Category: 10 Deadliest Cancers
Esophageal Cancer
As one of the top ten deadliest cancers in the US, esophageal cancer is certainly a very serious disease. This cancer originates in the esophagus which is the tube which carries…
Ovarian Cancer
Cancer can affect virtually every organ in the body. The ovary is where life is created but it can also be affected by cancer. Ovarian cancer is one of the…
Liver and Intrahepatic bile duct cancer
The types of cancer which affect organs which interact closely with other organs are of particular concern because of their ability to spread the cancer to other parts of the…
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a deadly cancer which caused 104,407 people to die in America from 2003 through 2007. In recent years, about 20,000 Americans died from this serious form of…
Leukemia
Leukemia is a type of cancer which affects the blood. There are many types of this disease but they all affect the kinds of tissue which affect production of the blood…
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a serious threat to the health and well-being of men. It is a very serious form of cancer and took the lives of 144,926 American men between 2003…
Pancreatic Cancer
Of the more serious cancers, pancreatic cancer certainly ranks high in terms of mortality rates. Indeed between 2003 and 2007, 162,878 Americans lost their lives to this devastating disease. The…
Breast Cancer
The third deadliest form of cancer in the US is breast cancer. It killed 206,983 people between 2003 and 2007. And while there have been much attention focused on the…
Colorectal Cancer
Of the top ten deadliest forms of cancer in the US, colorectal cancer is ranked as the second highest type. We will explore further details of the disease including causes, symptoms,…
Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Cancer is a devastating illness and results in the most deaths second only to heart disease. There are many kinds of cancer which can range from types that…