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Cancer is defined as the uncontrolled growth of cells that attack and cause damage to surrounding tissue. Oral cancers arise due to the growth or sores on the mouth that is not lost. Cancer includes cancer of the mouth lips, tongue, cheek, floor of the mouth, soft palate and hard, sine, and pharynx (throat), can be life threatening if not diagnosed and treated early.

Factor risk of mouth cancer include:
* Smoking
* Menginang
* Excessive alcohol consumption
* History mouth cancer in the family
* Hit by excessive sunlight.

Symptoms
* Swelling
* Penderahan obscure musababnya in the mouth
* The pain / pain in the face, mouth, and neck.
* Kesulitasn chewing, swallowing, and speaking
* Chronic hoarseness

Treatment
Choice of treatment depends mainly on public health, where in the mouth or oropharynx the cancer began, tumor size, and whether the cancer has spread. The doctor can describe treatment options and expected results.

Cancer is always regarded as the most frightening diseases. Perhaps because the main cause is still debated. The experts expressed, lifestyle, including diet, is one of the causes of cancer. So, what kind of diet that can help us dodging from cancer? Nutritionist in the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN, answering our questions about the anti-cancer food.

Are preservatives, nitrates, chemicals and other additives cause cancer?

You know, we often hear stories that connect the various additives, chemicals, and dyes with cancer risk. This could have happened. But basically, the evidence was not shown the truth of the relationship. In fact, some of the antioxidant preservative, which can keep us.

I think people are too much with these theories when they are better focused on ways to reduce their risk of cancer with weight loss, exercise, and healthy diet.

Why are fruits, vegetables, and plant foods seem to protect us from cancer?

Food bernabati possibilities offered protection in several ways. They provide thousands of phytochemicals, natural plant ingredients. Many antioxidants that can maintain and repair DNA. Some antioxidants appear to attack the cancer cells, controlling the growth and spread. Vitamins and minerals in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and nuts also help to produce and repair DNA and control cell growth.

Some foods have a direct effect on some types of cancer. Like, plant foods contain fiber, which seems to reduce the risk of colon cancer. The indirect benefits of eating low-fat foods. Calories tend to be less, so we can add the food without getting a lot of calories.

Is organic food the best prevention against cancer?

Eating organic food is a good choice, but it’s not necessary it is recommended to reduce the risk of cancer. You can find studies that show higher organic food nutrition and protection of phytochemicals, but others said no. Although those concerned with pesticide residues, not all plants contain non-organic pesticides. Less than 1% of content is in the amount above the tolerance level.

If you choose organic, it was good. However, organic fruit and vegetables a greater expense. So eat less fruits and vegetables that you can only buy organic, it’s not a good idea. People should not put them at risk if they eat foods that are grown conventionally.

How does physical activity affect cancer risk?

Physical activity has a vital role in reducing cancer risk. Directly exercise can reduce insulin levels, inflammasi, and reproductive hormone levels. Indirectly, the move can help achieve and maintain ideal weight, as well as preventing obesity that occurs in adults when they get older.

American Institute for Cancer Research recommends physical activity is, at least 30 minutes a day. If you can afford, you need to reach 60 minutes per day or 30 minutes with more severe activity. This not only protects us from cancer, but also maintain weight.

Is meat or similar food contributed to the risk of cancer?

There are quite convincing relationship between red meat and colon cancer, and possibly other cancers as well. Not just fat, although choosing lean meat for nutrition, this is not enough to reduce the risk of cancer. However, you do not have to give up. Ate 1.8 kg of red meat per week is safe.

Eating meat that has been processed, such as marinated, injected, diasapkan, or plus preserved a greater risk of colon cancer. So, should be limited.

In addition you must be careful with the sodium. More than 2400 milligrams a day will increase the risk of stomach cancer. Alcohol also increases the risk of some cancers. Women should not drink more than one drink a day and men no more than two.

Warts are skin growth caused by a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). The virus causes rapid growth of cells on the outer skin layer. As we know, warts are not the sort of cancer.

In fact, warts are usually harmless and often go away. But if the warts are annoying or embarrassing can be eliminated.

Symptoms
The visible signs of warts include:
* Ketch and rough lumps on the skin
* Colorful, white, pink or brown
* Rough to the touch

Warts usually grow on the hands, fingers, or near the nail. Can also grow in other parts of the body.

Treatment

Warts do not require treatment, but can be eliminated. Treatment without the help of a doctor by using salicylic acid, which is conducted regularly and diligently to overcome the problem of warts. Although eliminated, the possibility of warts will recur after treatment, and will be ongoing problems.

cancer disease types Myxopapillary spinal ependymoma is one of the rare cancer cases found in Indonesia. Zulfikar, 12-year old boy was detected as the first patient with the case.

