Les faits : Cancer du sein chez les hommes
Le cancer du sein masculin comporte 1% de toutes les caisses diagnostiquées de sein cancer.
Poteaux étiquetés diagnostic
Fondations de Cancer de cerveau
Les mots cancer de cerveau évoquez une obscurité et une image souvent embrouillante. Ce qui le fait vraiment moyen ?
Ampèreheure, nous inclinons la tête. Tumeur de cerveau.
Examinons cette matière, ainsi nous pouvons comprendre que se passe-t-il derrière ce diagnostic provocant.
Pcerveau rimary et secondaire Cancer
- Le cancer primaire de cerveau est le terme utilisé quand le cancer commence dans le cerveau. Le cerveau est l'emplacement primaire.
- Cancer secondaire de cerveau ou cancer metastatic de cerveau est le terme utilisé quand l'emplacement primaire est ailleurs.
Au sujet des tumeurs malignes du cerveau
La plupart des tumeurs de cerveau entrent dans des catégories : cellule glial et cellule non glial. Les cellules de Glial aident à soutenir les cellules du système nerveux central ainsi elles fonctionnent correctement.
Types de cancers glial de cellules ou Gliomas:
Selon la société américaine de Cancer 77% de toutes les tumeurs de cerveau malignes sont des gliomas.
- Astrocytoma- Un astrocyte est un type tenir le premier rôle-formé de cellule glial. Ces tumeurs sont évaluées 1 à 4. Évaluez 1 astrocytoma pilocytic, astrocytoma diffus de la catégorie 2, évaluez l'astrocytoma 3 anaplastic, évaluez le multiforme du glioblastoma 4. (Plus la catégorie est inférieure, plus la croissance de tumeur est lente.) on rapporte qu'environ 35% de tumeurs de cerveau sont des astrocytomas. Ce type de tumeur de cerveau est habituellement vu dans le cerveau.
- Oligodendroglioma- Une tumeur rare qui commence en cellules a appelé des oligodendrocytes. Habituellement ces tumeurs ne peuvent pas être complètement enlevées par chirurgie. Ils se composent de 4% de tumeurs de cerveau.
- Ependymoma- Ce type de tumeur est trouvé dans des ventricules de cellules ou dans le cordon médullaire. Ceux-ci se composent de 2% de tumeurs de cerveau. Ependymomas sont habituellement diagnostiqués chez les enfants et de jeunes adultes.
- Glioma de tige de cerveau - Ce type de tumeur est trouvé dans la tige de cerveau. The brain stem connects the rest of the brain to the spinal cord. They consist of less than 1% of adult brain tumors, usually diagnosed in children and middle aged adults.
- Ganglioglioma-This very rare tumor has both neurons and glial cells and has a high cure rate.
Non Glial Cell Tumors of the Brain:
- Medullosblastoma-The most common childhood brain tumor. A tumor that begins in the neurons of the cerebellum. A fast growing tumor that is responsive to radiation.
- Schwannoma-These tumors begin in the Schwann cell of the cranial nerves. These cells form the myelin that protect the nerves. They are often non malignant. They affect cells of the 8th cranial nerve which impacts balance and hearing.
- Craniopharyngioma-This tumor grows near the pituitary gland. Often it impacts the pituitary gland and the optic nerve. This tumor is usually diagnosed in infants and children.
- Germ cell-This tumor of the brain begins in the germ cell. It is most often diagnosed in persons under the age of thirty. The most common of these tumors in a germinoma which is an uncommon tumor.
- Pineal region tumor-A rare brain tumor that is found near the pineal gland. They consist of less than 1% of all primary brain tumors. They may include germinomas.
- Chordoma-A reoccurring, slow growth tumor that starts at the base of the skull or the end of the spine. More common in young adults and middle-aged adults.
- Meningioma-This tumor occurs in the meninges (the membrane that covers and protects the brain and spinal cord) This accounts for 20% of all primary brain tumors and is more commonly seen in women. A slow growing tumor, 85% are benign and can be removed by surgery. Some are malignant and reoccur, spreading to other parts of the body.
Causes of Brain Cancer:
What causes the gene mutations that form a cancerous cell and finally a tumor in the regions of the brain is still unknown.
Symptoms and Diagnosis:
Symptoms of brain tumors depend on the size of the tumor and what part of the brain they may be affecting.
