Cancer is a broad group of diseases involving unregulated cell growth. There are over 200 different known cancers that affect humans.
In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invading nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the body through the lymphatic system or bloodstream.
The causes of cancer are diverse, complex, and only partially understood. Many things are known to increase the risk of cancer, including tobacco use, dietary factors, certain infections, exposure to radiation, lack of physical activity, obesity, and environmental pollutants.
These factors can directly damage genes or combine with existing genetic faults within cells to cause cancerous mutations.10% of cancers can be traced directly to inherited genetic defects.
Many cancers could be prevented by not smoking, eating more vegetables, fruits and whole grains, eating less meat and refined carbohydrates, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising, minimizing sunlight exposure, and being vaccinated against some infectious diseases.
The main risk factor for mesothelioma is asbestos exposure. The use of the material has been banned in the United States since approximately 1975, but about 8 million Americans may already have been exposed through various jobs.…Continue to What Causes Mesothelioma?
There are a number of treatment options available to mesothelioma patients. The chance of recovery from (prognosis) mesothelioma depends on the size of the cancer, where the cancer is, how far the cancer has spread, how the cancer cells look……Continue to Medical Procedures for treating Mesothelioma
Once malignant mesothelioma is found, more tests will be done to find out if cancer cells have spread to other parts of the body. This is called mesothelioma staging.…Continue to The stages of Mesothelioma
If there is reason to suspect you may have a mesothelioma, one or more diagnostic methods will be used by your doctor.…Continue to Malignant Mesothelioma Diagnosis
Peritoneum mesothelioma or Peritoneal mesothelioma is mesothelioma cancer in the lining that surrounds the abdomen (stomach). Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is mesothelioma cancer in the lining that surrounds the abdomen (stomach). Diffuse means that is the cancer is spread out.……Continue to Peritoneal Mesothelioma – Cancer of the Stomach Lining
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, also known as acute lymphocytic leukemia or acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL), is an acute form of leukemia, or cancer of the white blood cells, characterized by the overproduction and accumulation of cancerous, immature white blood cells, known……Continue to Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
The National Cancer Institute states that: “Malignant mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer, is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the sac lining the chest (the pleura), the lining of the abdominal cavity (the peritoneum) or……Continue to Symptoms of Mesothelioma (lung cancer from asbestos exposure)
Pleural Mesothelioma, pleura mesothelioma or malignant pleural mesothelioma is mesothelioma cancer in the lining of the lungs. This is different from lung cancer, which refers to any type of malignant tumor that originates in the lungs.…Continue to Pleural Mesothelioma – Cancer of the Lung Lining
Opening a new frontier in transplant surgery, Texas doctors have done the world’s first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man who suffered a large head wound from cancer treatment.…Continue to Texas doctors do world’s first skull-scalp transplant
Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a disease that causes tumors to grow in the linings of the lung, or pleura that is usually related to exposure to asbestos. Patients live an average of six to nine months following diagnosis.…Continue to Drugs / Medications used to treat mesothelioma
