Cervical Cancer Advice

What is Cancer?

April 9, 2008

Cervical Cancer Advice!

What is cancer?
In very simple terms cancer is uncontrolled cell growth.
Although there are many kinds of cancer affecting different organs in the body, they all are caused by uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.
In a healthy individual cells grow, divide, and die in a highly regulated fashion. During childhood, healthy cells grow and divide [...]

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About HPV

April 8, 2008

What is HPV?
The Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is the most common family of viruses. HPV is also the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world today. Chances are you will contract some form of the HPV virus in your lifetime and not have any signs or symptoms. In fact, chances are you will have [...]

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DNA Building Block Could Be New Cancer Key

April 4, 2008

DNA Building Block Creation Seen In Living Cells:
Could Be Key To New Cancer Treatments
ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2008) — Penn State scientists are the first to observe in living cells a key step in the creation of adenine and guanine, two of the four building blocks that comprise DNA. Also called purines, the two building blocks [...]

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You Are Your Own Best Advocate

March 23, 2008

You are your own best advocate for proper health care and medical treatment

by Laila Yuile http://lailayuile.wordpress.com/
Every time I read an article on the breast cancer disaster back east, I cringe. It’s so sad,so tragic.
You have cancer. You don’t have cancer. You don’t have the right kind of cancer. I’m sorry, we’ve made a mistake, you do [...]

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Cancer Diagnosis Hits Home

March 23, 2008

by Laila Yuile http://lailayuile.wordpress.com
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake appeared with visibly swollen and teary eyes on the sports news last night, as he talked about his recent diagnosis with a rare form of leukemia. The look in his eyes , and what he must be feeling right now really hit home for me, and brought me [...]

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Weakness Found in the Virus Responsible for Cervical Cancer

March 22, 2008

ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2008)
The virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer has a serious weakness which may provide hope for new treatments for the disease.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a virus which causes several types of cancer but is particularly associated with cervical cancer, has developed clever ways of hiding in the body, but researchers at [...]

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About HPV

March 18, 2008

Types of HPV
There are over 100 types of HPV but only about 30 of those are transferred through sexual or skin to skin contact of the genitals and anus. Some of these 30 HPV types are considered low risk and can cause genital warts. The others in this group of 30 may cause dysplasia and [...]

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Pap Smear Not Perfect and Not Used Enough

March 16, 2008

The Papanicolaou test, shortened to Pap, is a test in which the doctor scrapes cells from the cervix using a small spatula and brush. These cells are then reviewed under a microscope for dysplasia or abnormal and pre-cancerous changes.
The Pap test has been around for 50 years and has been a great advance in cervical cancer [...]

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DNA Protein May Hold Key to Stop Spread of Cancer

March 14, 2008

From an article By JOHN COOK
P-I REPORTER
This article is significant because it shows that researchers may soon develop a way to prevent the spread of cancer.Recodagen was founded by J. Suzanne Lindsey, a former professor in the department of pharmaceutical sciences at WSU. It is among dozens of startup companies attempting to develop new cancer [...]

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Oral Cancer May be Treated with Extracts From Plants

March 13, 2008

by David Gutierrez(NaturalNews) Proanthocyanidins from grapeseed extract may hamper the growth of oral cancer cells, according to a recent study published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Proanthocyanidins are chemicals in the flavonoid family, naturally occurring in the seeds and skins of grapes (including red wine), pine bark, green and black tea, and berries [...]

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A Protein that Makes Cancer Spread

March 13, 2008

by Anna Petherick
Published online 12 March 2008 Nature doi:10.1038/news.2008.667
Will it spread?
One protein controls the expression of many genes that dictate whether breast cancer will metastasize.
A protein that determines whether breast cancer will spread and become deadly has been found.Researchers say that the protein, which is found inside the nuclei of cells, would be difficult [...]

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