Basal Cell Carcinoma is a very common type of skin disorders but is very dangerous also. Basal cell carcinomas enlarge slowly and steadily and can invade neighboring tissue, like the eye, but they usually do not spread to distant parts of the body (metastasize). Basal cell carcinomas are the result of sun damage to the skin.
Skin Cancer, malignancy in the skin, and the most common of all cancers. Every year more than a million Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer. The most common skin cancers are easily cured and are rarely life-threatening unless left untreated. Ultraviolet radiation (UV) from sunlight is the major cause of skin cancer. To prevent skin cancer, physicians recommend that people avoid exposing their skin to sunlight, especially when the sun is strongest—between 11 AM and 3 PM.
By: Oli Osorhan
Comediennes such as Gilda Radner and Madeline Kahn, Oscar-winning actresses like Loretta Young and Sandy Dennis, singers Laura Nyro and Dinah Shore, actor Pierce Brosnan’s wife Cassandra Harris, actress Jessica Tandy, former Connecticut governor Ella Grasso, and Martin Luther King’s wife Coretta Scott King all died of ovarian cancer. It’s not just celebrities, [...]
By: Riley Hendersen
Lung cancer is the most deadly of all cancers. It is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women, according to the American Cancer society (ACS). More people die of this than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. The ACS predicts that in 2007 there will be about 213,380 [...]
By: Brett Matthew West
With speculation among the medical community that an excess of 200,000 new cases will develop in 2010, the high incident rate of breast cancer makes it one of the most regularly detected forms of the disease, with a new diagnosis made every three minutes. Women, age 50 or older, are at the [...]
By: Oli Osorhan
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States for both women and men. This disease surpasses both breast and prostate cancer in mortality, second only to lung cancer in the number of cancer deaths. Despite the fact that it is highly preventable, it is estimated that [...]
By: Chantal Savinon-Soto
So, your client has cancer, and she’s experiencing skin and facial changes during treatment and she’s turned to you the professional makeup artist for help? This one’s for you.
As a makeup artist it is important to be sympathetic, and knowledgeable of what a cancer patient is going through. There are some things a [...]
By: Steven A Johnson
Colon cancer is very rare regions were peoples diet are mainly vegetables, and gain. It’s more common Western nations and the US where a large part of their diet is meat.
A diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains help prevent colon cancer. The American Cancer Society recommends at [...]
We can continue treating patients for cancer but what about those that that are just asking for it?
Participating in one or more cancer walks in your area is a great way to join the fight against cancer and have fun at the same time.
Prostate cancer occurs at a gland of the male reproductive system. This cancer may cause pain for the patient and at the same time can cause some inconvenience and difficulty in urinating and can be a reason as well for erectile dysfunction. This cancer develops the moment the cells on the prostate gland mutate and multiply out of control.
Early detection of kidney cancer is significant. As with most types of cancer, the earlier the tumor is revealed, the better a patient’s possibilities for survival. Tumors found out at an initial stage frequently react well to treatment.
