ROCA Test Effective or Accurate? Can you rely on the Abcodia ROCA (Risk of Ovarian Cancer Algorithm) Test if you want to find out if you have ovarian cancer? Is it accurate? Can it really detect the early stages of ovarian cancer?
Well, if you ask the U.S. Food and Drug Admnistration (FDA), the ROCA Test is not accurate or reliable.
And, in a recent safety notice to women and physicians, the agency warned “that there is currently no safe and effective ovarian cancer screening test”.
Anal Cancer Treatment Options. Anal cancer is treated using three methods, used either together or individually: surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Treatment depends on the cancer stage, the extent of spread, and the patient’s age and overall health status. [Related post: Anal Cancer Prevention Tips.]
Surgery
Two types of surgery may be performed. A local resection is surgery where the tumor is cut from the anus, along with some healthy tissue around it. Local resection is done if the cancer is small and has not spread. Tumors that develop in the lower part of the anus can often be removed with local resection. Persons who undergo this procedure, can save their sphincter muscles and are able to control their bowel movements. But because resection can cause anal stenosis or the narrowing of the anal canal and anus due to scar tissue, another surgery is sometimes needed to widen the anus and restore its proper function.
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Anal Cancer Prevention Tips. The evidence is clear: everyday choices impact your chances of getting cancer. Some choices increase your risk; many help to reduce it. That’s what the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) has to say about cancer prevention.
According to the AICR Expert Panel, all cancers involve the malfunction of genes that control cell growth and division but only about five percent of cancers are strongly hereditary.
Instead, most—including anal cancer—result from damage to genes that happen during your lifetime and that are caused by lifestyle choices such as smoking, unsafe sexual behavior, diet and physical inactivity.
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Anal Cancer Treatment Alternative. Anal cancer is a painful and difficult condition to have. If you are suffering from this cancer, or are taking care of a loved one afflicted with it, know that that you may resort to many complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) techniques.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) defines CAM as a group of different medical and health care systems, practices and products that are not presently considered part of conventional medicine.
Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine, while alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine. Anal cancer sufferers can use these CAM techniques to lessen the pain and ease the other uncomfortable conditions that come with this cancer.
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Anal Cancer Diagnostic Test or Procedures: Anal cancer can be diagnosed during routine medical exams or during minor procedures such as the removal of hemorrhoids. It may also be diagnosed by a digital rectal examination (DRE), when a doctor inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into the anus to feel for unusual growths.
For prompt and early detection of anal cancer, the American Cancer Society recommends that all people above 50 years old should have a DRE every five to 10 years. [Note: Being above 50 is considered a risk factor of the disease.]
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Ultrasound Prostate Cancer Treatment shows fewer side effects: It’s the most common cancer in men worldwide, as well as a common cause of death among elderly men in the United States and Europe. Prostate cancer is the sixth most-common cause of death from cancer in men worldwide, and although it’s less common in Asia and Africa, in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, it’s the second most common cause of cancer death in men of all ages.
In the U.S., about 250,000 new cases happen every year, leading to about 30,000 deaths; In the UK, about 250,000 men are currently living with the disease, which has led to about 10,000 deaths.
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