Home
Get updates
Cancer
Total questions 12800
Compared to other types of cancer how fast does ovarian cancer progress and spread?
for more info visit www.cancerinform.50webs.com
Popularity: 198 • Tools: Recategorize
What does milk contain that may be helpful to cancer?
milk contains the substance called IGF-1 which can be helpful to cancer suffers. You are more than likely referring to IGF-1,...
Popularity: 173 • Tools: Recategorize
How do you find information on the symptoms of a brain tumour?
Symptoms of a brain tumor really depend on the location of brain tissue the tumor directly presses on or invades. These symptoms...
Popularity: 166 • Tools: Recategorize
Should you be worried if you've had a small hard lump on the wall of your mouth at the front bottom for a couple of months?
I have the exact same thing.The ENT Dr. told me that it is a "torus mandibular".(It is part of the jaw bone)and nothing to worry...
Popularity: 161 • Tools: Recategorize
Should one be concerned with a soft tissue lump in the upper shoulder?
Since you didn't specify in what area of the shoulder, I can only speak from my experience with a lump above the collar bone. As...
Popularity: 159 • Tools: Recategorize
How hard is it to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages if you are not specifically checked or tested for it?
My mother just passed away with ovarian cancer and I believe it is extremely difficult to detect in its early stages. The most...
Popularity: 156 • Tools: Recategorize
Is a lump below your ear that lances cancerous?
unlikely, more likely to be a cyst, or tracking from a benign problem such as a pleomorphic adenoma. See your GP and get some...
Popularity: 155 • Tools: Recategorize
Is gangrene swelling and decay of the feet and lower legs common or normal in a woman with brain cancer?
It sounds to me like the later part of stage 2 of three full stages. Usually, this is a warning that spinal fluid is being...
Popularity: 148 • Tools: Recategorize
Is Hospice only for people who are terminally ill who have no hope left?
Not necessarily. Hospice and Palliative care are somewhat entwined. Someone with a possibly terminal illness, can benefit from...
Popularity: 145 • Tools: Recategorize
How common is ovarian cancer?
I've found conflicting information on this subject. One source I found (I'm sorry I don't remember where I found the...
Popularity: 143 • Tools: Recategorize
Could giddiness pins-and-needles jumbled thoughts an urgent need for a bowel movement and feeling sick all be linked to a brain tumour?
Hi Julie, well to answer this question with out some proper tests is difficult, so get yourself of to the doctors and get some...
Popularity: 143 • Tools: Recategorize
What are some problems and their solutions after radical cystectomy?
After a radical cystectomy, the number one question is reconstruction and what kind one might consider. Some patients are better...
Popularity: 143 • Tools: Recategorize
If a person has terminal cancer of the lungs and it is now in her bloodstream should she be concerned by a soft knot on the back of her head?
I would say it is something she should talk to her doctor about right away. They will tell her if she should be concerned or...
Popularity: 141 • Tools: Recategorize
What does it mean if you have a couple of areas on the back of your head that are painful when touched and one of them is a small hard bump?
Did you fall and bump your head? Or get hit with something in the head? If you didn't bump or hit your head or get hit in the...
Popularity: 137 • Tools: Recategorize
If a doctor says surgery has successfully removed all cancerous growths why then would a patient receive Hospice care?
Hospice care is also associated with Palliative care. Which is a term used to describe the alleviation of severity of symptoms,...
Popularity: 134 • Tools: Recategorize
Is it possible for a smoker to have a non cancerous tumor?
Yes. I too unfortunately am a smoker. Smokers have been blamed from everything from the boil on one's butt to the mystery of...
Popularity: 133 • Tools: Recategorize
If you have one undescended testicle which of your two testes is more likely to develop cancer?
For people with one undescended testicle who develop cancer, the undescended testicle is the one that has the cancer 80% of the...
Popularity: 133 • Tools: Recategorize
What causes lung cancer other than smoking?
While smoking is the most common cause, there are others as well. Chemicals in cigarette smoke cause the cilia in the lungs and...
Popularity: 131 • Tools: Recategorize
What is a pituitary tumor?
