By Seth Jiang Stomach cancer is one of the most common types of the disease, and every year, death rates linked to it are increasing. Experts think that one of the biggest contributors to the rising death rate is the very indefinite symptoms associated with the disease. Since symptoms are very vague, many cases are often diagnosed too late, leading to delayed treatments. Thus, it is important for individuals to be aware of the symptoms of stomach cancer to facilitate timely treatment and increase the survival rate. Stomach Cancer Symptoms in Early Stages In the early stages, the most common symptoms include soreness of the upper abdomen, a burning sensation in the stomach, a sudden loss of weight, and an unexplained weakness. Soreness in the upper abdomen without any obvious cause develop in about 70% of patients. Patients tend to feel it most when they are quiet and relaxed. A vague aching pain characterized by a burning sensation in the stomach can also be a symptom. It is usually followed by abdominal distention and belching, especially after taking a meal. Some doctors may even mistakenly diagnose this as gastritis. Many patients also experience a reduced appetite, which can lead to a sudden loss of weight. Some patients may experience poor appetite without pain, making this one of the most elusive symptoms that patients tend to ignore. If the patient has been experiencing these symptoms without seeking treatment for them, they may eventually experience bleeding in the enteron, which will cause them to vomit blood or have black stool. At this point, patients usually become concerned and finally seek medical attention, but they will already have a significantly reduced chance of surviving. Stomach Cancer Symptoms in Late Stages As the disease progresses, the early symptoms also develop and become amplified, thus causing worse symptoms such as anemia, long-term upper abdomen pain, difficulty swallowing, regurgitation of food, gastric perforation, diarrhea, constipation, fever, and pain in the lower abdomen. The most dangerous symptom, however, is when it begins causing damage to internal organs that are adjacent to the stomach. These include the pancreas, the liver, the colon, and so on. The cancer sometimes also travels all the way to the lymph nodes around the stomach or in nearby areas such as in the left supraclavicular region. Once the lymph nodes are affected, the disease can spread more easily. Eventually, the patient may develop jaundice, inflammation of the liver, and necrosis of the stomach. The timely treatment of the disease can help improve patients' quality of life and can extend their life span. For early and accurate diagnosis, visit a specialized cancer hospital in China that has access to advanced and innovative treatments. As a specialized cancer hospital in China, Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou is equipped with the most advanced treatment techniques. The hospital is highly reputable for its accurate diagnosis and early treatment of stomach cancer. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Seth_Jiang Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/7216359

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by Alan Wighton

Conventional cancer treatments today are a search and destroy mission with little thought about the damage that's being done to the human body. There has always been other better ways to treat cancer which you won't be offered because they are not profitable. By reversing the reasons why it first appeared you are dealing with and correcting those reasons which will allow the body to heal itself.

It's important to find the reasons why a person develops cancer because the only genuine way to overcome it is to deal with these reasons and that will allow the body to remove it. Unfortunately our orthodox medical system focuses on the theory that cancer is caused by a foreign invader and believes it must be removed at any cost. If that was true then surgery would in most cases solve the problem and we all know that surgery is often of little help.

There are two other theories as to why cancer appears that are well known by many people and have a lot of merit. They are, the body is deficient in oxygen and also, the body's immune system is not functioning properly.

It is well known that cancer will occur whenever a normal body cell is denied 60 percent of its oxygen requirement and also that cancer cannot survive in an oxygenated environment. We also know that our immune system when it's functioning properly is our built in repair system and is supposed to identify rogue cells, and get rid of them.

There is no mystery to the modern disease of cancer. It is simply the way we are now living with our over processed foods, our sedentary lifestyle and the many toxic products we now use. Also it's important to realize that a cancer growth anywhere in the body is only a symptom. That is, it's a sign from the body that something is wrong and the only way to overcome it is to reverse the reasons why it first appeared. Doesn't that make sense?

What a person with cancer needs to do is to make sure it never spreads to another area because it's metastasize cancer or cancer that's shifted to another part of the body that kills people. It's essential to make these changes which will strengthen the immune system and that will make the body inhospitable to these foreign growths.

To reverse the condition that first caused these growths to appear you need to deal with the causes and our food we now eat is the main one. Today we are consuming a diet of mainly processed foods and the quality of this food has deteriorated due to the way it's been refined and processed. A healthy diet of fresh food is designed to improve nutrition and this will strengthen the immune system, allowing the body to heal.

Cancer cannot live in the presence of oxygen and a person can become deficient in oxygen by many ways. Long term exposure to air pollution such as tobacco smoke or industrial emissions, food that's been processed or over cooked, and the other obvious contributing factor is our lack of exercise. The easiest way to introduce oxygen into the body is to get some exercise everyday. You don't need to run a marathon; a good walk or a work out at a gym is fine.

We are surrounded by toxic products now days and we unwittingly use many of them on our bodies in the form of personal care products and believe they are safe to use. Some of the chemicals within these products are rapidly absorbed into our bloodstream because our skin is not a barrier but a permeable layer that absorbs anything that's applied to it. There is a statement which says if you can't eat it, don't put it on your skin.

