Your body is made up of cells, which are the main elements in the tissue that your body uses to create and maintain your organs. When some of these cells grow and divide in improper ways, they can turn cancerous and form into a mass called a tumor. As cells grow old and die within your body they’re replaced with new ones. At least, this is what happens when cells behave as they’re meant to.
Small cell cancer is one of the scarier forms of lung cancer. There isn’t any kind of lung cancer that isn’t scary, as they are all more often terminal than not, however small cell cancer tends to be the most aggressive. Most people with small cell cancer will die in 2 to 4 months after being diagnosed.
The reason for the short post-diagnosis lifespan is that by the time small cell cancer starts to show serious symptoms, it is often already spread around the body. When the cancer has spread to areas all over the body, surgical removal is not really an option, as it can’t be expected to significantly increase life expectancy enough to justify the risks and adverse health effects.
Any form of insurance can be seen as a risk.
You pay a monthly or annual premium to an insurance company for a set amount of cover, effectively passing the risk to the insurance company. As long as you pay the premiums you’ll continue to be covered, for whatever purpose.
When it comes to protecting YOURSELF in the form of life assurance, critical illness cover, permanent health insurance or private health insurance you really do need to take the time to do your research (or pay someone to do it for you) as this form of cover is not the type that you’ll normally be shopping around for on an annual basis.
If you have prostate cancer, are concerned about getting it, or if you’re looking out for the health of someone you love, this article can help. Early prostate cancer is confined to the prostate gland itself; most of the patients with this type of cancer can live for years without any problems. At an advanced age, the risks of surgery for prostate cancer or other more radical treatments may actually be worse than the disease.
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the U.S. In most men, prostate cancer grows very slowly: most men will never know they have the condition. Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor of the prostate gland.
Cancer is a serious illness. It is also a “misrepresented and misunderstood” illness. Patients go to their doctors hoping to be cured of their cancers. Often, they failed to find that elusive cure. My experience showed me that those patients who have cancer for the first time and who have no relatives or friends with cancer before, have the misconceived notion that medical science can cure cancer. They would say: “What is the problem, with my money and the best doctors, the best hospitals and the best chemo-drugs, the problem can be easily fixed.”
In recent years, scientists have given much attention to natural and alternative therapies for preventing and treating cancer. One of the most promising natural remedies is green tea. In study after study, green tea has been shown to prevent heart disease and several forms of cancer.
Green tea first gained notice because of the significantly lower incidence of many serious illnesses in the Asian culture. Asians consume large amounts of green tea, and have a far lower risk of heart disease and many forms of cancer. Consider, for example, the statistics on lung cancer. Japanese men have a significantly lower risk of both heart disease and lung cancer than American men, even though 75% of them are smokers.
This is the beginning of a 3 part series discussing the 3 main asbestos cancers; also known as mesothelioma. The first part will be on one of the most common of the three types of mesothelioma: pleura mesothelioma, asbestos cancer around the lining of the lungs.
Pleura mesothelioma is cancer of the membrane covering the lungs. Symptoms of pleural mesothelioma can include a shortness of breath, wheezing, fatigue, abdominal swelling, bowel obstruction, blood clotting abnormalities, trouble swallowing, and a swollen neck and face.