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Since times long past, Mistletoe was the wonderful pretext for covert admirers to grab a kiss with the ones they yearned for. However studies have indicated that mistletoe could not only light up Christmas excitement but also aid in combating bowel cancer that is observed to annually affect above thirty-seven thousand individuals in the United Kingdom alone. The study found that when the extract of the mistletoe were administered via jab form on a regular basis into the bloodstream of patients, they experienced lesser side-effects that often accompany toxic chemo and radiotherapy and have lengthier survival rates in comparison to those that were not given this injection. The mistletoe extract was believed to bolster the body’s immune system in combating tumours and hastening the discarding  [...]

Penile cancer treatment is dependent on several factors like the location and extent of the cancer, grading, whether or not metastasis has occurred and the person’s general health condition. Surgery is the main line of treatment for penile cancer along with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Penis preservation and reconstruction is possible in recent times due to latest operative techniques. Surgery The treatment of small-sized cancers located on the surface and not yet metastasized is done by removal of solely the malignant area and small extent of the adjoining area. The removal of the cancer is carried out with the assistance of conventional surgery employing laser or cryotherapy (an iced probe is used for freeze-killing the cancerous cells). In case only the foreskin has been affected,  [...]

Radiotherapy Radiotherapy is used for the treatment of the cancer by employing high-power energy rays for killing the cancer cells while causing negligible damage to the healthy cells. Radiotherapy for vulval cancer could be administered either externally or internally or a merger of the two ways. There are numerous means of administering radiotherapy for vulval cancer treatment. It could be done prior to surgery for attempting to shrivel the cancer and for making a smaller-scaled surgery possible. Radiotherapy could additionally be offered subsequent to surgery in case the cancer has not been totally eradicated or in case there is cancer present in the lymph nodes. Radiotherapy is prevalently employed for vulval cancer treatment that has recurred or metastasized. In case the cancer  [...]

Pros and Cons of Treatment Treatment could be offered for varying reasons and the apparent advantages would differ in each individual. In case the treatment is being given with the objective of curing the cancer, the decision on whether to undergo the treatment might not be that tricky. But, when the cure is not achievable and the treatment is for controlling the cancer for a span of time then it could get knotty reaching a decision on whether or not to undergo the treatment. In case one is undecided regarding the treatment when initially explicated, one could always request for additional time to make up one’s mind. The choice not to undergo the treatment is an individual decision and the staff could elucidate what could imminently occur in case one does not want to get treated. HIV  [...]

A prospective novel lung cancer drug has eradicated tumours in half the mice populace that were part of a study that has been printed in the 10th November edition of the Cancer Research journal. The drug halted the growth of lung cancer tumours and curbed their resistance to the treatment. The authors of the study at the Imperial College London are presently making preparations for taking the drug into its clinical trial phase for establishing if it could provide the much-needed hope to patients ailing from untreatable kind of lung cancer. One among five lung cancer individuals has small cell lung cancer and merely 3% of such individuals have life expectancy of 5 years. In this kind of lung cancer, the tumours have a swift proliferation rate hence it is seldom doable to surgically eradicate  [...]

Cancer Staging The staging of the cancer is the extent of cancer proliferation. When colon cancer gets diagnosed, the doctor would ascertain the stage in which it lies in order to decide the best course of treatment. The stages of colon cancer include: Stage 0 (Duke A stage) – The foremost stage wherein the cancer is restricted to the mucosa or inner lining of the colon or rectum – additionally known as carcinoma in situ. Stage I (Duke B stage) – When cancer has spread from the inner lining of the colon or rectum, but has still not reached past the rectum or colon wall. Stage II (Duke C stage) – The cancer has metastasized through or within the colon or rectum wall though not yet spread to the close by lymph nodes. Stage III (Duke D stage) – The cancer has spread to  [...]