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Comment on I just had a double mastectomy and looking for good teas to prevent cancer? by Geaux LSU Tigers!!!

Geaux LSU Tigers!!! — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:02:02 +0000

I wouldn’t stake it all on tea. If there really were a good one, everyone would have it, drink gallons of it, and there would be no more cancer. Sometimes it’s just bad luck to get cancer, even if you think you’re doing all the right things.

Comment on I just had a double mastectomy and looking for good teas to prevent cancer? by well wisher

well wisher — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:15:09 +0000

A diet including abundant fresh fruits and vegetables, grains, and legumes provides fibre and antioxidant vitamins. Switching to low-fat foods may forestall some forms of cancer

Comment on What are my odd of getting cancer when on both sides of the family? by Dr.Gagan Saini

Dr.Gagan Saini — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 05:47:09 +0000

There is some evidence on heredity on brain tumors. Anyway the numbers are too low to worry about.
I wish well for everyone in your family

Comment on What are my odd of getting cancer when on both sides of the family? by lo_mcg

lo_mcg — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 05:27:15 +0000

Cancer is rarely hereditary – fewer than 10% of cancer cases, all types, are hereditary. Cancer diagnosed after the age of 50 is even less likely to be hereditary.

You don’t inherit a general tendency to get cancer, and there’s no general ‘cancer gene’.

Several family members having had different types of cancer isn’t hereditary.

A sign that cancer MAY be hereditary within a family is when several members of the same side of that family have had the SAME type of cancer, especially if some have developed it at a younger than usual age.

My own family history may reassure you. Two of my grandparents and both my parents had cancer. So did my mother’s nephew, sister and brother.

No members of my immediate or extended family have ever been considered at increased risk of any of the cancers they had. Of my parents six children, now aged from late 40s to early 60s, only I have developed cancer (at 50) and mine too was not hereditary and is unrelated to theirs.

Comment on What are my odd of getting cancer when on both sides of the family? by Tarkarri

Tarkarri — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 05:16:43 +0000

Fewer than 10% of cancers are due to inherited factors.

Lung cancer is almost always caused by environmental factors – smoking, chemical exposure etc.

It is unlikely that you are genetically predisposed, but i recommend you don’t smoke.

Comment on What are my odd of getting cancer when on both sides of the family? by Dilip Reddy

Dilip Reddy — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:20:47 +0000

sry abt ur mom. it is not inherited.

but try to lead ur lyf without cigarette ,edible oils…etc….exercise regularly..

Comment on What are my odd of getting cancer when on both sides of the family? by Steffah

Steffah — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:40:39 +0000

I’m sorry about your mother.
And of course cancer has to do with genetics. But you certainly aren’t guaranteed to get it because of that. Neither lung nor brain cancer have strong genetic tendencies, such as breast or colon cancer.

Comment on How do chemotherapy drugs interact chemically with cancer to kill the cancerous cells? by nellyk

nellyk — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:51:16 +0000

If you want a really general overview with how each type of chemotherapeutic agent works, wikipedia is the best place:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy

Elementally speaking, a small number of elements are used to form complexes, which can bind to DNA causing apoptosis. The best example of this is cisplatin, which is platinum based.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisplatin

The most basic explanation is that the majority of chemotherapy drugs act against cancer cells by inhibiting mitosis. There are many different ways to act against mitosis, such as inhibiting microtubule growth, inhibiting topoisomerases (enzymes which allows the compacting of DNA via formation of coils).

good luck with your project!

Comment on How high are my chances of getting skin cancer? by Amber

Amber — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:54:11 +0000

There are simple things you can do to try and protect yourself from skin cancer.

1) Wear a hat when you know you’ll be outside for longer than half an hour. It doesn’t have to be a full blown sun hat, a baseball or newsboy hat will do.
2) If you know that you’ll at the beach or the pool, make sure you apply SPF 50 sunscreen.
3) The suns UV rays are strongest the hours between 11am and 4pm.
4) Remember, concrete sand and water can reflect the suns rays, so even if you are just going to the park you can put on a little bit of sunscreen.
5) If you were make up ever day, they make foundations with SPF 15 in them.
6) Wear chap stick or put in on under any other lip products(Lip gloss, lip stick) because chap stick normally has SPF 5 in it.
7) Don’t go sun tanning or to tanning salons, because these both will increase your chances of radiation.

Comment on How high are my chances of getting skin cancer? by white_and_nerdy_93

white_and_nerdy_93 — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:48:08 +0000

Well there is no need to worry. The survival rate is like 95%. So even if you did get skin cancer it would be easily treated. Just wear sunscreen and watch out for any odd moles or any new moles.