A pituitary tumor is a build up fluid or tissue that attaches to the pituitary gland .I have a 2mm. it has been there a couple of...
Popularity: 130 • Tools: Recategorize
If your wife's judgement is often impaired by brain cancer how do you convince her to not do anything dangerous or irrational?
I am sorry to say that there isn't much you can do at this point. Please keep in close contact with your doctor and perhaps...
Popularity: 129 • Tools: Recategorize
Do hereditary factors increase the chance of getting cancer?
Yes, having past family members (parents and grandparents) who have died from cancer, increases the chances that you will also...
Popularity: 128 • Tools: Recategorize
Who should you go see about a lump about 5 inches from your neck in the middle of your back that doesn't move?
You should probably start with your family doctor he will send you where you need to go. More than likely it is probably just an...
Popularity: 128 • Tools: Recategorize
What are growth warts?
I did a quick check and I don't think there is such a thing. A wart is a type of "growth", which is just something that grows....
Popularity: 125 • Tools: Recategorize
If cancer hates oxygen why does it seem to spread once an operation begins?
Cancer does NOT spread during an operation, it spreads afterwards because major operations lower the oxygen in your body. Cancer...
Popularity: 125 • Tools: Recategorize
How many people in the US die each year from lung cancer?
According to the American Cancer Society and the CDC, approximately 163,500 people are expected to die of lung cancer in the USA...
Popularity: 123 • Tools: Recategorize
What are the symptoms of colorectal cancer?
The symptoms can range from having no symptoms at all to having bleeding from the rectum to having abdominal or pelvic pain....
Popularity: 120 • Tools: Recategorize
How long does it take to determine whether a lymph node has cancer or not?
In my case, it took about a week. It was reviewed after the biopsy by my local hospital pathologist and then sent to Stanford...
Popularity: 119 • Tools: Recategorize
How can you prevent cancer as a teenager to make sure you live a healthier life?
A wise person said "medicine can treat an illness but nutrition maintains your health". There is no "quick fix" to prevent cancer...
Popularity: 118 • Tools: Recategorize
Can you develop ovarian cancer before you start your periods?
Yes Your ovaries grow along with the rest of your body. In older women they don't grow, the cells replace themselves. Some cells...
Popularity: 114 • Tools: Recategorize
Is there a cure for cancer?
As of now, there is no definite and completely reliable cure, but there are treatments that can help some (but not all) people to...
Popularity: 112 • Tools: Recategorize
Should you be concerned about a lump on the back of the neck where it meets the spine?
If the lump wasn't there before, yes you should be concerned. It may be nothing. It may be a cyst, or it may be something more...
Popularity: 111 • Tools: Recategorize
What is the chance of recovery from leukemia?
Leukemia is one of the forms of Cancer that is experiencing some amazing breakthroughs. Your chances of recovery depend greatly...
Popularity: 104 • Tools: Recategorize
What does a white blood cell count mean in someone with leukemia if the normal range is meant to be 7000?
A white blood cell count (WBC, or WBC Count) is used to determine the stage and/or type of cancer (usually Leukemia) that is...
Popularity: 98 • Tools: Recategorize
If you have terminal colon cancer and the oncologist says your numbers were 9 four months ago and now they are 130 what is he referring to if you know this is not a good sign?
My mother in law has terminal colon cancer and they do a CEA test that tells us if the cancer cells are growing or slowing down,...
Popularity: 94 • Tools: Recategorize
How do you know if you have cancer if you know it's caused by stress and depression and you are really depressed and stressed?
Cancer is not caused by depression and stress. No one knows exactly what causes cancer cells to 'turn on'. Depression and...
Popularity: 94 • Tools: Recategorize
What is a Wilms Tumor?
Wilms tumor is a neoplasm of the kidneys that typically occurs in children. It is eponymously named after Dr Max Wilms, a German...
Popularity: 92 • Tools: Recategorize
Do you have any recourse if you were terminated because your dad had cancer and you had to take care of him two days a week?
Not if the job you were hired to do requires you to be there a certain number of hours per week that you cannot work because you...
Popularity: 91 • Tools: Recategorize
What is the treatment for Rituxan for non-Hodgkins lymphoma?
