3 What is prostate cancer?

To understand prostate cancer, it helps to know something about the prostate and nearby structures in the body. About the prostate The prostate is a gland found only in males. It is located in front of the rectum and below the urinary bladder. The size of the prostate varies with age. In younger men, it is about the size of a walnut, but it can be much larger in older men. The prostate's job is to make some of the fluid that protects and nourishes sperm cells in semen, making the semen more liquid. Just behind the prostate are glands called seminal vesicles that make most of the fluid for semen. The urethra, which is...

0 WHAT SIGNIFICANT EVENTS HAVE HAPPENED IN CANCER RESEARCH IN THE LAST 25 YEARS?

(1981). Many things have happened since then, of course, and everyone has their favorite list. But looking back, have several things, as listed below : 1. Cancer susceptibility genes. In 1981 we knew that familial clustering of some cancers occurred, for example, with colon cancer, but the genes involved in this hadn’t been determined. The APC, BRCA-1,BRCA-2, and p53 inherited mutations, forexample, were not known at that time. Research in this area has identified a number of genes involved in cancer susceptibility,andwithmoderncloningtechniques,more are identified every few months. 2. The techniques of modern molecular biology...

0 What are the most common types of childhood cancers?

The types of cancers that occur most often in children are different from those seen in adults. The most common cancers of children are: Leukemia Brain and other nervous system tumors Neuroblastoma Wilms tumor Lymphoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Retinoblastoma Bone cancer Other types of cancers are rare in children, but they do happen sometimes. In very rare cases, children may even develop cancers that are much more common in adults. Leukemia Leukemias are the most common childhood cancers. They account for about 34% of all cancers in children. The most common types in children are acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and acute myelogenous...

0 CANCER TYPES >>>

Adrenal Cortical Cancer Advanced Cancer Anal Cancer Aplastic Anemia Bile Duct Cancer Bladder Cancer Bone Cancer Bone Metastasis Brain/CNS Tumors In Adults Brain/CNS Tumors In Children Breast Cancer Breast Cancer In Men Cancer in Children Cancer of Unknown Primary Castleman Disease Cervical Cancer Colon/Rectum Cancer Endometrial Cancer Esophagus Cancer Ewing Family Of Tumors Eye Cancer Gallbladder Cancer Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Hodgkin Disease Kaposi Sarcoma Kidney Cancer Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer Leukemia - Acute Lymphocytic (ALL) in Adults Leukemia...

0 What is cancer?

What is cancer? Cancer begins when cells in a part of the body start to grow out of control. There are many kinds of cancer, but they all start because of out-of-control growth of abnormal cells. To learn more about how cancer forms and grows, see our document called ? Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. About one-half of all men and one-third of all women in the US will develop cancer during their lifetimes. Today, millions of people are living with cancer or have had cancer. Oldest descriptions of cancer Human beings have had cancer throughout recorded history. So it’s no surprise that from the...

0 Modern knowledge and cancer cause

Modern knowledge and cancer cause By the middle of the 20th century, scientists had the instruments they needed to work on some of the complex problems of chemistry and biology that remained unsolved. James Watson and Francis Crick, who received a Nobel Prize in 1962 for their work, had discovered the exact chemical structure of DNA, the basic material in genes. DNA was found to be the basis of the genetic code that gives orders to all cells. After learning how to translate this code, scientists were able to understand how genes worked and how they could be damaged by mutations (changes or mistakes in genes). These modern techniques of...