Cancer is not caused by something beyond our control. It's our unnatural lifestyle with our over processed food which is creating the huge problem we now have. It's a battle that can be won but not by treating the cancer; it's by treating the person with the cancer.

Alan Wighton is an experienced natural therapist specializing in nutrition. If you are seeking information on how to fight cancer using simple changes with diet and lifestyle, visit my website and learn how the body can self heal when you make these changes; reversingcancer
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Alan Wighton has researched all aspects of cancer for many years and is the author of the book "Cancer, its Causes and its Cure." It was written to help people who had been diagnosed with cancer with facts about cancer they are not being told

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by Grant Jonson

The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) is responsible for determining any differences in cell growth, production and appearance within the human body and it is widely recognised that EGFR is an important factor in all forms of cancer treatment. Scientists have developed specialist tyrosine kinase inhibitors which form an important part of drugs used in the treatment of solid tumors that are commonly found in the breast, ovaries, colon, head and neck.EGFR mutations or differences are seen in around 10-15% of cancer patients and it is these patients that have been known to respond well to certain anti-EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors. So the purpose of conducting an EGFR mutation test is to find out, and identify, whether the cancer patient already has a mutation and ultimately to be able to select the best course of therapy for that patient's particular needs. Al that is needed for the EGFR test is a sample of tumor tissue.

An EGFR test may be done at the very outset of a patient's diagnosis or it may be given to a patient with cancer who is not responding to chemotherapy. An EGFR does not diagnose a condition but it gives doctors more information relating to the characteristics of the tumor, a patient's overall prognosis and what sort of treatment is likely to be the best option. It can can also be used to ascertain how aggressive the cancer is and whether or not it is likely to respond to chemotherapy.

Not all laboratories carry out EGFR tests and if your doctor has to send a sample to a reference laboratory then it can take a few weeks for the results to come back. We understand what an anxious time this can be and so we offer a testing service with a turn around time of between 5-7 days since we know that the earliest possible diagnosis and treatment lends itself to higher success results.
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By: Joseph Hernandez

In a number of situations colon cancers bleed. Under some circumstances, the blood may be visible in the stool. When the cancer is in the vicinity of the rectum, the blood could even surface as bright red. Even though the blood cannot be seen, the bleeding may still be detectible in other ways. As an example, the loss of blood might manifest as anemia. Blood tests might disclose internal blood loss that could be from a tumor in the colon. The main blood test results to check are the hemoglobin, hematocrit, and Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) levels. Levels below the normal range may suggest blood loss and iron deficiency anemia. When a patient presents with levels that are low for these tests physicians generally acknowledge that there ought to be follow up to find out the explanation for the blood loss, including the chance of cancer of the colon.Look at the case of a 64 year old male patient whose blood tests showed all of the above. The following year, the individual's blood work revealed a worsening of the individual's problem. Additionally, the man’s stools were discovered to be positive for blood. Yet, doing no additional testing, the person's physician wrote a diagnosis of hemorrhoids into the man’s chart. Furthermore, the person's PSA level (a test that is used to screen males for prostate cancer) was a 10.3 (a level above a 4.0 is usually viewed as high and worrisome for prostate cancer). The physician made no entry in the person's chart to indicate an having examined the prostate gland. The doctor failed to inform the patient about the high PSA levels and failed to refer the individual to a specialist.

Approximately 2 years after the patient went to a different doctor. Due to the man’s age this doctor had him undergo a barium enema. The result: a diagnosis of advanced colon cancer. The patient died of metastatic colon cancer not even 3 years following his diagnosis. The man’s family initiated a claim against the doctor who dismissed the patient’s abnormally low blood test results and overlooked the presence of blood in the man’s stool. The law firm that represented the family was able to report that it settled for $1.25 million.

Blood tests are done for a reason. Abnormal test outcomes are indicators that something might be wrong, perhaps dangerously wrong with the patient and call for follow up. At times follow up means repeating the blood test within a short amount of time to see whether the levels return to normal. However, if the levels are sufficiently above or below normal levels or keep getting worse, doctors normally agree that this raises the importance of ordering appropriate other tests to find out the reason behind those levels. Physicians also usually acknowledge that blood in the stool of an adult patient mandates immediate attention to rule out colon cancer as the cause. A colonoscopy is regularly used to look at the entire colon and either find or exclude the existence of any tumors. This physician did none of this.

Despite the fact that most cases that settle do so with no admission of liability by defendants it makes sense that the law firm that worked on this case was able to report such a substantial settlement.

