Know The Cancer

Cancer is perhaps the most dreaded disease, with effects that can seriously damage the human body if not detected and addressed early on.

March is colorectal cancer awareness month, luckily this past Thursday(March 17, 2011) a colon cancer blood test was approved in New York by the state’s Department of Health was announced this good news.

A cancer diagnosis is an overwhelming feeling. There are so many implications to consider, my health, my family, my job? Who will I find to take care of me I will survive, how will I cope? All these are natural reactions to a diagnosis of cancer.

Lung cancer is the most common cause of death in men and women of today. It is a disease that afflicts the elderly, even if the adults are prone to develop.

Why is everyone so hung up "treatment?" Time you can almost see them visibly cringe when the word cure is not even mentioned.

For lung cancer, there are two types. The first mention of small lung cancer cells and the second, which form the majority of lung cancers are simply considered "no" small cell cancer.

Radon is a natural radioactive element, found in soil and rocky areas of the world. Have higher concentrations in some locations.

Cancer and stroke insurance supplements pay a predetermined amount of diagnostic benefit of a serious illness like a heart attack, stroke, invasive cancer, kidney failure, organ transplantation and CABG.

Taxol is used to treat multiple cancers. It can be used to treat breast cancer, lung cancer and ovarian cancer. It can also be used to treat acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) related illnesses.

The number of cancer survivors in the United States rose to 11.7 million in 2007, the government health authorities reported Thursday.