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Cancer patients can benefit greatly from regular exercise programs, although many have limitations due to illness or the treatment they receive.

In these cases influenced by the stage of disease that are, if they are receiving active treatment, treatment for metastatic or are in remission.

To date there are few studies on the parameters of duration, intensity and frequency of exercise best for patients with cancer. The principles of exercise prescription should be used similarly in these patients, while taking care to meet individual limitations. Read the rest of this entry »

The liver metastases are the most common tumors of the liver. They especially difficult cancers drained by the splanchnic circulation (colon, pancreas, stomach), but can be seen in almost all cancers generalized (lung, ovarian, breast, esophagus, kidney, neuro-endocrine tumors etc .).

The main point of diagnosis is the context: the ultrasound liver is the staging of any cancer, but also surveillance after resection of cancer, especially colon cancer. The emergence of a focal lesion in the course of such monitoring is highly suggestive. If cancer is not known, guided biopsy can be diagnostic and will be followed by a search of the primary cancer.

Biology liver is usually disrupted (increased GGT, alkaline phosphatase) but this is not always the case (10% approximately normal biology). The search for neoplastic markers (CEA, CA 19-9, etc …) can be positive. Metastases of digestive endocrine tumors (carcinoid, insulinoma, etc …) are sometimes responsible for hormonal secretion and are accompanied by high rates of clinical manifestations.

Treatment depends on the nature of the tumor resection possible in case of single or localized lesions (especially colon), and / or chemotherapy (sometimes resulting in transient tumor regression)

Primary liver cancer is difficult to detect at an early stage because its early symptoms are usually vague. As with other types of cancer, this disease can cause a general feeling of poor health. Liver cancer can lead to loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, fatigue and weakness.
As the cancer grows, pain may be present in the upper abdomen on the right side and may extend to the back and shoulder. Some people may feel a mass in the upper abdomen. Liver cancer can also lead to abdominal swelling and a feeling of fullness or bloating. Some people have episodes of fever and nausea or develop jaundice, a condition in which the skin and whites of the eyes become yellow and the urine becomes dark.
It is important to note that these symptoms may be caused by primary or metastatic cancer in the liver, a benign (not cancerous) in the liver or other less serious conditions. Only a doctor can tell for sure.

The presence of the above symptoms may lead a physician to suspect brain cancer. A CT scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the first examinations to be performed to properly diagnose a brain cancer, whatever the type. These specialized radiological examinations can detect many types of brain tumors and determine their location and size accurately. However, they do not determine whether the tumor is cancerous or not.

We must perform a biopsy to determine if the tumor is cancerous. For this, we take a sample of the tumor during surgery. If the tumor is too deep in the brain, surgeons can use a technique called stereotactic biopsy or establishment of the needle through three-dimensional approach. This technique uses an MRI to create a three dimensional image of the brain that are then used to guide a needle contained in a special case to the appropriate region of the brain. It sucks and is collected tumor cells in the needle for analysis. Once collected, we analyze the biopsy sample using microscopes and special chemicals to determine the type of tumor. It usually takes several days before obtaining the results of a biopsy.

We may sometimes collect cells of brain tumors in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), a special fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. CSF samples are taken using a thin needle that is inserted in the lower back under local anesthesia, this procedure is called a lumbar puncture. We can do this procedure when too much pressure accumulates in the brain. Indeed, the pressure change resulting from the brain drain may cause aspiration of part of the brain tissue at the base of the skull, causing serious complications.

A few days ago, the U.S. president, Barack Obama, officially declared the country in September as the month of awareness for the prevention and control of ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.

In this regard, and as a way to help in early detection of these tumors that still affects many women, the American doctor William Hamilton, a research specialist in the field and author of a work report called “The Ovarian cancer is not silent, but noisy. Only we’re not very good at deciphering such a noise, “clear and shared 7″ noisy “signals that this problem may be developing into a woman.

The seven most common symptoms are:

-Bloating

You gain more-frequent urination

-Abdominal pain

Post-menopausal bleeding

-Loss of appetite

-Rectal bleeding

“Abdominal bloating

Although the use of the terms “relaxation” and “swelling” may seem redundant abdominal, medically speaking are different: the swelling occurs in a moment comes and goes, while the strain is “a progressive increase in abdominal size” and permanent.

If any of these signs, and even more, if they are repeated or chronic, is necessary for professional as soon as possible, remember that early detection in this case, as in any type of tumor, is essential.