How Chemotherapy Can Affect Your Weight

There are many ways that cancer can affect your life, and being prepared for them may help make the journey a little easier. For instance, you're probably aware that chemotherapy can cause your hair to fall out and may have readied yourself for that by doing some wig or hat shopping. However, did you know that chemo can cause weight gain or loss? It's an unpredictable thing, but knowing why these fluctuations occur may help you prepare for...

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How You Can Prevent Uterine Cancer

By Lauren Streicher, MD   Most women assume that ovarian cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer. They are surprised when I tell them that uterine cancer – also known as endometrial cancer – is actually the most common gynecologic malignancy and the fourth most common cancer in women. The reason uterine cancer is not the first to come to mind is that, unlike ovarian cancer, most uterine cancer is diagnosed in its...

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Hospice & Palliative Care in Metro Manila

Written by Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network 2007 Directory  Source: Philippine Cancer Society *** MUNTINLUPA *** Ayala Alabang Hospice Care Foundation Inc. Haven for Children Alabang-Zapote Road, Alabang, Muntinlupa City Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines Tel: (63) 2 401-1018 Fax: (63) 2 887-2124 Email:  sionyk@yahoo.com Atty. Asuncion B. Kalalo, President Home Care Service National Hospice...

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Staring Cancer in the Face

I’m not an expert on Cancer. In fact, I am far from being one. I am just a son who lost his mother to Endometrial Cancer, and I am hoping that less family will have to experience what my mother and my family had gone through in the course of my mom's year-long battle with the big C. Mom was the first cancer patient in the family - and definitely will be the last! A couple of weeks ago, I posted an entry about my Mom’s battle with Endometrial...

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Uterine Cancer Screening & Prevention

Information about the prevention of cancer and the science of screening appropriate individuals at high-risk of developing cancer is gaining interest. Physicians and individuals alike recognize that the best “treatment” of cancer is preventing its occurrence in the first place or detecting it early when it may be most treatable.  Uterine (endometrial) cancer is the most common invasive gynecologic cancer in women, with 36,100 new cases...

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A Woman Named Jocelyn

My name is Dan. And I support Endometrial Cancer Awareness. Why – you might ask – would a guy like me advocate something which he is totally and physiologically exempt from? Yes, Endometrial Cancer is a silent killer of women, and I could support other causes; however, this issue is particularly close to my heart and let me tell you why. It’s about a woman named Jocelyn. She was a firecracker, a thunderbolt of sorts. It’s impossible not to notice...

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What is Endometrial Cancer?

Uterine cancer, also called endometrial cancer, is a cancer that originates in the endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus. (It is different from cancer of the uterine muscle, which is called uterine sarcoma.) The uterus is the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a fetus develops. It is located between a woman’s bladder and rectum. What are the risk factors for endometrial cancer? Most of the known risk factors for endometrial cancer appear...

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