Head and Neck Cancers

27th July is World Head and Neck Cancer Day. This blog is for those people who don’t know much about head and neck cancers. Cancers in the mouth, tongue, throat, nose or sinuses, salivary glands and middle ear come under head and neck cancers. The doctors normally...

Vaginal Cancer

Sometimes a rare type of cancer occurs in the vagina, which is vaginal cancer. The vagina, a muscular tube, forms the connection between the uterus with the outer genitals. The lining of the surface of the vagina is the area where this cancer develops in the cells....

Rectal Cancer

The rectum forms the last six inches of the large intestine (colon). When the cells of the rectum mutate and start growing out of control, rectal cancer develops. If the polyps on the inner wall of the rectum become cancerous, it also leads to this cancer. As age...

Bladder Cancer

When the cells in the bladder become abnormal and grow out of control leading to the formation of a tumour, the condition is bladder cancer. The location of the bladder, which is a flexible hollow pouch, is in the pelvis. The kidney produces urine and ureters carry it...

Foods that can Cause Cancer

When there is an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body, the condition is known as cancer. The names of these abnormal cells are cancer cells, tumour cells or malignant cells. There are different types of cancer and they have various symptoms. Cancer can...

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...