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Head and Neck Cancers
27th July is World Head and Neck Cancer Day. This blog is for those people who don’t know much about head and neck cancers. Cancers in the mouth, tongue, throat, nose or sinuses, salivary glands and middle ear come under head and neck cancers. The doctors normally...
Vaginal Cancer
Sometimes a rare type of cancer occurs in the vagina, which is vaginal cancer. The vagina, a muscular tube, forms the connection between the uterus with the outer genitals. The lining of the surface of the vagina is the area where this cancer develops in the cells....
Rectal Cancer
The rectum forms the last six inches of the large intestine (colon). When the cells of the rectum mutate and start growing out of control, rectal cancer develops. If the polyps on the inner wall of the rectum become cancerous, it also leads to this cancer. As age...
Bladder Cancer
When the cells in the bladder become abnormal and grow out of control leading to the formation of a tumour, the condition is bladder cancer. The location of the bladder, which is a flexible hollow pouch, is in the pelvis. The kidney produces urine and ureters carry it...
Foods that can Cause Cancer
When there is an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body, the condition is known as cancer. The names of these abnormal cells are cancer cells, tumour cells or malignant cells. There are different types of cancer and they have various symptoms. Cancer can...
Breast Cancer and its Risk Factors
There are above one million cases of breast cancer identified each year. Women are more prone to breast cancer than men. There are several symptoms which include clotting of cells and forming of tumors in breast, textural change, and discharge of blood...
Hookah Bar and Cancer
The craze of going to hookah bars is continuously increasing among the young generation. People come to these bars to smoke flavoured tobacco from hookahs. A hookah bar is also known as shisha bar, hookah lounge or hookah café. There is a water bowl at the bottom of a...
World Cancer Day (4th February)
The celebration of World Cancer Day is on the 4th of February every year. Reducing the number of cancer patients and decreasing the rate of cancer deaths is the primary purpose of celebrating this day. There is also another aim of this occasion. That is to educate the...
Pap Smear
A procedure for the testing of cervical cancer in women is called a Pap smear or a Pap test. In this procedure, the doctor collects cells from your cervix. It is the narrow lower end of your uterus that is above your vagina. If there is early detection of cancer with...
