Peritoneal Cancer

Peritoneal Cancer

A type of rare cancer that develops in the thin layer of epidermal cells lining the inside wall of the abdomen is peritoneal cancer. The name of the lining is the peritoneum. It protects and covers the organs present in the abdomen, which includes intestines, bladder,...

Cancer Prevention

Cancer is the name of that physical condition when cells in our body start to multiply uncontrollably. This leads to the formation of tumours. There are different types of cancer connected with different body parts. It can spread to other parts of the body from its...

Lung Cancer Awareness Day

1st August is World Lung Cancer Day. Let’s take this opportunity to discuss some facts about lung cancer. The rapid division of the cells of the lungs in an uncontrollable way leads to this cancer. It can often spread to lymph nodes and other organs in the body. There...

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...

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...