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Larynx Cancer
It is a disease more common in males (90%) in the sixth and seventh decades of life. It is important not to discount this disease in young men and / or women, as any rule is confirmed by exceptions.
In deaths from cancer in males, the throat has an incidence of 3 to 5% with the percentage ranking among the top ten.
History Larynx Cancer
Early diagnosis of cancer of the larynx when facility Turck and Czermak (1857) with the help of local anesthesia by cocaine (Koller 1884 -) and artificial light could be applied to the diagnosis and treatment, the laryngeal mirror, invented by Dr. Garcia (1855).
The disease was in the late nineteenth century a great broadcasting who suffered, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary and the dispute between German and British doctors, which transcended international politics. Read the rest of this entry »
Division of Cancer
Types Of Cancer
Generally distinguished:
* Carcinomas: an epithelial cancer, that is to say a surface composed entirely of cells
* Sarcomas: proliferating cancer tissue in “support” such as bone.
* The hematopoietic cancers : cancer of blood cells.
They can be classified by affected organs, with such types of cancer:
* Breast cancer
* Colon cancer: cancer of the colon, near the rectum
* Pancreatic cancer
* Multiple myeloma: Cancer of the bone marrow
* Leukemia: cancer of the blood
* Kaposi’s sarcoma: A cancer of blood vessels
* Lymphoma: Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
* Testicular cancer
There are almost as many sources of cancer tissue in the body. Some however are more frequent than others.
Anal Cancer
To detect (find) and diagnose anal cancer tests are used to examine the rectum and anus.
You can use the following tests and procedures:
* Physical exam and history: An exam of the body to check general health status, including signs of illness such as lumps or anything else that does not seem normal. Also reported a history of the patient’s health habits and their past illnesses and treatments.
* Digital rectal exam (DRE): examination of the anus and rectum. The doctor or nurse inserts a gloved finger lubricated in the lower rectum to feel for lumps or anything else that seems unusual.
* Anoscopy: examination of the anus and lower rectum using a short, lighted tube called anoscope.
* Proctoscopy: review of the rectum using a short, lighted tube called proctoscope.
* Anal or endorectal ultrasound: A procedure which introduces a transducer (probe) ultrasound in the anus or rectum and used to bounce high-energy sound waves (ultrasound) off internal organs and tissues to make echoes. The echoes form a picture of body tissues called a sonogram.
* Biopsy: The removal of cells or tissue for a pathologist to observe under a microscope to check for signs of cancer. If you notice an abnormal area during the anoscopy, you can perform a biopsy at that time.