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--- Quote from: Romeesa Chan on July 15, 2011, 05:15:49 pm ---JazakAllah khair fer reading, sis <333
If yuh can . . . yuh can share it with others as well. :D
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wa jazaki <3
Sure will do inshAllah =D
Rvel Zahid:
Breast Cancer: The most common cancer in woman. every 9th woman unfortunately gets the disease in Pakistan.
Breast cancer is a tumour (a mass of abnormal tissue) within the breast tissue. The majority of breast cancers begin in the milk ducts (intraductal cancers) however a small number start in the milk sacs or lobes.
The sign and sympotms: In the majority of woman breast cancer is first noticed as a lump in the breast. There are however other signs and symptoms which are important:-
swelling of the upper arm
rash on the skin around breast tissue
a lump or thinckening inside the breast
dimpling or puckering of the skin on the breast
How common it is?
Among 200 types of cancers, breast cancer is the most common cancer in the woman of the world and in Pakistan. Men can also develop breast cancer as they have breast tissue as well but it is uncommon. The chances of breast cancer increases as woman grow older.
Who is at risk?
All woman are at risk of developing breast cancer. there are a number of factors that put some woman at greater risk. These are:-
Family histories of breast cancer- woman whose mothers, grandmothers, aunts or sisters have developed breast cancer.
Age chances of developing breast cancer increase.
It is important to remeber that if several risk factors are present it does not mean that breast cancer will develop for certain. it is also important to note that 75% of women who develop breast cancer have no risk factors at all.
Breast Cancer Myths
there are many myths about breast cancer. the following factors may help to clarify what you have read.
a blow to the breast will not cause it
breast cancer is not contagious
breast feeding does not cause or protect from breast cancer
Examination by a doctor:
In addition to self breast examination, every woman over 35 years old of age should ask her doctor for diagnose..
Mammography
Mammography is a very special x ray of the breast and gives mor einfromation about the lump..
to be continued......
reference Shaukat Khanam Hospital and Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation trust, London.
~ Miss Relina ~:
--- Quote from: Romeesa-Chan on July 15, 2011, 11:02:55 am ---~Cancer
*Can cancer be prevented?
Most clinicians and researchers are convinced that many cancers can either be prevented or the risk of developing cancers can be markedly reduced. Some of the methods are simple; others are relatively extreme, depending on an individual's view.
Prevention of cancer, by avoiding its potential causes, is the simplest method. [/color]
*The top five cancer-causing foods are:
1. Hot dogs
Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.
2. Processed meats and bacon
Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.
3. Doughnuts
Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.
4. French fries
Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer- causing acryl amides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams .
5. Chips, crackers, and cookies
All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.
Source: http://www.todaysten.com/2008/08/top-five-cancer-causing-foods.html
http://www.medicinenet.com/cancer/article.htm
(^Read more on it, please!)
Further reading:
http://www.naturalnews.com/cancer.html
http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/cancer/overview.html
http://www.cancersociety.com/cancer_information.html
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/default.htm
~ Prevention is better than cure ~
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Reading
that part makes me feel extremely sad
Can't imagine our lives without french fries ???
anyways , they're really useful thanks alto
Romeesa-Chan:
--- Quote from: ~ Miss Relina ~ on April 15, 2012, 10:24:17 am ---Reading
that part makes me feel extremely sad
Can't imagine our lives without french fries ???
anyways , they're really useful thanks alto
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It is hard (I'm a junk eater myself).
Thank you for reading. I seriously need to change my eating habit as well. :-[
Rvel Zahid:
NEW YORK: Doctors are too quick to recommend expensive genetic counseling or testing for ovarian cancer, but at the same time often fail to refer women at high risk for the disease, U.S. government researchers said.
Ovarian cancer isn’t very common – it strikes just one in 71 women, many of them elderly, whereas one in eight women get breast cancer. But because there aren’t any good screening tests for ovarian cancer, it’s usually not discovered until it’s too late.
But a survey of nearly 1,900 U.S. physicians, published in the journal Cancer, found that about 30 per cent said they’d refer women at average risk of the disease, although several guidelines discourage that. By contrast, as many as 60 per cent said they wouldn’t refer a woman at high risk, which guidelines do encourage.
“You would be over-testing a lot of women, spending a lot of resources and a lot of money,” said Jacqueline Miller at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who worked on the survey.
It’s also possible that there would be some false alarms as well, exposing women to unnecessary treatment and other harms, she added.
“For a lot of women, just going through the test creates a lot of anxiety,” she said.
A small per centage of women carry mutations in the BRCA 1 and 2 genes, which make them very likely to develop both breast and ovarian cancer. Myriad Genetics, a Salt Lake City-based company, charges $3,340 to test for BRCA 1 and 2 cancer-causing mutations – but told Reuters Health that patients usually only pay $100 out of pocket.
Given that just one in 300 or fewer women carry the mutations, testing those at average risk would put needless strain on the health care system, Miller added.
The survey was based on three fictional patient scenarios – one at average risk, one at medium risk and one at high risk.
The US Preventive Services Talk Force (USPSTF), a federally-supported expert panel, advises against routine counseling and testing for women who don’t have suspicious cases of cancer in their family, such as two close relatives with breast cancer, one of whom got it before age 50.
“High risk is a little bit complicated,” said Michael LeFevre of the USPSTF. “Physicians can’t be expected to carry all of these nuances around in their brain, but I think they should know what the triggers are.”
The survey suggested that doctors who were better at assessing risk were more likely to follow the guidelines. Yet even when they correctly put a woman in the average risk category, 22 per cent of doctors still referred her for counseling or testing.
“Physicians aren’t doing as good a job as we should at identifying people who should and should not be referred for counseling or testing,” said LeFevre.
For those women at high risk, getting genetic counseling and possibly testing may help them decide how they want to deal with that risk.
For instance, 57 per cent of women with BRCA 1 mutations get breast cancer by age 70, and 40 per cent get ovarian cancer.
Choosing to have the breast and ovaries removed, or taking certain medications, will cut that risk, said Miller.
The most important lesson from the new findings are to make sure that women at high risk are identified so they can get the right counseling, she added. But she said that women should never agree to get tested without knowing the reasons.
“You should have that conversation with your provider: why do you feel I’m at high risk? If a physician tells you you should get genetic counseling, you should understand why,” she added
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