Nov 26, 2005

Do You Read All Of Our Cancer Blogs?

Do you read all of cancer blogs published by medicineworld.org? Many of our bloggers are busy keeping you updated on the cancer information. In addition to this caner blog we are running the following cancer related blogs.

Breast cancer blog: Breast cancer blog is run by Janet. Latest breast cancer blog post reads as follows: FDA Issues Warning For Herceptin Plus Chemotherapy Combination - Genentec and FDA have issued a recent warning stating that combined use of herceptin (trastuzumab) and chemotherapy may significantly increase the risk of toxicity for the heart. Recent clinical trials have found that combination of herceptin with chemotherapy may improve disease free survival if used an adjuvant therapy in patients with early breast cancer, who over-expresses Her2 gene.....

Lung cancer blog: Lung cancer blog is run by Scott. Latest lung cancer blog post reads as follows: Chris Whitely Is Dying Of Lung Cancer - Chris Whitely, the famous singer and songwriter has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer as per a posting on Blue star's official website. In this posting his brother Dan writes that the Chris Whitely's disease is in its late stages. He also says that Whitley is currently in home hospice care.....

Colon cancer blog: Colon cancer blog is run by Sue. Latest colon cancer blog post reads as follows: High-fat Dairy Food May Decrease Colorectal Cancer Risk - Eat lots of diary foods! That may be the latest message for those of us who are trying to prevent colorectal cancer. In those who make a habit of eating large amounts of high-fat dairy foods and conjugated linoleic acid (a component of dairy foods), may have a reduced risk of colorectal cancer according to Dr. Susanna C. Larsson from Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.....

Prostate cancer blog: Prostate cancer blog is run by Mark. Latest prostate cancer blog post reads as follows: One Pill A Day To Beat Prostate Cancer - It may be possible one day for some men to pop a pill each day to cut their chances of prostate cancer, as per some researches. These scientists used thousands of prostate biopsy samples to try to identify men at greater risk of developing the disease as well as those more likely to respond to preventative drug treatment.....

We have a diabetes watch blog as well and this is run by JoAnn. The latest post from this blog reads as follows: Very few women are ignorant of the advantages of breastfeeding their young ones, but the many benefits to the mother are often neglected or even unknown.....

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Cancer
We do not know the exact cause of many cancers. Many cancers like leukemia have no apparent cause. Some other types of cancers like lung cancers have identifiable causes like smoking in most cases. Lung cancer can occur in those who have never smoked in their life. It is hard to know in these cases what is causing that patients lung cancer. Factors that increase the risk of development of cancer is known as risk factors for cancer. These risk factors may be modifiable like smoking where a person can exert control or un-modifiable factors like age and gender. Smoking can cause cancers of the lungs, mouth, throat, bladder, kidneys and several other organs.