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Being Aware of Throat Cancer

In throat cancer, the cells in the throat mutate which results in them significantly increasing in number. These cells live longer than normal cells do and form a tumor. Throat

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Early Signs and Symptoms of Thyroid Cancer

What is the Thyroid? The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits below the Adam’s apple in the throat and wraps around the trachea or wind-pipe. It’s one of the

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Managing Diabetes during Cancer treatment

Patients with Diabetes, who are suffering from any of the three types of the condition (type-1, type-2 or gestational), when diagnosed with Cancer, must be aware of the challenges they

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When do swollen lymph nodes mean cancer?

The simplest answer would be – hard to say! While some general indications are there, these are not enough to confirm or rule out cancer.  There are some physical markers

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Treatment options for Prostate Cancer

What is Prostate?  The prostate is a small gland present in the male body and plays an important role in reproduction. This walnut-sized gland is located between the bladder and

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Chemotherapy For Cancer: What it is, how it works, and chemo side effects

Introduction  Chemotherapy is a common cancer treatment in which drugs travel through the bloodstream to destroy cancer cells at the original location of the tumour and also in parts of

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How to Support someone being treated for Cancer?

Cancer evokes strong reactions in people ranging from shock, fear, pathos, bitterness, anger, guilt, frustration, pity, despair, and resentment. Both the patient and their caregiver, who could be a family

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Keep Cancer at bay by following a healthy diet

A healthy diet is a basic requirement to enjoy good health and prevent the onset of several diseases that affect the human body. And as any oncologist or cancer-specialist will

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Frequently Asked Questions around Liver Cancer

The liver is the largest and one of the most vital internal organs of the human body, present in the upper-right quadrant of the abdomen, just below the diaphragm. It

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Life before, during, and after Cancer

A loving wife, a doting mother, a good daughter-in-law, a great daughter, sweet mother-in-law, proud grandmother, happy cancer-survivor…..there are many epithets that fit Uma Srinivasan. While all the other epithets

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