‘Cancer’ etiketi için içerik arşivleri
I think I am taking the day off from writing today. I have another video for you that is well worth watching. It’s from ill Doctrine and it is the best video blog/rant that I have ever seen.
I was recently very much honored by a columnist who wrote an article about myself and another volunteer in my community. I kind of thought it might be a filler article for the “Neighbors” section on a slow news day when I was interviewed. Maybe an article about several community volunteers, a tag line and [...]
Some time between when we pointed the car towards Florida and made our way back (we had a glorious time, by the way. Few photos this year but it’s still this beautiful in Siesta Key), my book was published.
Once the diagnosis is confirmed, the doctor may need to assess the stage to help plan treatment. Mesothelioma is described as localized if the cancer is found only on the membrane surface where it originated. It is classified as advanced if it has spread beyond the original membrane surface to other parts of the body, [...]
Typically the most important variable determining the prognosis and life expectancy of a mesothelioma patient is the stage of the cancer when it is diagnosed. Unfortunately, mesothelioma is more difficult to “stage” than other cancers. This is true for a couple of reasons:
Symptoms of mesothelioma may not appear until 30 to 50 years after exposure to asbestos. Shortness of breath and pain in the chest due to an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space are often symptoms of pleural mesothelioma.
The 2009 International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma has now been scheduled for the end of June. The event, which is organised by the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) is set to be held in Washington DC from the 25th June until 27th June.
The next time you hear the disease, Mesothelioma, from one of your family doctor, friends, or parents, don’t ignore it. Though it is a kind of a cancer, I doubt very few people across the world might know lot about it.
The family of a city dockyard worker who died of asbestos-related cancer are holding a high-profile public meeting to highlight the disease ‘time bomb’ in Plymouth. The daughters and wife of electrical fitter Roger Lowe – who died of mesothelioma in December 2005 – have arranged the October 1 meeting as part of a campaign [...]