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What You Need to Know About Melanoma by Jenna Visintine
By CPR Tampa at June 1, 2015 | 10:41 am | 0 Comment
About one hundred and twenty thousand of new melanoma cases are diagnosed each year. It is the most severe type of skin cancer. It causes the most deaths out of all the skin cancers because is it possible for it to spread to other parts of the body. It can also be found anywhere on the body, but more commonly on the parts of the skin that is exposed to the sun more often. more...
What are the Stages of Lung Cancer by Naeima Seddiqi
By CPR Tampa at May 23, 2015 | 11:49 am | 0 Comment
One of the deadly diseases that thousands of people suffer from is called lung cancer. As the name suggests this is a cancer that is formed in one or both lungs of an individual that can gradually prevail and have serious consequences including death. The lungs are one of the leading important organs for one’s survival. It is through the lungs that oxygen can be more...
Signs, Symptoms and Treatment of Ovarian Cysts by Lauren VonOehsen
By CPR Tampa at April 13, 2015 | 7:29 pm | 0 Comment
Ovarian Cysts are fluid-filled sacs found within or on the surface of a woman’s ovary. Women have two ovaries and are about the size of an almond; however, the size of an ovarian cyst ranges greatly. Smaller cysts are the size of a grape, medium cysts are the size of a golf ball, and anything larger is categorized as a large cyst, some can even be ten plus pounds. Some more...
Stereotactic Biopsies in Detecting Breast Cancer by Angela Lindner
By CPR Tampa at April 13, 2015 | 7:16 pm | 0 Comment
In 2014, over 2.8 million women in the United States alone had record of a history of breast cancer, and a further 295,240 are estimated to be diagnosed this year. If that cancer is discovered at an early enough stage, the patient has a better chance of surviving. There are a number of medical procedures that can be used to help detect cancer and cancerous growths, such more...