231 articles on "cancer"

How Malpractice Cases Might Allege Metastatic Prostate Cancer Due To Holdup From Watchful Waiting

Physicians typically use two tests to screen male patients for prostate cancer. The thought is to diagnose the cancer early - before it has a chance to spread while treatment is likely to eliminate the cancer rather than wait until the cancer advance...

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Physician Pays $2.5 Million To Family Of Woman Who Died Of Colon Cancer After Her Diagnosis Was Delayed

It is estimated that less than one percent of those diagnosed with colon cancer are younger than 35. Yet, given the fact that colon cancer can be fatal physicians generally agree that the presence of rectal bleeding, even in a patient under 35, has t...

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W.H.O. gets cancer

W.H.O. gets cancer by: Simon Mitchell Below The World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) summarise what we know about cancer from scientific research: Cancer is largely preventable: by stopping smoking, providing healthy food and avoiding the exposure...

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Selenium May Help to Prevent Prostate Cancer

Selenium May Help to Prevent Prostate Cancer by: Jeremy Maddock According to a federally sponsored study, published by a Stanford University urologist, men with abnormally low levels of Selenium in their blood are four to five times more likely ...

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Individual With Metastatic Colon Cancer On Account of No Screening By Physician May Have A Claim

The second greatest number of cancer deaths is from colon cancer. Every year, approximately 48,000 people will die as a result of colon cancer. A large number of these deaths might be prevented with early diagnosis and treatment by routine colon canc...

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Doctor Misinterpret Mammogram And You Might Not Detect Woman"s Breast Cancer In Early Stages

Women routinely get mammograms and count on physicians to properly interpret the images and tell them whether or not they have cancer. Still, doctors in some cases misread mammograms. This can occur by them either not noticing an abnormality that is ...

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The Prostate - What You Really Need to Know

What is it? The prostate is basically a gland, located just below the bladder in men. It is not found in women. Its function is not wholly understood, but appears to be linked to human reproduction. It is about the size of a walnut in an adult, and ...

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Chemotherapy in the Philippines

When we search for 'chemotherapy' and other chemotherapy-related topic on search engines online, results are usually from Wikis and other websites that don't have the information we want to know, especially if one want to search for a ...

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$12,000,000 Jury Award For Woman When Doctors Delayed Diagnosis Of Her Breast Cancer

Among the key tools available to assist doctors in saving the lives of female patients is the mammogram, a test that checks for indications of possible cancer in the breast, letting doctors to identify the cancer in its early stages. Still, physician...

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Prevention Is Better Than Cure

Prevention Is Better Than Cure by: Shahana Yasmin How many of us have heard that statement yet do nothing to make it real. We wait to be told that we have some kind of illness or disease before we start looking after ourselves, I'm sure you...

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