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First case of Cancer was in 1500 B.C. in Ancient Egypt. They documented 8 casses of tumors on the breast.
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Radiation therapy is treatment with high-energy rays or particles that destroy cancer cells.
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Thermography is a way to detect Cancer. It’s non-invasive and non-toxic, using an infrared camera to measure thermal emissions from the entire chest and auxiliary regions.
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Surgery can be used to treat or help prevent cancer.
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77% are diagnosed with cancer age 55 or older
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The start of the 20th century people started using Chemotherapy to treat cancer.
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Relative survival rates have risen to 66 percent in 2002, up from 51 percent in 1977
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Screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces colorectal cancer deaths. Reduced by 21%
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Duloxetine (Cymbalta) for chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy. Used in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy
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Cryotherapy is used to freeze cancer tumors
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It is estimated that about 1.48 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in 2009.
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About 1,970 new cases of breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in men in the U.S. in 2010
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Cancer is the second leading cause of death among all Americans, exceeded only by heart disease.