Until now Fikar still struggling to fight cancer cells that attack the body. Although life expectancy is thin, the orphans still have a great spirit to heal and happy mother of a loved one, only one nuclear family owned after his father died 2 years ago.

Fikar treated at the Cancer Hospital was declared a doctor Dharmais cancer Myxopapillary rare ependymoma. Symptoms that arise for this disease is the back pain, rectal area, the second leg and hip pains lead to (sore waist).

This disease involves the Conus and cauda equina. Spontaneous pain occurs usually associated with the Conus, while the most prominent symptoms occur in patients usually occurs in the cauda equina. Cauda equina pain involving the thigh and leg areas.

As quoted from Emedicine, Friday (25/12/2009) patients often experience sensory decline due to injuries (lesions) in the cauda equina. While autonomic dysfunction such as decreased bladder function, and impotence is an early symptom of the injury (lesion) Conus medullaris.

Patients who have a spinal tumor in Conus and cauda equina can have a combination of symptoms. As these tumors grow, leg paralysis, muscle atrophy and decreased function of the foot leg. If the condition is getting worse, can make the patient could not move his limbs.

Fikar who suffer from this disease would have to lose weight of nearly 20 kg. This is because the day his condition grew worse and the food was no longer able to enter through the throat. That the only intake that entered her body only through intravenous fluids alone.

“I still hope that one day could be cured Fikar, he still has high spirits,” said the mother Nurhasanah when found in detikHealth Dharmais Cancer Hospital, on Thursday (24/12/2009).

Fikar belly bulge, smaller bones, and his face more gaunt. Several times the doctor had to suck the fluid in his lungs to keep his soul. But because the conditions are still weak Fikar it can not be issued once all the liquid.

Currently still receiving treatment Fikar Morphin form. But if it had been consumed in pill form that must be taken every 6 hours or so then now Morphin given in the form as attached patches on the skin and can last up to 4-5 days.

Fikar began complaining ill since February 2009. Zulfikar often complain of pain and stiffness in her body even though at that time, the pain has not disrupt their activities. Pain is not felt directly examined. But in early August 2009 the pain in her back came, but this time the pain is accompanied by bleeding in the urine.

Since early-stage cancer found in September, within two months of the bone cancer has become advanced stage. Doctors said his life expectancy was thin due to undermine his cancer. Only a miracle can cure.

Support to recover Fikar to come from many parties. Several pilot of Garuda Indonesia Airlines Special to come visit him because Fikar always aspired to be a pilot.

“Fikar since grade 1 had a goal to become a pilot, a doctor deliberately to bring pilots here Fikar inspiring life,” his mother said.

Fikar sympathy for the situation also came from the Ministry of Women Linda Perbedayaan Gumelar, Jeffri Al Ustadz Buchari, football players Bambang Pamungkas as a hobby Fikar play station play ball, celebrity Panji Wicaksono and also a flight attendant whose children had suffered a lung infection.

Fikar condition was half conscious, talking and started babbling a bit harsh do not like him personally as yet ill. “Maybe because of the influence given Morphin, now Fikar become a little more rough and fierce. And once she did not like that,” says her mother

Often heard green tea good for health? Did you know that according to Taiwanese scientists, drink a glass of green tea or more a day can resist the ill effects of cigarettes can cause lung cancer, especially in smokers who did not have cancer, congenital gene.

I-Hsin Lin, a graduate student at Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan says that the antioxidants in green tea can inhibit tumor growth. This research study presented at the American Association of Cancer Research at the confluence of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Coronado, California, was in January 2010.

Lin found a protective effect, especially in smokers group that has specific genotype was not associated with cancer risk. Along with her team, he evaluates 170 patients with lung cancer and 340 healthy patients. They were asked to describe their smoking habits, drinking habits of their green tea and other lifestyle factors for five years.

These researchers do genotyping on the separation of the participants to see if any of them who have inherited genotype associated with cancer risk. These include IGF1, IGF2, and IGFBP3.

In general, the smokers and non smokers who did not drink green tea have a lung cancer risk five times greater than those who drank at least one drink a day, said Lin.

The green tea drinker who does not have an inherent risk of cancer genes have a decreased risk of lung cancer as much as 66 percent compared with the green tea drinkers have the innate genes susceptible to cancer.

Lin himself has said, the best way to avoid cancer cells are exposed to stop smoking, while only green tea reduces the risk.