- Five Ways To Prevent Cancer
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Did you know that cancer rates have doubled in the last 30 years and some cancers have tripled in people under 16 year olds? For our young children and teenagers, this rise has occurred at a frightening 7% per year. Several causative factors have ...
HerArticle - Joanna Karpasea... - 12/15/2011 - 08:30 - 51 comments
- Cord Blood Transplantation and Cerebral Palsy: Why I wouldn’t want a Miracle Cure--Editorial
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Several months ago I was reading newspaper articles online when I came across the story of Chloe Levine, the Colorado toddler who was seemingly cured of cerebral palsy after a cord blood transplantation using her own cord blood that her parents had st ...
HerArticle - Joanna Karpasea... - 11/02/2010 - 22:11 - 10 comments
- New study shows HRT results in advanced breast cancers and more deaths
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New findings have been released on breast cancer today. Here's part of what Reuters is reporting. What are your thoughts on this news? Pat Women who took hormone replacement pills had more advanced breast cancers and were more likely to die from t ...
Group Thread - Pat Elliott - 10/19/2010 - 18:26 - 1 comment
- Top 10 Types of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
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Brain cancer is a very serious cancer diagnosis that no one wants to hear. While there are hundreds of brain and spinal cord tumors, some occur more frequently than others. According to the BC Cancer Agency , the ten brain cancers below are the ...
HerArticle - Elizabeth Stann... - 05/19/2010 - 07:01 - 1 comment
- Bone Tumors: Benign Versus Malignant
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A bone tumor is the result of abnormal growth of cells in the bone. Bone tumors are either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). While the causes of bone tumors are not readily known, some contributing factors can include trauma, radiation ...
HerArticle - Ann Butenas - 06/24/2010 - 21:59 - 0 comments
- 'Daughters' of Breast Cells Likely Source of Breast Cancer Tumors
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Researchers have found a population of breast cells, called luminal progenitor cells, to be responsible for breast cancers that develop in women carrying mutations in the gene BRCA1. Their finding, published in the August 3, 2009 issue of the internat ...
HerArticle - Lynette Summerill - 05/09/2010 - 08:04 - 0 comments
- Spinal Tumors
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Spinal tumors are rare and they are either benign or malignant. A spinal tumor develops within or near your spinal cord or within the bones of your spine. Although back pain is the most common indication of a spinal tumor, most back pain is associated ...
HerArticle - MC Kelby - 07/28/2010 - 08:29 - 0 comments
- Is chemo therapy necessary for T2 tumor with stage 2 ie node -ve; ER/PR status is +ve and her2/neu is -ve.
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Hi, My mom was diagnosed for breast cancer at left breast (Infiltrating Duct Carcinoma) and the biopsy report says, Grade II and Dr. said the stage is II. Its been just 2 weeks, that she had undergone mastectomy of her left breast. Biopsy Report is: ...
Ask - dhamikd - 04/04/2011 - 10:55 - 10 comments
- FDA Approves Pathwork Tissue of Origin Test to Identify Cancer Cells in Tumors
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A test that helps identify the type of cancer cells present in a tumor has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Pathwork Tissue of Origin test compares the genetic material of a patient's tumor with genetic data stored in a ...
News - hernews - 12/21/2010 - 09:49 - 0 comments
- Six Myths and Urban Legends about Breast Cancer
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Admit it. You’ve received at least one e-mail that has suckered you in by warning you of some impending doom scenario, and after being forwarded to dozens of people, it turns out to be completely false. It happens to the best of us at one time or ...
HerArticle - Lynette Summerill - 11/02/2010 - 20:44 - 11 comments