http://www.mycancerblog.org My cancer blog for all of you Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:46:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.mycancerblog.org/?p=913 Flagler Hospital Cancer Institue Tumor Conference @ Yahoo! Video http://www.mycancerblog.org/?p=912 The news is good about prostate cancer. Although it is the third most often diagnosed cancer in men in the United States, following skin and lung cancers, 98 percent of sufferers are still alive five years after diagnosis. This is a vast improvement over the 64 percent rate of the ... http://www.mycancerblog.org/?p=911 Breast chemotherapy is the cancer treatment used when the disease has attacked the mammary glands. Its purpose is to kill or to reduce in size the tumor consisting of cells that multiply very quickly compared to the normal rate of multiplication of normal cells. Various kinds of breast chemotherapy can ... http://www.mycancerblog.org/?p=910 This year thousands of men will be diagnosed with BPH (Benign Prostrate Enlargement) or Prostrate Cancer. According to statistics, 1 out of every 2 males will suffer with BPH, and worse yet, 1 out of six will be diagnosed with some form or prostrate cancer within their lifetimes. ... http://www.mycancerblog.org/?p=909 This disease is by far one of the most deadliest of cancers with most patients dying in the first year of diagnosis. Fortunately, it is also the rarest form of thyroid cancer. The onset of anaplastic thyroid cancer occurs in most people after 65 years of age and by the ... http://www.mycancerblog.org/?p=908 A visual representation of standing up to fight breast cancer...Source: Pink Lloyd http://www.mycancerblog.org/?p=907 A brief on Mesothelioma A whopping 2,000 to 3,000 new cases of mesothelioma is on the rise in United States of America. Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer and it is an aftereffect of the asbestos exposure. The cancerous cells tend to destroy the mesothelium, which is a protective sac ... http://www.mycancerblog.org/?p=906 http://www.mycancerblog.org/?p=905 What is mesothelioma? Mesothelioma is cancer of the mesothelium. Like most cancers, mesothelioma involves the abnormal dividing of cells of a particular part of the body -- in this case, the mesothelium. Mesothelioma is so deadly mainly because it remains dormant for many years and in that case begins to rapidly ... http://www.mycancerblog.org/?p=904