Cells Responsible For Prostate Cancer Identified
Scientists in Los Angeles’ University of California have found the cell of origin for prostate cancer. A cell of origin is considered as the key to study any cancer. Until this research, it was assumed that luminal cells, found inside the tiny ducts of the prostate, gave rise to prostate cancer. But by growing human tissue in mice, the scientists found a new cell of origin for prostate cancer.
The new found cells which not only support the luminal cells but are also responsible for regenerating prostate tissue are known as basal cells. This new finding has lead cancer experts to believe advancement in cancer treatments. The team of researchers tested the human cells when they found, in their previous studies, that basal cells were responsible for tumor development in mice.
Oral Health Affected by Cancer Treatments
Being told that you are diagnosed with cancer can be a terrifying thing. This terrible disease can be implicated in many locations, and most types of tumours cannot be cured completely. But today’s cancer treatments can slow down or even eliminate a small and isolated tumour. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy can however have undesirable and even painful side effects that involve your body and your mouth. Understanding those side effects can help manage them, making your cancer treatment more comfortable for your mouth.
Dentists recommend having an oral exam before starting chemotherapy or radiation therapy. If you have problems such as cavities or gum disease, they should be treated prior to any cancer treatment in order to minimize complications.
How can cancer treatments affect your mouth?
Side effects can reach many regions of your mouth when you undergo cancer treatments. The intensity depends on the kind of therapy and its frequency. Side effects can therefore be displayed in different manners:
Breast affections that can make you think of cancer
Quite often by using self examination of the breasts women detect the presence of one or more nodules, which makes them panic as they think only of breast cancer. Doctors say women should not thing of what is worse first, as statistics say most of the nodules turn out to be benign after a deep investigation. In case you did not know any benign entity is not cancerous.
Some of the nodules can have a soft consistency, are mobile, not adherent to the nearby tissues, are perfectly round and smooth and don’t have a certain size. They can be painful quite often. The reason these nodules appear is the hormonal change that takes place in the woman’s body. This type of nodules can turn out to be cysts or a small bag that contains liquid.
Warning you are food addiced even if you don’t recognize.
Addictive foods like Chocolate, Cheese, Meat, and Sugar and facts about them.
Interesting seminar about foods presented by Dr Neal Barnard. We’re all like kids but we don’t know.
This presentation by Dr. Neal Barnard, of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, can’t be missed. Dr. Barnard talks about reasons for food addiction, breaking craving cycles, the health benefits of veganism, shocking facts about the meat and dairy industries, and much more. This 40-minute video will prove to be time well invested. Please share this with everyone you know!
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• dr barnard cheeseKeep your lungs healthy by recognizing and preventing lung cancer
One of the most frequent types of cancer encountered nowadays is the lung cancer. Statistics say that every year approximately 40,000 people in the UK die from lung cancer so you can imagine how dangerous this affection is. In the USA lung cancer affects 99,000 men and 78,000 women every year and from all of them 86% die during the first years since they were diagnosed with cancer.
Researchers say that the main cause of lung cancer is tobacco smoke. Smoking seems to increase the risk of developing lung cancer ten times more than in non smokers. It is true that non smokers can develop lung cancer too, but this is happening due to other risk factors that can affect them. As the tobacco industry and marketing have been developing more and more during the last 50 years it is not surprisingly that nowadays a lot of lung cancer cases are being detected.