There are many different types of cancer that affect many people no matter what age, ethnicity, or gender they are. Unfortunately there is one form of cancer that only affects men, it is prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is a form of cancer which begins when the cells of the prostate become abnormal. After time, especially [...]
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Carcinogenesis is the creation of a cancer.Cancer is, ultimately, a disease of genes. Typically, a series of several mutations is required before a cell becomes a cancer cell. We distinguish between oncogenes, which promote cancer when “switched on” by a mutation, and tumor suppressor genes, which prevent cancer unless “switched off” by a mutation. These [...]
A new study published in the September 2008 issue of CANCER from the American Cancer Society, has determined that as many as 69% of men receiving hormone deprivation therapy, a widely used treatment for patients with advanced prostate cancer, may experience detrimental effects to their cognitive abilities. According to Dr. Christian Nelson, there is strong [...]
Cancer is also known by the medical term malignant neoplasm. It is a disease which presents itself in a host of different ways, in a host of different areas of the body, and kills hosts of people every year. What is the real risk of you developing cancer, and what can you do to identify [...]