Cancer

There are five different stages of pancreatic cancer. In the first stage there is no spread, in the second the cancer grows locally, the third is local spread, the fourth is when the cancer has spread even wider in nearby blood vessels and the fifth stage is, when the cancer has spread even to distant organs.

There are several hospitals in the United States that offer treatments for brain tunors. The Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota is ranked among the best hospitals for neurosurgery and neurology by the U.S. News and World Report.

how long do you have to wait to get a perm after chemotherapy? It has been almost 8 months since my mothers last treaatment.

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Radiation therapy, when given in cancer, burns tumor cells as well as surrounding cells so that any harboring cancerous cells will be destroyed. But this is quite a painful process with many side effects, and nothing less life threatening than cancer justify its use.

If its given in non cancerous tumors, it will destroy it. But its needless to use it in non cancerous conditions where surgery could do the work for you and with a lot less side effects. Use of radiation in non cancerous tumors is like using an atom bomb in place of a dynamite.

One common treatment for lung cancer is through surgery.But there are various treatments for those suffering from lung cancer. As with any medical issue, the doctor will determine the best treatment based on the stage and type of cancer a patient has. So if you are suffering from Lung Cancer it is important that you choose the right doctor.

•Aims

•Finding new ways of curing cancer

•Developing new treatments

•Finding new medicines

I have heard keeping your ph levels neutral. If you have cancer your ph will be acidic. Maybe that's why they say drink 8cups of water a day. Tap water is usually neutral so it makes sense to me.

the treatment for cervical cancer varies from stage to stage, size and shape, the woman's age and health and also, her desire to have children in the future. Early cervical cancer can be cured by removing or destroying cancerous or precancerous cells.There are certain surgeries used without having to remove the uterus or damaging the cervix. 3 types are LEEP- uses electricity to remove abnormal tissue, Cryotherapy is when they freeze abnormal cells, and Laser therapy is when they use light to burn abnormal tissue.

I know that cancers aren't contagious and what not, but I've recently read up on things that (can??? can it or does it?) cause leukemia. For example, the human t cell leukemia virus. It says that can associate with leukemia, and that virus can be spread through sexual contact. So if that's the cause of it, then wouldn't that imply that I, if involved with that, could get that virus and potentially leukemia or forms of it? Or is there something im like misreading, or misunderstanding. It's all kind of confusing. So i mean, is there like a "natural" form of leukemia that's caused by unfortunate circumstances (like breast cancer) as well as leukemia that's derived from a virus which is "contagious" in the sense that it can be transmitted?

no, I don't think so but i am not completely sure. I think you should ask a doctor.

Gamma rays are sometimes used in treating cancer because of what they are and what they do. Gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation. Just like light or radio waves. Except that they are of a much higher energy than light or even X-rays. They are absorbed or scattered by anthing they pass through, and their ability to penetrate material and the amount of scattering they experience varies as the material. But they penetrate stuff pretty well, and slice right through biological stuff like plant or animal tissue. And they do stuff to the tissue they pass through while zipping past. The high energy of gamma rays is what is called ionizing radiation. It has the power to break chemical bonds between atoms. This is important because living tissue is made up of complex chains of atoms. Big organic molecules are the basics of life. If a gamma ray zips by, it can break the big molecule apart kind of like snipping a string in a place or two with scissors. The gamma ray loses energy doing this, but it still continues on cutting up molecules. It causes radiation damage. Electromagnetic radiation (emr) damage. And this can be good. It turns out that though emr damage can make living cells "sick" and can also kill them if enough damage occurs, the cells that are most sensitive to emr damage are cells that have "fast metabolisms" or that work at high rates. Cancer cells work at high rates. Irradiate them with high energy emr (gamma rays) and they can be killed. So will some surrounding tissue, but the brunt of the damage will be caused to the cancerous tissue. And by moving the beam around, we can minimize damage to surrounding tissue while pounding the cancerous cells. This is the basis for current radiation therapy by gamma rays.

