Gastric cancer is the cancer of the stomach\'s inner lining. In Iran, the North and South Khorasan provinces lack proper medical facilities for treatment of cancer. That\'s why the people who live there must travel to the more developed provinces in order to get cancer treatments. This situation has resulted in errors in calculation of cancer burden in Iran\'s Razavi-Khorasan province. Firstly, the misclassification error has made registry...
Cancer Statistics are important to know so that a comprehensive preventative and control strategies can be developed. This article will be discussing about Cancer Statistics in Iraq focusing on the colon cancer in the Misan province of Iraq. What is Colon Cancer?
Colon Cancer is a type of Gastrointestinal cancer. In fact, it is the most deadly cancer of this kind. But let\'s take a look at why it is more common amongst some groups of people than...
Even though there\'s been great progress in cancer research, one thing that is doubtful, is- what is the Origin of Cancer and which cells does the cancer originate from? Cells are the smallest units of living matter. Furthermore, different cell types make up tissues and then there are organs and organ systems, all which together make up an organism. Similarly, now scientists have found clues that cancer cells are arranged in a similar way....
It was only in the late 1970s that chemotherapy was introduced as a way to treat Ewing\'s Sarcoma. Before this, amputation of the affected limb was the only way to treat the cancer. At that time the survival rate was also very low. It was only 10%!
Doctors are trying to reduce the negative effects of Ewing\'s Sarcoma treatment
But the good news is that today, 70-80% of the Ewings Sarcoma patients end up winning their battle against cancer. The...
Cell adhesion is the binding of a cell to another cell. Cell adhesion can be homophilic or heterophilic. Homophilic adhesion is when the cell adhesion is caused by binding of similar adhesion molecules. Heterophilic adhesion, on the other hand, is where cell adhesion is facilitated by binding of different adhesion molecules. Cell adhesion molecules (CAM) mediate cell-to-cell interactions. The most dominant kinds of these cell adhesion molecules...
Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep, or cause you to wake up too early and be unable to fall asleep again. You may still feel tired when you wake up. In this article I will briefly discuss how insomnia can cause or worsen various health issues. For example insomnia may aggravate cardiovascular problems as well as endocrine gland disorders. However, the focus of my report will be on the...
Probiotics are living microorganisms which have beneficial effects on the health of host. They do this by balancing the host\'s gut flora. Gut flora or intestinal microflora is a term used to define the bacteria and other organisms that live inside the intestines. Also, they digest food and produce vitamins such as Biotin and vitamin K. Probiotics are playing important role in fight against infectious disease and cancer. The anti cancer...
The best diagnostic imaging method for Skeletal Metastasis is a combination of the available imaging modalities. For example, bone scintigraphy must be used alongside FDG- PED in order to ensure accurate diagnosis and detection of the bone metastases. This is because bone scintigraphy is the most sensitive and cost effective method, but it is not that accurate.
Choosing the right Imaging Modality for Skeletal Metastasis
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This report will discuss about the skeletal metastasis in Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) and the available diagnostic techniques of it. Patients can be diagnosed through the use of bone scintigraphy, CT (computed tomography), whole body Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET). The main factors involved in choosing an imaging modality are specificity, features, and cost of the equipment. As the name suggests, STS occurs...
Antioxidants are molecules which slow down the oxidation of other molecules. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that starts a series of other reactions cause damage to cells by producing free radicals. Antioxidants play a vital role in the cancer prevention and treatment. Some examples of antioxidants are vitamin C, vitamin E, carotenoids and beta-carotene. Antioxidants destroy carcinogenic substances (having the potential to cause cancer) that...