The National Cancer Institute lists these common, but not all inclusive, symptoms of brain tumors. Of course these symptoms may be indicative of other medical conditions as well.
- Headaches
- Nausea or vomiting
- Changes in speech, vision, or hearing
- Problems balancing or walking
- Changes in mood, personality, or ability to concentrate
- Problems with memory
- Muscle jerking or twitching, or seizures
- Numbness or tingling in the arms or legs
Diagnosis is completed following a physical exam, neurological exam, imaging study (MRI, CT, x-ray) and may include a biopsy and spinal tap.
Treatment includes surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.
Resources for Brain Cancer:
The National Cancer Institute: What You Need to Know About Brain Tumors.
The Brain Tumor Society: Brain Tumor Action Week is May 4-10, 2008. One of the goals of the Brain Tumor Society is to provide patients with better therapies and treatment options.
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week
April 1-7, 2008
“There will be about 8,090 new cases of testicular cancer in the United States in 2008. About 380 men will die of the disease in 2008. A man’s lifetime chance of having testicular cancer is about 1 in 300. Because treatment is so successful, the risk of dying from this cancer is very low: about 1 in 5,000. Testicular cancer is one of the most curable forms of cancer. There are nearly 140,000 men who have survived testicular cancer in the United States.”
–Source: The American Cancer Society
The Big FIVE-O
Time to start screening for colon/colorectal cancer. NOW!
The Facts:
March is National Colon/Colorectal Awareness Month.
The lifetime risk for being diagnosed with colorectal cancer is 1 in 19.
90% of all colon cancer diagnoses are in people age 50 or older.
It is the third leading cancer diagnosis in men and the fourth in women.
The disease strikes about 150, 000 people and causes approximately 50,000 deaths per year.
African-American’s are the highest racial or ethnic group at risk in the U.S.
The disease usually starts with a polyp.
The 5 year survival rate for those diagnosed early is 90%
Only 39% of those diagnosed are diagnosed early.
A Quick Reference Guide to Hodgkin’s Disease
Hodgkin’s Disease (HD) or Hodgkin Lymphoma is a type of lymphoma, not to be confused with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).
Lymphoma is a cancer that begins at the cellular level of the immune system. For more information on lymphoma in general see the excellent article in our archives.
Hodgkin’s Disease is identified by the presence of the Reed-Sternberg cell.
March is Asbestos Awareness Month
What should you know about asbestos?
The risk of getting an asbestos related disease correlates to the dose and duration of exposure. Those working in a job with exposure naturally are at greater risk; however particles on clothing brought home puts others at risk. Risk also exists for exposure due to damaged materials in buildings that utilized asbestos.
Asbestos fibers remain trapped in your lungs for life. The more you inhale the greater your risk of getting an asbestos related disease. The risk never disappears. Other factors such as cigarette smoking, and personal genetics will determine ‘if’ and ‘when’ symptoms will appear. The shortest latency period from exposure to asbestos to appearance of disease is 5 to 10 years, but could be as long as 40 years. There is no safe level of exposure to asbestos.
Playing the Numbers
Battling Cancer isn’t just about the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. It’s also about education and prevention for everyone.
Why?
The Defining Moment
Like a Snoopy cartoon, the teacher is speaking to you, but it sounds like white noise as your mind comes to grips with–the diagnosis.
The diagnosis becomes a turning point.
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief from her 1969 book, On Death and Dying, explains the stages which apply to any life changing event, including the diagnosis of cancer. The stages are not simply about death, but reflect the loss of life as you know it.
1. Denial–refusal, either conscious or unconcious to accept the facts
Shortage of doctors in Ireland contributed to cancer misdiagnosis
Imagine this: You go in to your doctor’s office for a cancer screening and go home safe in the knowledge that you are disease-free. Later, you get a call from stating that you were given incorrect information. That’s what happened to several women in Ireland in a scandal that’s rocking the country.
Last month, seven women who were previously given the “all clear” from a breast cancer screening performed at Portaloise Hospital were told that they may have been misdiagnosed. The women were identified after concerns over how to read mammograms prompted a review of 3,000 cases.
Tina Radcliffe spent ten years as a Oncology Certified R.N. working with in-patients on oncology and med-surg units. She also has a background in home health and geriatrics. Her other experiences include ... .. 