You can reduce your chances by reducing alcohol consumption, drinking lots of water, drinking green tea regularly, avoiding the suns rays, eating lots of fruits and veggies, eat less meat, and get active and stay active.

If someone is in a coma, he is unconscious and will not respond to voices, other sounds, or any sort of activity going on around him. He is still alive, but his brain is functioning at its lowest stage of alertness. You can't shake and wake up someone who is in a coma like you can to someone who has just fallen asleep.

Usually, a coma does not last more than a few weeks. Sometimes, however, a person stays in a coma for a long time - even years - and will be able to do very little except breathe on his own.

Most people do come out of comas, however. Some of them are able to return to the normal lives they had before they got sick. On TV, someone in a coma usually wakes up right away, looks around, and is able to think and talk normally. But in real life, this rarely happens. When a person comes out of a coma, he will often be confused and can only slowly respond to what's going on around him. It will take time for him to start feeling better.

Over time and with the help of therapists, however, many people who have been in a coma can make a lot of progress. They may not be exactly like they were before the coma, but they can do a lot of things and enjoy life with their family and friends.

Chemo and Radiation, in short actually mean CHEMOTHERAPY and RADIOTHERAPY respectively.Commonly Chemotherapy indicates the treatment of malignant diseases by using different natural or synthetic chemical compounds either by oral,topical or intravenous route.Mode of action of these agents are bit complicated but in short,they target the rapidly dividing tumor cells and destroy them sparing the normal ones.primarily the site of action is intra cellular nucleas where the chromosomes,containing DNA molecules,reside.few commonly used Chemotherapy agents are:CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE,METHOTREXATE VINCRISTINE,VINBLASTINE,DOXORUBICIN etc.few agents areaalso used in non-malignant conditions also e.g.METHOTREXATE is also used to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis By the term Radiotherapy,generally the therapeutic appraoch by high frequency electro-magnetic waves,usually by gama-rays of any radioactive element is meant. By applying those radiation,the tumor cells are destroyed usually in malignant diseases with distant spread.Radiotherapy can be given to the patients from a machine(TELECOBALT,TELECESIUM etc),placing tiny pieces of radioactive agents in the body(BRACHYTHERAPY). In few occassions,radioactive agent are used in nonmalignant conditions as in GRAVES DISEASE where 131-iodine is used. As therapeutic practice,both the modalities are used to treat malignant condition with or without distant spread,either single or in combination when surgery shows no promise.

Radiation is the emission (sending out) of energy from any source. The light that comes from the sun is a source of radiation, as is the heat that is constantly coming off our bodies. When talking about radiation, however, most people think of specific kinds of radiation such as that produced by radioactive materials or nuclear reactions. Most forms of radiation have not been linked to cancer. Only high frequency radiation (ionizing radiation and ultraviolet radiation) has been proven to cause genetic damage, which can lead to cancer.

One type of molecule that is sensitive to ionizing radiation is DNA, the part of the cell that contains the genes (blueprints) for each person's characteristics. Ionizing radiation can lead to a mutation (change) in a cell's DNA, which could contribute to cancer, or to the death of the cell. All cells in the body can be damaged by ionizing radiation. The amount of damage is related to the dose of radiation received by the cell. While the process of cellular change from radiation takes only a fraction of a second, other changes such as the beginning of cancer may take years to develop.

Theoretically any burnt carbon emission is a possible carcinogen. There have been studies done that suggest that THC may actually shrink cancerous growth however this is not proven.

No hash is pure - hashish generally ranges from 5%-30% THC. Therefore the contaminants when burned become carbon which is inhaled. Generally people who smoke hashish do not use a filter which further promotes the possibility that burnt carbon emission reaches the lungs.

The preparation of hash is also crucial. The safest and cleanest way to make a concentrate is with water extraction however many more potent concentrates including oils are made with butane extraction further contaminating the material and adding additional health concerns.

So, yes it is possible to get cancer from smoking hash.

yes you could die from leukemia because that can mess up your blood.. It doesn't let your blood work properly