This myth actually started from 1993 when the FDA approved the animal husbandry department in the United States to use growth hormone (rBGH) in cattle. The practice causes the milk production increased rapidly so that the price of milk could be pressed. But it also caused controversy because of rBGH increases the concentration of insulin-like growth factor (IGF), hormone-related cancers, in milk increases.

However, in contrast to steroid hormones that can be taken orally, rBGH and IGF must be injected to get the effect. That’s because the digestion process will destroy this protein hormone. Therefore, drinking milk from cows given the hormone does not necessarily transfer the active ingredients of this chemical into the body. In other words, rBGH and IGF can only cause cancer when injected directly into the human body.

Even so, because the issue of ethics, is now the practice of giving the hormone in cattle has been banned. Researchers from Canada have also found that the cows are given hormones are more susceptible to mastitis infections.
The benefits of milk as a health supporting nutrients lately started to doubt with many of the myths about milk, one of which cause cancer. How is that right?

This myth actually started from 1993 when the FDA approved the animal husbandry department in the United States to use growth hormone (rBGH) in cattle. The practice causes the milk production increased rapidly so that the price of milk could be pressed. But it also caused controversy because of rBGH increases the concentration of insulin-like growth factor (IGF), hormone-related cancers, in milk increases.

However, in contrast to steroid hormones that can be taken orally, rBGH and IGF must be injected to get the effect. That’s because the digestion process will destroy this protein hormone. Therefore, drinking milk from cows given the hormone does not necessarily transfer the active ingredients of this chemical into the body. In other words, rBGH and IGF can only cause cancer when injected directly into the human body.

Even so, because the issue of ethics, is now the practice of giving the hormone in cattle has been banned. Researchers from Canada have also found that the cows are given hormones are more susceptible to mastitis infections.

The following are 9 questions about the cancer that is often intriguing:

How many types of cancer?
In total there are over 200 types of cancer, but some are called rare because it is very rare.

Does cancer hurt?
Most cancers are not preceded by symptoms of pain. Cancer cell itself does not cause pain, but continued to grow and push the surrounding tissue so that it hurt.

How can cancer kill?
Cancer that continues to grow can take over the function of organs, such as the lungs making it difficult to breathe. It could also inhibit the digestive tract so it can not absorb food. If grown in the liver or bone, the effect is a chemical imbalance. This condition can cause coma, paralysis and even kematian.Meskipun Thus, not all types of cancer is deadly. Some of them have a chance of healing up to 90 percent.

How many stages of cancer?
There are 4 stages based on the spread of cancer cells, ranging from stage 1 which was localized to stage 4 which has spread to other tissues. Sometimes there who called stage 5 for the terminal condition that was not possible to cure.

If you ever had cancer, whether the opportunity to be exposed to other types of cancer increased?
If you have undergone radiotherapy, sometimes not only the cancer cells are dead. Some of the surrounding tissue were damaged or even mutate into cancer cells so that generally the risk is higher. But the increase is very small, much greater if the cancer is not treated first.

Is cancer contagious?
Cancer is a process of internal change that occurs at the cellular level, while the cells are not likely to be infectious. so do not be afraid, one can not catch cancer.

Can cancer treated with organ transplants?
If cancer cells have spread, organ transplants will not stop the spread of cancer. Even for an organ transplant can be accepted, the body must be given injections that weaken the immune system so that the natural resistance against cancer also weaken.

Are diet and exercise can cure cancer?
A healthy diet and regular exercise would be much better if done as a precautionary measure cancer. If you already have cancer, decreased body condition so that should not be imposed more than the recommended by your doctor.

Cancer is the most easily cured?
In men, prostate and testicular cancer (testicles) is a type of cancer with the highest kesembuahan opportunities. While in women, type of cancer that is most easily overcome breast and cervical cancer.

Stage I (early stage)

The amount of tumor is not more than 2 – 2:25 cm, and there is no spread (metastases) in axillary lymph nodes. At this stage I, the possibility of a perfect cure was 70%. To check there are no metastases to know other parts of the body, must be examined in the laboratory.

