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Causes ,effects symptoms and treatments of kidney cancer
February 7th, 2011 | 
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Kidney cancer: Kidneys are the most important organs which are useful in removing waste from blood. Kidneys are located in the either side of the spine. These are part of urinary tract. Kidneys control the production of red blood cells and blood pressure of the body.
Cancer occurs in the kidney cells, generally cells are the building blocks of tissues which builds organs. These cells divide and multiply when the body requires them. During this process old cells are replaced by new one and old one gets die, this is the life cycle of the cells. If this life process goes wrong then there will be unusual growth in the cells and forms mass tissue which is named as tumor.
Tumors are of two types, they are as follows:
Benign tumor Malignant tumor
Benign tumor: This tumor is not cancerous. They can be treated easily. They don’t spread to other parts of the body.
Malignant tumor: This tumor is cancerous, they causes damage to the adjacent organs by spreading the cancer cells at high rate. The cells in this tumor invade the distant organs and forms new tumors through blood flow or by lymphatic system.
Kidney cancer is named in many ways like Hypernephroma, Renal adenocarcinoma and renal cell cancer. Kidney cancer generally occurs in the inner lining of tiny tubes inside the kidneys. Kidney cancer mostly occurs in the adults who are over 40 years of age.
Causes of kidney cancer:
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Causes ,effects symptoms and treatments of head and neck cancer
Head & Neck Cancer: Head and neck cancer occurs due to the spreading of cancer cells in the head and neck area. Generally, the cells grow and divide into multiple cells and they die when they grow old, and new cells take their place. But due to some causes these basic life cycle of the cells gets damage and began to grow rapidly without any controlling limit. These cells form a huge mass of tissue which is called as tumor.
Tumors are of two types they are:
• Benign tumor: These tumors are not life threatening tumors. This cancer can be removed easily by surgery process. They don’t reoccur. These tumors grow in single site. They do not spread and invade other tissues around them. The benign tumor cells doesn’t contain metastatic characteristics( spreading nature to other parts of the body)
• Malignant tumor: These tumors are cancerous tumors. They spread to other parts of the body. These tumors can be removed but sometimes they grow back. Malignant tumors invade nearby tissues and organs. These tumors contain metastatic characters.
When the cancer cells spreads to the other parts will form a new tumor which has the same characteristic features of the primary tumor. For example, if the head and neck cancer cells spread to the lungs, the cancer cells in the lungs are actually belonging to the head and neck cancer cells. Then this cancer disease is called as metastatic head and neck cancer.
Head and cancer affects the following types:
Causes ,effects symptoms and treatments of gynecologic cancer
Gynecologic cancer: Gynecologic cancer occurs in the reproductive system of woman. This Gynecologic cancer consists of other cancers like fallopian tube, cervix, ovaries, and uterus, vagina and vulva. The risk factors for this cancer are increasing day by day. The most common type of gynecologic cancer is uterus cancer. Nearly 40 percent of cancer cases are related to uterus disease.
Generally cells plays major role in defining cancer. All the organs and tissues in the body are made up by tiny body cells. These cells have a constant process of dying and replacing new cells. This is the general process carried by them, if there is any malfunction in their life cycle then there is a chance for the occurrence of cancer. Tumor occurs due to the formation of excess cells in the body. There are two types of Tumors one is benign tumor and the other is malignant tumor .Benign tumor is not cancerous but can cause damage to the adjacent organs if it grows continuously at a single site. Malignant tumor is cancerous because it spreads through out the body and damages the entire body organs.
Gynecologic cancer is categorized into:
• fallopian tube
• cervix
• ovaries
• uterus
• vagina
• vulva
Risk factors for gynecologic cancer: As the causes for this reproductive cancer disease is not identified, its risk factors are listed below which increases the chances for having this reproductive cancer.
Causes ,effects symptoms and treatments of eye cancer
Eye cancer: Eye cancer occurs when the cells in the eye grow unusually without any controlling limit. These uncontrolled cancer cells grows rapidly and forms a tumor. These tumors can occur in any parts of the eye. Generally tumors are of two types.
•Benign tumor: This tumor is not cancerous. They can be treated easily. They don’t spread to other parts of the body.
•Malignant tumor: This tumor is cancerous, they causes damage to the adjacent organs by spreading the cancer cells at high rate. The cells in this tumor invade the distant organs and forms new tumors through blood flow or by lymphatic system. The new tumor has the same characteristic features of the primary tumor. For example, if the eye cancer spreads to the mouth, the cancer cells in the mouth are actually belonging to the eye cancer cells. Then this disease is called as metastatic eye cancer.
Eye cancer is a combination of several diseases with different types of causes, symptoms and treatments. Basically cells are the basic unit of life they grow and divide into more cells when the body requires them. These cells forms the tissues and then organs, they are the building blocks of the body system. If there is an abnormal growth and division of cells without any controlling limit, then it results in forming tumor (excess tissue) in the body. Intraocular cancer is the name for the cancer in the eye ball.
Types of Eye cancer (Intraocular cancer):
Causes ,effects symptoms and treatments of endocrine cancer
Endocrine cancer: Endocrine cancer occurs in the endocrine system. Endocrine system produces hormone secretion glands such as pancreatic, adrenal, thyroid, pituitary and pancreatic glands. So, due to endocrine cancer, these glands will be affected by cancer cells. This endocrine cancer causes other cancers like pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer and prostate cancer. This endocrine cancer is treated as malignant cancer because it spreads to other organs and tissues.
These cancer cells grow unusually in the endocrine tissue and develop into malignant tumor. The Tumor which is formed by the cancer cells will interrupt the endocrine functions like producing excess hormones.
Endocrine tumors start from many tissues of endocrine system. Metastatic endocrine cancer can be caused by the spread of cancerous cells from other parts of the body to endocrine cells. Till now, there is no exact reason for the cause of primary endocrine cancer and metastatic endocrine cancer. But many risk factors were identified by the researchers which are more likely to increase the chance of occurring endocrine cancer.
Risk factors for endocrine cancers:
• Radiation exposure: Skin exposure to UV rays will increase the chance of having endocrine cancer.
• HIV:Due to HIV in the body,the immune system gets weak by the failure of plasma cells and our body exposes to infections which increase the chance of having endocrine cancer.
• Family heredity:Endocrine cancer also links up with family heredity.
• Previous cancer history:Person who is suffering with other cancer diseases have more risk factors in causing endocrine cancer.
Symptoms of endocrine cancer:
• Weak immune system
• Body weakness
• Headaches
• Seizures
• Nausea and vomiting
• Memory loss