One of the most common side effects and issues after cancer diagnosis and treatment is nausea and vomiting. There are many reasons that can make a person nauseous in varying degrees of severity. Nausea is not solely linked to cancer, and cancer is not solely linked to nausea. Hyperemesis Gravidarum is a severe nausea and…
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Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that originates in a type of white blood cell called the plasma cell. Plasma cells help your body fight infections by making antibodies that are made to recognize and attack germs. Multiple myeloma causes cancer cells to accumulate in the bone marrow, where they suffocate out the healthy…
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Each year, the month of May is dedicated to Melanoma awareness. This includes the special day titled, Melanoma Monday, which occurs on the first Monday of the month and is geared towards the education and empowerment of sharing facts about melanoma. Melanoma is one of the deadliest types of skin cancer affecting populations across the…
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Obesity is a condition in which the body has an unhealthy amount and poor distribution of body fat. Obesity can affect every aspect of everyday life for anyone from their daily diet, activity levels, medical issues, and numerous challenges due to their physical body mass and size. According to a study conducted by the Centers…
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The American Cancer Society estimated that nearly two million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2020. In studies done to determine the cancer risk to those individuals with down syndrome and what cancer they could get, facts prove that those with Down Syndrome are highly protected from many of the solid tumor cancers.…
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Eye cancer, or retinoblastoma, can occur in various places in the eyeball, thus giving it a variety of technical names. Cancer of the eye itself is rather uncommon, but it is more common to experience cancer of the specific areas within the eye, like the retina or eyelid. The following information is general information about…
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The side effects of cancer treatment are traumatic for any patient, and most all those patients who undergo chemotherapy treatment report that “chemo brain” is a very prevalent and annoying side effect they deal with. Other issues those patients on chemotherapy face are decreased neurocognitive function, fatigue, and social issues. Because chemotherapy is toxic to…
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Androgen Deprivation Therapy, or ADT, is a therapy used to treat prostate cancer. Prostate cancer cannot thrive or grow without androgens, which include testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormones, and luteinizing hormones. This hormone therapy works to decrease the number of androgens within a male’s body, which thusly slows the growth of the cancer, and in some cases,…
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