27:04 EST (735 reads)
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| Diseases ->Cancer: Common plant kills leukemia stem cells |
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Common plant kills leukemia stem cells..KEYWORDS: alternative treatments for cancer natural treatment for cancer treatment cancer drugs non traditional treatment for cancer medicinal uses for feverfew leukemia treatment alternative medicine for leukemia herb for leukemia herb that kills cancer
Scientists at the University of Rochester, N.Y., say a plant known as Feverfew is the source of an agent that kills human leukemia stem cells.
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Posted by healthanddiets on Saturday, March 12 @ 01:10:16 EST (790 reads)
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