Certain conditions and diseases are found to increase the risk of developing primary esophageal cancer. The most prominent among them is the GERD or gastroesophageal reflux disease which when found in persons for a longer time can make the persons prone to esophageal cancer. It is health condition in which the stomach acid manages to get in to the esophagus from the stomach causing heartburn (a burning sensation felt in the mid region of the...more
Radiation therapy is one of the five standard therapies for esophageal cancer. This is a type of treatment which makes use of x-rays of high energy or other kinds of radiation for killing malignant cells or inhibiting their growth. Radiation therapy for esophageal cancer can be classified as internal radiation and external radiation therapy. In external radiation therapy machine is used on the external side of the body for sending high energy...more
The main reason for staging esophageal cancer is to know the intensity and extensiveness of its prevalence. This is found to be very important as treatments for esophageal cancer are often based on the cancer stages. Even though scans and other tests can provide some amount of information regarding the stage of esophageal cancer, the doctor might not be very certain about it unless and until surgery is performed on the patients. There are actually various methods for staging esophageal cancer. Mainly two methods are adopted. One is called the number system and the other one is called the TNM system. TNM denotes Tumour, Nodes and Metastasis. This system is capable of describing the primary tumours size, if the lymph nodes are affected by cancer and if the disease has spread over to various body parts or not. Esophageal cancer tumour size can be denoted as T1 cancer cells found within the esophaguss inner layer or submucosa, T2- cancer cells found in the esophaguss muscle layer or muscularis, T3- cancer cells penetrated into the membrane covering the esophagus exterior and T4 where the cancerous cells have develop inside other body structures or organs near the food pipe. N...more
In conclusion, it is good for us to do the body checkup annually to make sure that we are healthy. If you find out that you have those breast cancer symptoms, please consult the doctor for further treatment and confirmation.Recognizing And Battling Breast Cancer By: Kok Siong About the Author Do you want to know more about what...more
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If you are diabetic then you probably know that the best diabetic foot ulcer treatment is prevention. You need to take special care of your feet because they can be affected by poor circulation without you even noticing.Once developed, the most drastic diabetic foot ulcer treatment is amputation. Nobody wants that and there are plenty of ways of preventing it from happening. Here are a few tips.1. Keep the blood flowing by exercising your feet and legs. If you're mobile then go for a walk every day. This will keep your whole cardiovascular system in good condition and you are less likely to develop poor circulation. If you can't manage a walk, while sitting in your chair wiggle your toes, rotate your ankles round and round and lift your legs up and down. If you can't manage any of this activity, you must ask someone to massage your feet at least on a daily basis.2. Always wear shoes or slippers even indoors to prevent stubbing your toes or treading on something which may cut you. Any damage to your feet which goes unnoticed and untreated can develop into something nasty.3. Wash and dry your feet carefully. Use warm water and...more
A veteran of the tobacco wars, Fernand Turcotte is an occupational health expert and a retired professor of at Universit Laval in Quebec. Now he at the front of most of the country's medical and scientific community against the asbestos industry...more
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Cancer is a worldwide disease, but in different countries, because of different environments, different ways of life and different cultures, cancers' incidence and common cancer types are different. In China, the main cancers are esophageal...more
Even though the esophageal cancer survival rates are poor that too when it comes to the ones that are diagnosed at later stages but are expected to improve over a period of time as new medical processes and researches are being carried out to...more
Esophageal cancer is said to be a very serious and complicated disease. Normally it gets diagnosed if a person finds it difficult to swallow food mainly solid foods like meats. Since this symptom is serious, the patients drink more quantities of...more
Avastin is said to be a wonder drug or first treatment option which is known to inhibit the growth of blood vessel network which supplies oxygen and nutrients to malignant or cancerous tissues. The drug Avastin is found to target a protein...more