What is Melanoma Cancer?
Posted on March 12, 2010 - Filed Under Melanoma Cancer | Leave a Comment
What is Melanoma Cancer? Melanoma is very complicated and rare form of skin cancer. What is Melanoma cancer? , the answer to this question is very important for melanoma patient. Actually melanoma is a cancer in which the growth and reproduction ability of skin cells is start decreasing with the passage of time or in [...]
Read More..>>What is Gastrointestinal Cancer?
Posted on March 11, 2010 - Filed Under Gastrointestinal Cancer | 1 Comment
What is gastrointestinal cancer? The gastrointestinal cancer means the growth and reproduction of cancerous abnormal cells in the gastrointestinal tract i.e. the stomach and intestine. This cancer is a slow moving cancer that produce abnormal hormones in the lining of gastrointestinal tract that include the esophagus, stomach, liver, biliary system, pancreas, bowels, and anus. The [...]
Read More..>>What is Penis Cancer?
Posted on March 10, 2010 - Filed Under Penis Cancer | 2 Comments
Penis is the male organ of copulation. Penis cancer is a growth found either on the skin or in the tissue of the penis. Penis cancer can only spread to other parts of the body; the penis is rarely a secondary organ. There are five main stages of the development of penis cancer. The first [...]
Read More..>>What is Neuroendocrine Tumour?
Posted on March 9, 2010 - Filed Under Neuroendocrine Tumour | 1 Comment
A Neuroendocrine tumour is a swelling or a mass of abnormal tissue which resembles the normal tissue in structure but which has no benefit or function and they grow at the body’s expense. The term neuro refers to nerves while endocrine is the process of secreting internally (in the body) and pertains to the endocrine [...]
Read More..>>What is Ovarian Cancer?
Posted on March 8, 2010 - Filed Under Ovarian Cancer | 1 Comment
Ovarian cancer is basically the cancer of ovaries (tumour in or on the ovaries). Ovaries are oval bodies that are found on either side of the uterus, on the posterior surface. In an ovarian cancer ovaries that ova (female reproductive cell) are found. The ovaries produce estrogen and progesterone, female hormones. The ovaries release eggs [...]
Read More..>>What is Prostate Cancer?
Posted on March 6, 2010 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | 1 Comment
Prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system. It is a small conical gland at the base of the male bladder and surrounds the first plant of the urethra. The prostate actually contains other very small glands within it. If there is cell mutation within the smaller glands, the prostate will definitely be infected. [...]
Read More..>>What is Skin Cancer?
Posted on March 5, 2010 - Filed Under Skin Cancer | 1 Comment
Skin cancer is a growth or tumour on the skin. Skin is the outer tissue, which forms the outer covering of the body. It contains two main layers:  The dermis, or cutis Vera, the inner or true skin lying beneath the epidermis, the epidermis or cuticle, forming the outer coat. The skin continuously shed its [...]
Read More..>>What is Primary and Secondary Liver Cancer?
Posted on March 4, 2010 - Filed Under Liver Cancer | Leave a Comment
The percentage of patients who are suffering from the cancer is increasing with the passage of time among these people the proportion of liver cancer is more in comparison of other types of cancer. There is generally two basic categories of liver cancer that is based upon the target point of cancerous cells; one is [...]
Read More..>>What is Esophageal (Gullet) Cancer?
Posted on March 3, 2010 - Filed Under Esophageal Gullet Cancer | 1 Comment
Oesophageal cancer is the malignancy of the musculomembranenous canal. This canal is about 23 cm in length and runs down from pharynx to the stomach. Esophageal cancer is a relatively rare form of cancer, but some areas have high incidences than others. China, Iceland, India and Japan have high incidences than the rest of the [...]
Read More..>>What is Kidney Cancer?
Posted on March 2, 2010 - Filed Under Kidney Cancer | 1 Comment
Kidney cancer is that kind of cancer or tumour that emanates from the kidney and not from other organs into the kidney. Kidney is a gland that is situated one on either side of the vertebral column in the upper posterior abdominal cavity. Its main function is secretion of urine which flows into the uretes. [...]
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