I am 13 years old. today i was in the shower and while i was washing my body i noticed a bump like near my nipple on my right boob and it hurt when i touched it and after . u cant tell if u just look at it you have to touch it and […]
It's a terrible thing, and I wish it upon no one. Poor Sunny (our golden) is feeling more and more pain in her limb. The x-ray shows she has bone cancer. We'll likely have to put her down in the next week or two. Hard to think about it without getting choked […]
I don't want to start thinking I'm special, that stuff won't happen to me. Stuff happens all the time to everybody. So a few things hasn't gone my way. It's not a tragity to the world, just to me and my family. If I start thinking that I'm above being sick or get that “poor […]
I was in a store with my Mom. When we went to the regester to pay for the stuff she got, there was a lady in front of us. There was a little boy with her and he asked me why I didn't have any hair. I told him medicine made my hair fall out. […]
They want my uncle to receive chemo but say his cancer did not return, why would they do this?
Answer: We all have abnormal cells. Since he does not currently have cancer but has a history he is more susceptible and could still have abnormal cell growth and chemotherapy could impair those cells from metastasizing.
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Answer: HPV is found in 99.7% of all cervical cancers.
Virtually all cervical cancers are due to a persistent progressive HPV infections.
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High–risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is now recognized as the primary causal factor in the development of cervical cancer; studies show that high–risk HPV types were found in greater than 99.7% of […]
Cancer is when the cells in your body begin to grow out of control and become abnormal and large. Then they can go through metastasis and hit other parts of your body. Isn't this usually due to just getting older and damaging of the DNA?
Say a person is perfectly healthy when they have a […]
I realize there are different forms of cancer, and “survive” is a vague term, but I just want to know if there is any knowledge on this topic in general. For example, is it closer to 100% death rate, or maybe something more like 50%?
Answer: There are huge volumes of statistics on this topic, […]
Like if you have a symptom for an entire year and the symptom didn't get any worse, and you did not develop more symptoms? Obviously it's not breast cancer right?
Answer: It is possible to have breast cancer even without any symptoms. There is no sure way of finding out if you have this cancer […]
Not necessarily, but they can be, mine was.
If you have a lump, get it checked out. Most breast lumps are not cancerous, but all need to be investigated
Answer: Not usually. You have to push down a little bit to feel them unless they're close to the surface. If you have fibrocystic breasts […]