Posted in General Information, Pancreatic Cancer • Tags: diagnosis, Pancreatic Cancer, resources, risk factors, Treatment • Author: Tina Radcliffe
The pancreas is considered a glandular organ. It is about 7 inches by 1.5 inches in size. It lies under the stomach and at the beginning of the small intestine, and functions as an exocrine organ by producing fluids for digesting food. It functions as an endocrine organ as it releases hormones. When released into the blood stream, these hormones regulate our glucose levels (insulin and glucagon).
Pancreatic cancer is a cancerous tumor that occurs in the tissues of this gland/organ.
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Posted on May 27, 2008 by Tina Radcliffe • There are no comments, hop to it!
Posted in General Information, Liver-Cancer • Tags: diagnosis, Liver-Cancer, risk factors, Treatment • Author: Tina Radcliffe
The liver is the largest internal human organ. If the liver completely shut down, we would die within 24 hours. This is because the liver has so many vital functions in human life.
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by Tina Radcliffe • There are no comments, hop to it!
Posted in Battling Books, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Detection, General Information • Tags: awareness, Cancer, colon, colorectal, diagnosis, risk factors, screening, Treatment • Author: Tina Radcliffe
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.
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by Tina Radcliffe • There are 3 comments!
Posted in Cancer Awareness, General Information, Prostate Cancer, Symptoms, Treatment • Tags: education, Prostate Cancer, risk factors, screening, Symptoms • Author: Tina Radcliffe
He can be any man.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men after lung cancer, affecting one in six men in the U.S.
He is rarely under the age of 40, usually over 50 and in fact two-thirds of all cases are diagnosed in men over 65.
60 to 61% of the time he is an African American male.
He is twice as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer if he has/had a father or brother with the disease. There is also an inherited gene for prostate cancer, affecting 5 to 10 % of all diagnosed cases. While research into genetic testing is promising, it is not yet available.
For more information on who is prostate cancer see the Prostate Cancer Foundation site.
The Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada offers a risk assessment quiz on their website.
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by Tina Radcliffe • There are 10 comments!
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 ... .. 
