Breast Cancer and its Risk Factors

There are above one million cases of breast cancer identified each year.  Women are more prone to breast cancer than men.  There are several symptoms which include clotting of cells and forming of tumors in breast, textural change, and discharge of blood...

Hookah Bar and Cancer

The craze of going to hookah bars is continuously increasing among the young generation. People come to these bars to smoke flavoured tobacco from hookahs. A hookah bar is also known as shisha bar, hookah lounge or hookah café. There is a water bowl at the bottom of a...

World Cancer Day (4th February)

The celebration of World Cancer Day is on the 4th of February every year. Reducing the number of cancer patients and decreasing the rate of cancer deaths is the primary purpose of celebrating this day. There is also another aim of this occasion. That is to educate the...

Pap Smear

A procedure for the testing of cervical cancer in women is called a Pap smear or a Pap test. In this procedure, the doctor collects cells from your cervix. It is the narrow lower end of your uterus that is above your vagina. If there is early detection of cancer with...

Cervical Cancer

The name of the lower part of your uterus connecting it to the vagina is the cervix. If cancer develops in the cells of your cervix, it is called cervical cancer. Behind most cervical cancers, human papillomavirus (HPV), which is a sexually transmitted infection, has...