Stage 1The cancer cells are spreading to surrounding breast tissue, but the group of cancer cells or the tumor remains very small. It is usually easily treatable. Stage 2The cancer has begun to grow but it remains only in the breast or nearby lymph nodes. Treatment is not usually very dif...
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Most breast lumps are not cancer. But if you find a lump in your breast, see a doctor as soon as possible. Learn the causes of breast lumps, the types, and what you should do if you find one.
After birth, it is normal for a person’s vagina to appear wider than it did pre-birth. It might also look and feel bruised or swollen and you may experience vaginal dryness if you're breastfeeding. The swelling and openness usually subside in a few days.10 However, some people continue...
What is breast cancer?Breast cancer develops when cells in the breast grow out of control. Several types of breast cancer can develop, depending on which cells turn into cancer. Most breast cancers start in the tissue or ducts of the breast.What increases my risk for breast cancer?
Let’s look closer at what leukemia is and what you can expect in a leukemia rash to know when it’s time to seek medical help. Understanding Leukemia Leukemia is a type of cancer that often forms from the white blood cells within the body. Leukemia can either be fast-growing or slow-...
explains dr. gertraud maskarinec, a physician in preventive medicine and nutritional epidemiology at the university of hawai’i cancer center in honolulu. "avoiding obesity after menopause is really the best thing we can do." research has found that breast cancer patients with obesity are more ...
Breast cancer is one or more malignant tumors that develop in the breast cells. The cancer cells that form the tumor begin in the breast tissue and spread throughout the body. Although more common in women, men can contract the disease as well. Invasive, or infiltrating, ductal carcinoma; ...
One day, in the not too distant future, your doctor might prescribe you medication based on how quickly your body will process it, rather than relying on rough clues like your height and weight. In the same era, you might find out you have cancer -- but not justbreast cancerorprostate ...
Will a Chest X-Ray Show Lung Cancer? When diagnosing lung cancer, chest X-rays do not provide a definitive diagnosis of lung cancers at an early stage (when they are more treatable). Until the lung cancer shows up on a chest X-ray, the tumor is often too far advanced to be cured....