Examination and Treatment of Cancer

Cancer is recognized as the most feared diseases because until recently was considered malignant disease and many casualties. However, with advances in technology now, cancer can be cured. The important thing is quick to detect early signs of cancer and perform appropriate treatment.

For those of you who have suspicions or feel the symptoms of cancer, you can perform tests such as:

• Examination of cytology and anatomical pathology
• Tests signs of cancer in the blood
• Chest Mammography (x-rays for breast)
• Ultrasonography / USG (photographing the inner organs)
• Endoscopy (observation of the inner organs)
• Colposcopy (observation of the cervix)
• Laparoscopy (observation of the abdominal cavity)
• Shooting the layers of the body by means of CT scans, MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

As for the treatment of cancer consists of one or a combination of the following procedures:

• Surgery (operation)
• Radiation (radio-therapy)
• Use of drugs killing cancer cells (sitostatica / chemotherapy)
• Improved immune system (immunotherapy)
• Treatment with hormones
• Organ transplants
• Stem Cell

Things we need to consider is the outcome of treatment depends on the stage or level of the pathway to cancer. Then it is highly recommended when you feel symptoms similar to symptoms of cancer for examination as soon as possible so that treatment can be done immediately.

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9 Factors That May Increase The Risk Of Cancer

Including cancer and dread disease is a scourge for many people after heart disease. How not been a lot of lives off due to a disease that can affect anyone of this.

Based on research results, there are several factors that may increase the risk of cancer in the body, including: 

Genetic Factors

Genetic factors also called hereditary factors also cause the highest risk for cancer. Someone who has a history (heredity) cancer have a greater risk of disease, rather than someone who does not have a history. The type of cancer that is often revealed in the genetic factors of breast cancer, skin cancer, ovarian cancer and colon cancer.

Lifestyle Factors

Lifestyle also contribute to the onset of cancer. Lifestyle is like smoking, consuming foods that contain lots of fat, cured meats, drinkers of alcoholic beverages and sexual behavior that is having sex early age and frequently changing sexual partners.

Chemical Factors

Substances contained in cigarette smoke can cause various types of cancer in smokers and passive smokers (non smokers who do not accidentally inhaling cigarette smoke of others) in a long time. Chemicals for industrial and smoke containing carbon compounds can increase the likelihood of an industrial worker suffering from cancer. Substances or chemicals contained in certain foods can cause cancers such as old food stored and mildew can be contaminated by aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is a substance produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus that can increase the risk of liver cancer.

Environmental Factors

Environment can also be one factor that can increase the risk of cancer. For example, excessive ultraviolet rays from sunlight, ionizing radiation, radioactive rays, or X-rays can cause skin cancer and leukemia.

Viral Factors

Some types of viruses closely related to the change of normal cells into cancer cells. This type of virus called a virus that causes cancer or oncogenic viruses. Viruses that can and suspected of causing cancer, among others: (1) Hepatitis B causes liver cancer. (2) Papilloma Virus causes cervical cancer in women. (3) cytomegalovirus causes Kaposi's sarcoma. (4) Retro Viruses cause lymphoma and blood cancers. (5) Epstein-Bar virus causes Burkitt's lymphoma, cancer of the nose and throat.

Hormonal Balance Factor

Hormones are substances produced by glands of the body whose function is to regulate the activities of organs of a particular membrane. In some studies note that the administration of certain hormones in excess can lead to increased incidence of some cancers. For example functional estrogen stimulates growth of cells that tend to encourage the occurrence of cancer, while progesterone protects the occurrence of excessive cell growth. There is a tendency that the excess hormones estrogen and progesterone deficiency leading to increased risk of breast cancer, cervical cancer, uterine cancer and cancer of the prostate and testicles in men.

Immune Factors

In the body of a healthy immune system is able to recognize foreign cells and destroy them. But if the immune system in the body has problems, it will affect the introduction of foreign cells, so that tumor cells will grow and grow freely.

Factor of Infection

Cancer can also occur due to infection by parasites or bacteria. Among them, Clonorchis which can cause bile duct cancer and pancreatic cancer. Schistosoma parasites that can cause bladder cancer. Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that causes stomach cancer.

Emotional Factors

The emotional factor here is meant to stress. Stress can cause severe disruption to the company balance in body cells. Continuous state of tension which can affect the cells, which make cells in the body becomes hyperactive and turns nature into malignant cancer causing

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Basic Steps to Prevent Cancer

One third of all cancer cases in the United States, China and the UK each year could be prevented if only people would do the basic steps of cancer prevention. 

Most types of cancer can be prevented by healthy habits at a young age and avoid the factors that cause cancer. Cancer prevention should not be anything complicated, some simple decisions in your daily life effectively enough to fend off the onslaught of cancer. But the point is to keep us on the path of a healthy lifestyle. 

The American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund stated that cancer deaths could be prevented if we keep the weight remains ideal, healthy and varied diet, physical activity and smoking cessation.

World Health Organization (WHO) declared lack of exercise are risk factors for breast cancer and colon cancer, diabetes causes 27 % and 30 % of the causes of heart disease worldwide. WHO also recommends exercising at least 150 minutes per week, equivalent to walking or biking 30 minutes every day. 

Although the exact cause of cancer is not known, everyone can take steps to prevent a healthy lifestyle and avoid the causes of cancer: 

1. Regarding the food: reduce the excessive fatty foods, more eating fibrous foods, more eating colorful vegetables and fruits several times a day, more food fresh, reduce foods that have been preserved or stored too long, and limit alcoholic beverages.
2. Avoid yourself from sexually transmitted diseases.
3. Avoid the habit of smoking. For smokers: quitting smoking.
4. Strive balanced life and avoid stress.
5. Consult health periodically and regularly.
6. Exercise regularly.

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Is it Cancer ?

Cancer is a disease caused by abnormal growth of tissue cells that turn into cancer cells. During its development, cancer cells can spread to other body parts that can cause death.

Cancer is often known by the public as a tumor, but not all tumors are cancerous. The tumor is any abnormal lumps or abnormal. Tumors were divided into 2 groups, namely benign and malignant tumors. Cancer is a general term for all types of malignant tumors.

Cancer can happen to everyone, in every part of the body, and in all age groups, but more often among people aged 40 years. Generally, before the cancer spread or damage the surrounding tissue, the patient does not feel any symptoms or complaints. If you have any complaints or symptoms, the disease is usually advanced.

Many types of cancer. To date have found as many as 250 types of cancer that attacks various organs of the body. Each type of cancer have different characteristics, but have in common, namely: (1) They are composed of abnormal cells that reproduce uncontrollably for like cells, and (2) they spread, attacking healthy body tissues.

Each type of cancer have different symptoms. However, in general there are 7 symptoms that need attention and further examined by a doctor to ensure the presence or absence of cancer, are:

1. When large or small bowel habits change or disruption.
2. Impaired digestion and difficulty swallowing.
3. Hoarseness or a cough that does not heal
4. Breast or elsewhere there is a lump (tumor).
5. Moles that changes its nature, is becoming increasingly large and itchy.
6. Abnormal blood or mucus out of the body.
7. Presence of ulceration or ulcer that would not heal.

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