I think no,you shoud see this link http://www.lymphomation.org/symptoms.htm
Popularity: 87 • Tools: Recategorize
If a person has intestinal cancer and they can't get their weight up to start chemotherapy what challenges could they face?
Chemo is long and tiring and physically hard on the body. You need to make sure you are in the best possible weight before you...
Popularity: 86 • Tools: Recategorize
Why can't a mammogram and an ultrasound detect a lump in your breast?
Because it may not be composed of tissue that shows on an X-ray or reflects ultrasound. I found a lump in my breast after...
Popularity: 86 • Tools: Recategorize
What are symptoms of cancer?
There are lots of different cancers each with there own symptoms. It would be impossible to name every symptom for all of the...
Popularity: 85 • Tools: Recategorize
What can a patient with terminal lung cancer expect when they have only a couple more months to live?
That is an issue that the patient should discuss with their oncologist and/or attending physician. One might wish to consider...
Popularity: 85 • Tools: Recategorize
What does it mean to have terminal lung cancer?
It means that it won't get better, it will only get worse. You either have to get a lung transplant, or die. NO! Lung...
Popularity: 82 • Tools: Recategorize
Are there ways to prevent cancer?
Yes, it's believed that quitting smoking, eating a healthy, whole foods diet, losing wieght and regular exercise can help...
Popularity: 81 • Tools: Recategorize
What is emphysema?
A pathological diagnosis defined as the permanent destructive enlargement of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles,...
Popularity: 80 • Tools: Recategorize
What is the new medication for cancer?
There are new medications for various forms of cancer, you cnnot generalise. There has been a recent discovery in Japan that a...
Popularity: 79 • Tools: Recategorize
Can ultrasounds tell if something is a fluid-filled cyst?
Yes. Ultrasound is good at detecting and identifying fluid filled sacs such as cysts.
Popularity: 77 • Tools: Recategorize
What could be wrong if you have two bumps on your head and one on your back close to your shoulder and they feel hard and hurt when you touch them?
See a doctor immediately.
Popularity: 77 • Tools: Recategorize
Are all tumors cancerous?
No. Some are benign, which means they probably should be removed but also means they are not yet cancerous. If you think you have...
Popularity: 77 • Tools: Recategorize
What are treatment options for small cell lung cancer?
TREATMENT OPTION OVERVIEW How small cell lung cancer is treated There are treatments for all patients with small cell lung...
Popularity: 76 • Tools: Recategorize
Is terminal cancer hereditary?
I find it very important to address this question as well as the previous answer in order to keep this site as a reputable...
Popularity: 75 • Tools: Recategorize
How can you get a doctor to give free nose surgery on your sister's cancerous nose?
The website Cancer Info.Network has a listing of financial resources and agencies that can assist in obtaining treatment for...
Popularity: 73 • Tools: Recategorize
What is wrong if you have a lump in your right breast and could it have been caused by your husband's harsh bite?
It is possible that the lump is caused from the trauma from the bite. It is kind of like a bruise but the blood pools into one...
Popularity: 72 • Tools: Recategorize
Can a medical insurance company drop coverage in the middle of chemotherapy treatment for cancer?
No, is there something else going on, like not paying your premiums? Are they cancelling EVERYONE in your state? Did your...
Popularity: 71 • Tools: Recategorize
What else can be done if you have a lump in your left breast but it doesn't show up on a mammogram or ultrasound?
First of all does it cause pain? Do you drink a lot of drinks with caffiene? Have they suggested needle biopsy? If you drink a...
Popularity: 71 • Tools: Recategorize
Is there scientific evidence that proves for every cigarette you smoke a minute is taken off of your life?
From and unpoliticized and medical researcher's view, no, there is no direct proof in a study, this figure is based on averages. ...
Popularity: 71 • Tools: Recategorize
What could a painful bump be behind the right ear?
The likelihood of it being skin cancer is low. However, you should have it looked at. Some people get little hard cysts (not...
Popularity: 71 • Tools: Recategorize
Can a teenager get stomach cancer?
Yes, unfortunately it is possible though highly unlikely for a teenager to get stomach cancer. I knew 2 people who had stomach...
