http://www.symptomofcancer.com Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:33:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Local Symptoms Of Cancer Unusual lumps or swelling (tumor), hemorrhage (bleeding), pain and/or ulceration. Compression of surrounding tissues may cause symptoms such as jaundice. Systemic symptoms Weight loss, poor appetite and cachexia (wasting), excessive sweating (night sweats), anemia and specific paraneoplastic phenomena, i.e. specific conditions that are due to an active cancer, such ... http://www.symptomofcancer.com/cancer/symptoms-of-cancer-2.html Breast cancer is a malignant (cancerous) tumor that starts from cells of the breast. The disease occurs mostly in women, but men can get breast cancer too. The information here refers only to breast cancer in women. A woman’s breast is made up of glands that make breast milk (lobules), ... http://www.symptomofcancer.com/symptoms-of-breast-cancer/what-is-breast-cancer.html Which is more likely to give you lung cancer, inhaling polluted city air every day, or smoking a pack of cigarettes a day? According to a telephone survey taken by American Cancer Society researchers, most of us either think pollution is more likely to cause lung cancer than smoking -- or ... http://www.symptomofcancer.com/cancer/how-much-do-you-know-about-cancer-risk-factors.html Stage 4 Cancer The stage of a cancer is a descriptor (usually numbers I to IV) of how much the cancer has spread. The stage often takes into account the size of a tumor, how deep it has penetrated, whether it has invaded adjacent organs, if and how many lymph nodes ... http://www.symptomofcancer.com/cancer/stage-4-cancer.html Cancer Cancer is a disease characterized by disorderly division of cells, combined with the malignant behavior of these cells. Malignant cancer cells tend to spread, either by by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (the process whereby cancer cells can move through the bloodstream or lymphatic system to distant locations), or ... http://www.symptomofcancer.com/cancer/the-symptoms-of-cancer.html Breast Cancer Breast cancer is a cancer of the glandular breast tissue. Worldwide, breast cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, and colon cancer). Among women worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer. In 2005, breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths (7% ... http://www.symptomofcancer.com/symptoms-of-breast-cancer/the-symptoms-of-breast-cancer.html Lung Cancer Lung cancer is the malignant transformation and expansion of lung tissue, and is responsible for 1.3 million deaths worldwide annually. It is the most common cause of cancer-related death in men, and the second most common in women. Current research indicates that the factor with the greatest impact on risk ... http://www.symptomofcancer.com/symptoms-of-lung-cancer/the-symptoms-of-lung-cancer.html Colon Cancer Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or bowel cancer, includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. Colorectal cancer causes 655,000 deaths worldwide per year. It is the third most common form of cancer and the second leading cause of death among cancers in the Western world. Many ... http://www.symptomofcancer.com/early-symptoms/early-symptoms-of-colon-cancer.html Ovarian Cancer Ovarian cancer is a malignant ovarian neoplasm, an abnormal growth located on the ovaries. The risk for developing ovarian cancer appears to be affected by several factors. The more children a woman has, the lower her risk of ovarian cancer. Early age at first pregnancy, older ages of final pregnancy ... http://www.symptomofcancer.com/early-symptoms/early-symptoms-of-ovarian-cancer.html Cancer Cancer is a disease characterized by disorderly division of cells, combined with the malignant behavior of these cells. Malignant cancer cells tend to spread, either by by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (the process whereby cancer cells can move through the bloodstream or lymphatic system to distant locations), or ... http://www.symptomofcancer.com/early-symptoms/early-symptoms-of-cancer.html