My mother called me today stating she had a MRI done on Friday her doctor called her today stating that she has a mass on her brain. The front area of the brain. I know that this is an issue, she doesn't want me to worry so she said it could be a cyst? Even […]
So I have tried every form of method possible to quit smoking cigarettes and I cant seem to stop. I have tried the patches and the gum and all sorts of things. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Answer: Go to the HAWC on base and talk to Joel Urdang and ask for Chantix
Answer: try getting pregnant […]
There is no specific number. You get whatever is necessary. X-rays are very safe. CT is more radiation, but the benefits of both outweigh the risk.
I think the other answerer pulled that number out of his behind.
Answer: 5
My husband has Pca. VERY low grade. He is 60 tomorrow. He was just dx'd with bladder cancer. I have researched Sloan-Kettering, Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland Medical Center.
They have the da Vinci robot to do surgeries. This will give him a great QOL, and with sparing the nerves.
Does anyone know if […]
It seems almost everyone gets Cancer of some kind. Most people, why?
Answer: The main risk factor for a lot of cancers is getting older; people are living longer than ever before - therefore more people will get cancer. So in a way it's better nutrition, not worse, that accounts for the numbers.
Also screening programmes for […]
what is it?? What is its purpose?
Answer: Somebody has been posting on here lately recommending something like this, even claiming it will cure breast cancer. It won't.
Like other cancers, breast cancer happens when normal cells change so that they grow in an uncontrolled way. This uncontrolled growth causes a tumour to form. No amount […]
my daughter is 14 and she is having a mole cut out of her back because its gone really black and the edge of it is not right. When i was 40 ( 7 years ago) i had a mole just like my daughters and it turned out it was cancer … so i had […]
or does the use of the word cancer mean they can only be classified as malignant?
What are some examples?
Answer: The other post is correct on terminology. And you also asked for an example of a benign brain tumor.
Pituitary Adenoma.
This is almost always a benign tumor on the pituitary gland, and it's very […]
I was recently assigned a project by my local court to interview someone with a smking related illness because I was caught smoking underage. I was wondering if anyone knew any organization that could help me.
Answer: I am 24, had my first cig at 13, started smoking reg at 15. I was diagnosed […]
Family history of breast cancer is known to be an important risk factor for the disease. There are different levels of risk in women with family histories of breast cancer, one due to a genetically inherited predisposition to breast cancer and the other to increased familial incidence of the disease.
To date, mutations of three genes, […]