Popularity: 71 • Tools: Recategorize
What is the diagnosis for a patient who has knots on the back of their neck after completing chemo and radiation therapy for tonsil cancer?
This is quite common and usually a side effect of the radiation therapy. Please see your Oncologist and discuss this with them...
Popularity: 71 • Tools: Recategorize
Is cancer hereditary?
A hereditary disease is a disease caused by an abnormality in an individual's DNA which is inherited genetically. Although cancer...
Popularity: 69 • Tools: Recategorize
What is the life expectancy for your 89-year-old father who has two cancerous brain tumors?
The doctor that diagnosed your dad would know.
Popularity: 68 • Tools: Recategorize
Can Acute Myeloid Leukemia cause or be linked to Cardiac Arrest in a 7-year-old boy?
Yes, unfortunately occasionally it progresses very quickly and can casue cardiac arrest.
Popularity: 67 • Tools: Recategorize
If your father has colon cancer that he has opted not to treat what does it mean if he is experiencing a lot of blood in his bowel movements?
You have already answer your own question. Your father has opted not to treat his cancer. This is hard to say! but your dads...
Popularity: 66 • Tools: Recategorize
How do you deal with a narcissistic mother who has cancer?
With love and respect. She has cancer. You need to get past everything else. I doubt your mother is narcassistic, but fighting...
Popularity: 65 • Tools: Recategorize
What are the symptoms of lymphoma?
Click on the related link below for the answer.
Popularity: 65 • Tools: Recategorize
What could a quarter-sized lump be at the center top of your ribs?
It could be a growth, so consult a doctor about it without delay.
Popularity: 62 • Tools: Recategorize
Is a Pap Smear a good tool for general cancer detection or is it only specific to cervical cancer?
Typically it's only for cevical cancer.
Popularity: 62 • Tools: Recategorize
Where do cancerous lumps usually form?
They can occur anywhere, but most commonly in the breast, the thyroid, and wherever you have lymph glands (groin, arm pit,...
Popularity: 62 • Tools: Recategorize
What does having a white blood cell count of 41000 mean in a 65-year-old male especially if doctors are questioning leukemia?
Any illness with a significant raised WCC (white blood cell count) especially at an abnormal level like this, with other symptoms...
Popularity: 57 • Tools: Recategorize
Does dietary fiber reduce the risk of cancer?
I know that I ate a very high fibre diet most of my life but was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, so I would say no to your...
Popularity: 56 • Tools: Recategorize
Where do oncologists do their work?
AT THEIR OFFICES OR AN ONCOLOGY UNIT AT YOUR LOCAL HOSPITAL.
Popularity: 55 • Tools: Recategorize
What slows the growth of anaplastic thyroid cancer?
You need an alkaline body, full of oxygen, and nutrients, which is also low in toxins. Combine the Budwig Diet with hydrogen...
Popularity: 50 • Tools: Recategorize
What causes pancreatic cancer?
Most pancreatic tumors originate in the duct cells or in the cells that produce digestive enzymes (acinar cells). These tumors...
Popularity: 49 • Tools: Recategorize
Can women get cervical cancer from their partner's uncircumcised penis?
Yes, it is possible: It has been brought to my attention that while an uncircumcised penis is not the primary 'cause' of...
Popularity: 46 • Tools: Recategorize
Is there conclusive evidence that exposure to second-hand smoke causes heart disease or cancer?
There is absolutely no proven evidence that cigarette smoking alone causes cancer or that secondhand smoke causes cancer. There...
Popularity: 43 • Tools: Recategorize
Is there any link between plastic surgery or liposuction and cancer?
There is only a link to cancer re defective breast implants (if they leak or rupture), but doctors are still arguing over this...
Popularity: 40 • Tools: Recategorize
What kind of brain tumor is more likely to be fatal one that metastasize from another area of the body or one that has grown from the brain?
A glioblastoma multiforma tumor ("glioblastoma") is the fastest spreading cancer of the brain and is also the most deadly. As its...
Popularity: 39 • Tools: Recategorize
What is a knot at the base of your skull close to the right ear that is hard and could it be cancer?
It very well could be a tumor, but it could also be anything else! Anything close enough to my head that could be dangerous, I'm...
