Cancer Awareness: Symptoms, Staging & Oncology Nutrition

Effective oncology care combines early symptom detection, tumor staging, and supportive nutritional management to mitigate systemic side effects.

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Methyl Diet

Methyl is a term from organic chemistry that refers to nutrients which produce the biochemical process, methylation, where chemicals are added to proteins, DNA, or other molecules to keep your body functioning properly.

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Reasons for Breast Sensitivity

Breast tenderness or pain can result from many different factors; however, physicians stress that tenderness or pain does not commonly indicate breast cancer and that some breast tenderness is normal, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.

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Diet for Throat Cancer Patients

Cancer of the throat can significantly impact your diet and eating habits. Treatment options for throat cancer include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or all three. The combination of cancer and treatment will most likely affect your appetite and ability to consume certain foods.

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What Are the Differences Between Multiple Myeloma & Myeloid Leukemia?

Multiple myeloma and myeloid leukemia have much in common. The names are similar, because they are both cancers that start in the bone marrow. Many of the symptoms are similar, and even some of the same drugs are used to treat both diseases. However, they are two distinctly different entities.

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Causes of a Swollen Male Breast

Men have far less breast tissue than women and consequently have a lower incidence of breast-related ailments. However, men can experience swelling, pain and cancer in their breasts. More common than breast cancer in men is swelling in one or both breasts.

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What Are the Four Types of Antibodies?

Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulins (Ig) are a form of protein. The body produces antibodies when antigens, which are substances that can cause damage are present. Parasites, bacteria, cancer cells and viruses are examples of antigens.

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How Is a Port for Chemo Inserted?

Chemotherapy is a common treatment for patients with cancer. It is designed to selectively destroy cells that are very rapidly dividing. Because cancer cells divide more quickly than normal cells, they will be more affected by the chemotherapy.

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Signs of the Last Stages of Bone Cancer

Bone tissue growth and remodeling begins in utero and continues throughout a person's life. Specialized cells called osteoblasts continuously deposit new bone tissue, while other cells called osteoclasts breast down old tissue. The balance between bone growth and reabsorption helps maintain normal bone mass.

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Early Symptoms of Mouth & Throat Cancer

In 2009 in the United States, 30,676 cases of oral cavity and oropharynx cancer, and 24,900 cases of laryngeal and pharyngeal cancer were diagnosed, according to the National Cancer Institute.

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Weightlifting and Armpit Cysts

Lifting weights comes with myriad benefits. Chief among them is strength, but resistance training also can improve balance, enhance mood, increase caloric need and even prevent bone loss. That being said, lifting weights has its own set of safety concerns.

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Early Warning Signs of Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Inflammatory breast cancer is an uncommon, aggressive form of the illness that can quickly spread to other parts of the body. This form of breast cancer accounts for approximately 1 to 5 percent of breast cancers in the U.S., according to the National Cancer Institute.

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5 Things You Need to Know About Dead Skin Inside the Mouth

If you are a smoker and find that you get dead skin inside your mouth, you should not be surprised. Mouth changes with tobacco use. The lining of the oral cavity is composed of layers of flat scale-like cells called squamous epithelium.

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What Are Skin Symptoms of Mites?

The human itch mite infects people of all ages, social classes and races the world over. The American Osteopathic College of Dermatology estimates that more than 300 million people become infested with the human itch mite each year.

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How Culture Affects Diet

When you grow up in a distinctive culture, it’s bound to influence your lifestyle, your belief system — and perhaps most enjoyably, your diet. You might have a soft spot for mama’s marinara, an aunt’s curry and chapatis, dad’s barbecue ribs or grandmother’s holiday tamales.

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Herbal Remedies for Leukemia

Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects your blood vessels, such as the lymphatic system and bone marrow. Symptoms include fever or chills, weight loss, fatigue, easy bleeding, red spots on the skin, bone pain and sweating. Treatment can include chemotherapy, radiation therapy and stem cell transplant.

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Causes of a Tingling Sensation in the Breast

Each breast contains tissue rich in nerve endings, each of which send feedback to the brain in response to changes in temperature, pain or touch. Tingling in the breast can occur when nerves in the breast become damaged, leading to a "pins and needles" feeling that can eventually lead to numbness.

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Nose Cancer Signs

The nose contains cartilage and bone, with the sinus cavities lined with specialized cells that form a mucous membrane. Nose cancer, a form of head and neck cancer, arises from cells within the sinus cavity that begin to proliferate uncontrollably to form a tumor in and around the sinus cavity.

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