Posts Tagged ‘Cancer’
Friday, August 5th, 2011

by NationalLungCancerPartnership
Question by pa3pa3a: What is the chance of a teenager getting lung cancer?
I’m 17 and have smoked 2-3 cigaretts a day for about a year and decided to quit recently. I have read a sign of lung cancer is shortness of breath which I’ve been having the last 2 days. Is it because I’m craving nicotine that I feel like getting fresh air and having the need to take deep breath? Read more...
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Monday, August 1st, 2011

by NationalLungCancerPartnership
Question by Hillary: How long does a lung cancer patient have to live without treatment?
My grandmother was diagnosed with lung cancer, it has grown from the size of a grape to the size of a golf ball in a month. She won’t do any chemo/radiation or surgery, because she wants the time she has left to be good, and the docs said she has a year left. BUT … first, if it’s grown that fast, how can she have a year? And every instance of lung cancer I’ve ever heard of has had the patients die much sooner … like Peter Jennings was given six months and lived like two weeks, and another I read about was given a year and died less than three months later. How long does she have, realistically? Read more...
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Question by anonymous: Is it possible to have breast cancer at age 14?
I have severe pains in one of my breasts, and there is also a some-what large and hard lump in the same one. However my other breast seems perfectly normal. I don’t know if this has anything to even do with it, but i’ve also been receiving migraines and have been feeling somewhat nauseous. I would like to know what this means, and if it means that i might have breast cancer. But, is it even possible to have breast cancer at age 14? Read more...
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF) – Run for the Cure

Image by Barnaby Jeans
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Tags: breast, Cancer, Lastest, news
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011
A few nice Breast Cancer images I found: Read more...
Tags: breast, Cancer, Nice, photos
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Question by Bill: How can you tell if someone has lung cancer?
How can you tell if someone has lung cancer?
My boss lost a lot of weight I think he has lung cancer. He keep coughing and he looks very week . When he does cough it is in a very week way . I think he Hiding it from everyone. He keeps drinking whight gain shake. Just last year he was saying how he wants to lose weight Now he cant keep it on. I see him only every few week but he seems week over the phone . He does not look like he,s on chemo. I feel so bad for him. Read more...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Cancer program teaches women how to Look Good, Feel Better
Cosmetologist Linda Ackerman shows Janet Smith, 41, how to apply makeup Thursday in Houma.
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Red-hot early on, Mickelson all smiles after run stalls
Before the start of the 140th Open Championship, Phil Mickelson said he was looking for a fresh start with golf’s oldest major. That attitude proved helpful, as Mickelson tied for second — his best Open finish.
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Tags: breast, Cancer, Lastest, news, treatment
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Question by Rebekah05: How long does it take lung cancer to form?
My 37 year old sister has two masses of incurable cancer on each lung. It is inoperable. I am just curious. How long did she have it. 1 year, 2 years? I just wonder how long she was walking around with cancer not even knowing it. Thank for any help. She is to young to die. Read more...
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