Popularity: 38 • Tools: Recategorize
How do you deal with a narcissist who is dying of cancer?
Just be there for them. There goes that word again "Narcissist" and it's often unfair to label some people in this way. A...
Popularity: 37 • Tools: Recategorize
Can biting your tongue cause tongue cancer?
No, it cannot. Well I have the same problem to, I have biting my lip, i have no idea why but now i have a Cold Sore and its...
Popularity: 35 • Tools: Recategorize
What could a knot behind your left ear be that has been there for as long as you can remember but it doesn't hurt and could it be thyroid cancer?
Thyroid cancer is in the neck. The knot behind your ear is probably part of your head. If you have had it awhile, and it hasn't...
Popularity: 34 • Tools: Recategorize
Can asthma and allergies be related to cancer?
This depends on the type of allergies and the type of cancer, but usually not. Ask a doctor about it, anyway.
Popularity: 34 • Tools: Recategorize
Do Chinese antiviral herbs help treat cancer?
No. They don't treat viruses either, with a few minor exceptions. And, those exceptions require some processing to access the...
Popularity: 34 • Tools: Recategorize
Is spindle cell sarcoma benign or malignant?
Malignant
Popularity: 34 • Tools: Recategorize
Can some cancers cause a false positive pregnancy test?
No. Pregnancy tests are looking for a hormone in your blood and urine that is only present when you are pregnant. Some...
Popularity: 33 • Tools: Recategorize
How long should a person take a steroid?
Steroids are used to reduce inflammation in the brain after surgery. You should take them as long as your doctor prescribed them....
Popularity: 32 • Tools: Recategorize
What are the signs of throat cancer?
Lumps or tangible masses are usually the first symptom.
Popularity: 32 • Tools: Recategorize
How many people have leukemia?
5is it dangerous to have an aboriton for people with leukimia ?
Popularity: 31 • Tools: Recategorize
How long can you survive with lung cancer?
It varies from person to person and also depends on what stage you are in. Just allow the changes to happen. And take all stpes...
Popularity: 31 • Tools: Recategorize
Is light but continual vaginal bleeding for about two weeks a symptom of cancer?
I would go see a doctor straight away there find out what the problem is
Popularity: 30 • Tools: Recategorize
What do pediatric oncologists do?
An oncologist treats cancer patients. Pediatrics is children's medicine. A pediatric oncologist would treat children who have...
Popularity: 30 • Tools: Recategorize
What are some preliminary signs of lung cancer?
Tightness in chest; hard to breath; constant sore throat; constant wheezing; lossing your voice off and on; pain just below...
Popularity: 30 • Tools: Recategorize
What is chemo brain?
It's an expression used for the rather foggy response of the brain due to the effects of chemotherapy. It wears off after the...
Popularity: 30 • Tools: Recategorize
What is surgical emphysema?
air trapped in the tissues following an invasive procedure
Popularity: 30 • Tools: Recategorize
What is name of the older drug that a Canadian professor recently spoke about that might be a cure for some types of cancer?
There's a hitch: dichloroacetate is an old drug and so cannot be patented. The upshot is that pharmaceutical companies can’t stop...
Popularity: 29 • Tools: Recategorize
Why does a person lose their hair during chemotherapy treatment?
Chemotherapy involves injecting chemicals that destroy cells. The idea is that the cancerous cells are weaker and will be...
Popularity: 29 • Tools: Recategorize
Is inflammatory breast cancer 'IBC' the most aggressive type of breast cancer?
Because inflammatory breast cancer usually doesn't present itself with a lump, and has a peculiar growth pattern, its symptoms...
Popularity: 29 • Tools: Recategorize
What is mycotiberculosis?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of TB
Popularity: 29 • Tools: Recategorize
Where is the best geographical location for an oncologist?
That would probably depend upon what you mean with "best". If best means, that you want to help as many people as possible and...
Popularity: 28 • Tools: Recategorize
What are survival rates for gallbladder cancer?
Of all those people diagnosed with cancer of the gallbladder fewer than 1 in 20 people (5%) will be alive 5 years later. Stage...
Popularity: 28 • Tools: Recategorize