Joseph Hernandez is an Attorney accepting medical malpractice cases and wrongful death cases. You can learn more about cases involving coloncancer and other cancer matters including prostatecancer by visiting the website

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By: Thomas Strickland

Throughout time, whenever people start talking about baldness, they almost always focus on the threat to self-esteem. Most cultures have decided that men who lose their hair early are somehow worthy of mockery. Inevitably, this has put pressure on men to avoid or hide the problem. In reality, the poor quality of many wigs and toupées signalled the wearer’s embarrassment and aggravated the social difficulties. In turn, this opened up a market to the unscrupulous to sell magic remedies. We still celebrate this time in our history by retaining the idea of "snake oil" and "elixirs" from the Traveling Medicine Shows. But the results in a recent study published in Cancer Epidemiology may be a sign that men who lose their hair early are the lucky ones. Instead of despair as their hair recedes, they should be celebrating the news their risk of prostate cancer is halving.The study involved some two thousand men in their forties, half of whom had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. In reviewing their medical histories, the researchers noted that men whose hair began thinning in their twenties were the least likely to develop a growth in the prostate (whether cancerous or benign). In publishing these results, a clear distinction must be made between the natural thinning and loss of hair that affects all men as they age, and male pattern baldness which characteristically affects younger men. The reduction in the risk of cancer benefits those who lose their hair prematurely. The researchers speculate this is a consequence of the changing level of testosterone in those who go bald. The higher the level of hormone, the more the body produces dihydrotestosterone (DHT). With more DHT in the bloodstream, the hair follicles shrink. This thins the hair and slows the rate at which hair is replaced as it is shed. But, higher levels of testosterone seem to lower the risk of a growth.

There are two points of interest in this story. The first is the presence of contrary research evidence showing a higher risk of cancer among the prematurely bald. Unfortunately, male pattern baldness and prostate cancer have the same triggering cause and both develop as men age. There needs to be further research to distinguish the cause and effect of both conditions. Put simply, asking men to remember when they began losing their hair is not very reliable scientific evidence. Secondly, propecia, the drug now shown as effective in treating male pattern baldness because it prevents the conversion of testosterone to DHT, was originally developed as a treatment for benign growths in the prostate. It is somewhat ironic to see modern research treading the same path that led to the FDA expanding the use of propecia from prostate growths to a treatment for male pattern baldness. So where does this leave us? As it stands, this latest research is on its own and contradicted by earlier work. It has a doubtful scientific method and a relatively small number of participants. Before we can celebrate early balding, we need a better designed research program with a significantly larger number of men involved. Only if these new findings are confirmed can men with male pattern baldness feel better about their hair loss. Until then, all they have to rely on is the ever reliable propecia — so long as you start early enough, it slows hair loss and can prompt some regrowth.

Want to see what Thomas Strickland has to say on other topics? With years of experience Thomas Strickland is a constant writer for http://www.helpforhairloss.net/articles/good-idea.html and you can see all his contributions on that site.

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By: Samuel Peterson

Cancer statistics shows that four out of every ten Americans are diagnosed with cancer and unfortunately every two of every ten die of the disease. Still there are some precautions by which cancer can be reduced in the life. Important thing which all the physicians recommend is that to check the lifestyle to make a superior difference in life. Managing lifestyle by avoid smoking, reduced drinking, control over the weight, exercising and always ensure to eat healthy.Whereas according to a new report from the President's Cancer Panel, there is surprising news that environmental toxin also plays a very significant role in causing cancer called as “grievous harm” which is even unknown to number of people. An another research shows that infant are born “pre-polluted” with more than 200 industrial chemicals, pesticides and contaminants which are creating enough to cause cancer before the pre-mature stage even the water forms the major reason towards causing cancer.

From the year 2004 there are continuous testing done on water and it has been found that about 315 pollutants are available in tap water. The analysis was supported and done on drinking water quality of almost about 21 million records obtained from different states. These detected chemicals available in water are affecting health of people. Whereas the federal government is unable to frame health guidelines for prevention of water contaminated diseases. 49 of these contaminants have been found at different levels which are above the prevailing health guidelines. The government is still unable to form the standard guidelines since year 2001.

The water utilities have increased by 19 times more then what it used to be in the earlier water treatments. As the federal government investment lies in protecting lakes, rivers from contamination on the utmost priority. Based on current assessment, the federal government should look forward to the responsibility to do a national evaluation of drinking water quality for health management by establishing new safety standards through setting priorities guidelines and encouraging the pollution prevention projects by making the public aware of the full range of pollutants in the water.

The tap water across the United State is contaminated with many hard industrial chemicals and millions of Americans are drinking low level mixtures of pharmaceuticals with every glass of water. These are not only issues harming health of adults but concern the increasing risk factor for infants and to people who are weak. Drug residues contaminate drinking water supplies when the body absorbed a lot whereas pushes only some. Drinking water treatment plants are not 100% designed to check/remove these chemical residues.

The agencies working towards health reported that drinking water supplies are unregulated in the tap water. Government has failed to set a strong standard for pharmaceuticals but have also have failed to maintain the require utilities level to test the contamination ratios. The another shocking fact is that the drug residues in tap water have hundreds of other synthetic chemicals to which people are exposed daily leading to contaminants in food and other eatables. These pollutants are increasing the ratio of cancer showing picture that if this contamination is not given tight knot will increase survival risk to the greatest extent.

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