Stage II

tumors were older from 2.25 cm and has occurred in lymph node metastases in the axilla. At this stage, it is possible to recover only 30-40%, terdantung extent of the spread of cancer cells. In stage I and II, usually performed surgery to remove cancer cells that exist in all parts of the spread, and radiation after surgery to make sure no more cancer cells left behind.

Stage III

The tumor was quite large, and cancer cells have spread to the entire grow, and likely to recover to live a little. Breast treatment had no meaning anymore. Usually the treatment is only carried out radiation and chemotherapy (the administration of drugs that can kill cancer cells). Sometimes also performed surgery to remove the breast that has been severe. This effort only to inhibit the growth of cancer cells in the body and to alleviate the suffering of patients as closely as possible.

• Self-observed and monitored by screening PSA
• Appointment of the prostate gland
• Radiation
• Hormonal therapy

In conducting the treatment of prostate cancer, the most important is an early detection. Because, as with other cancers, prostate cancer can not be didteksi the early stages, and only can be detected on the stage was rather high. Therefore, the American Cancer Society recommends that all men over 50 years following the Early Detection Program (AED). And early detection for prostate kenker is performed using PSA

1. Stage A:
   Very localized cancer, digital rectal examination or DRE could not find it.
2. Stage B:
   Localized cancer in the prostate gland, while digital rectal method can feel it.
3. Stage C:
   Cancer tissue was to invasion most prostate and penetrated the prostate capsule on the seminal vesicles, bladder neck and cavity perlvis, but there is no distant metastasis.
4. Stage D:
   With metastatic.

stage of prostate cancer

Each type of cancer have staging different ways, and each stage has its management algorithm itself. So, the more early stage cancers (mostly stage 1 and 2), the higher the survival rate. For example, cancer A: 1-year survival 90%, 2 years 60% , 5 years 50%, and 10 years 30%. This means that of 100 cancer patients A, which is still alive 90 people in one year, two years 60 people, and 10 years 30 men.  That’s why there is no cure rate, if you survive without recurrence for 5 or 10 years, it can be recovered (by a layman of course, not in medicine and statistics). So, in cancer, we’re not talking cure rate, but talking about the survival rate of 1 – 2 – 5 – 10 years, the morbidity (complications from cancer on the body), and recurrence rate.

1. geographically (eg, more cervical cancer in Asian countries)
2. ethnicity,
3. genetic variations,
4. gender (eg breast cancer in women lebiha lot), and
5. environmental influences (diet, and lifestyle) .

In addition, age is an important factor in the occurrence of cancer. Some cancers, such as Wilms’ tumor, acute lymphocytic leukemia, and Burkitt’s lymphoma, a lot of attacking a young age.

However, most cancers occur in elderly lot. Prostate cancer, stomach and colon, most likely to occur After 60 years of age. In America, more than 60% of cancers diagnosed in patients over the age of 65 years.

Cancer begins when cells in our bodies grow out of ocntrol. Almost all the  cancer begins from the growth of abnormal cells. The growth of cancer cells differ from normal cell growth. Cancer cells continue to grow and become abnormal cells, besides that cancer cells can also invade and attack other tissues and then make a cell a cancer cell. Normal cells are not like that.

Cells become cancer cells because of damage to DNA. DNA is in every cell and directs all his actions. In a normal cell, when DNA is damaged the cell or repairing the damage or the cell dies. In cancer cells, DNA damage is not repaired, but cell will not die as expected. Instead, the cell will continue to make new cells that the body is unnecessary. The new cells all have the same DNA as the first cell is broken.

Person’s can have DNA damage  occur due to heredity. But most of the DNA damage occurs during normal cell reproduction, or due to environmental factors such as smoking, drug use is exaggerated or other factors. Many factors can cause DNA damage.

most frequently encountered cases of cancer cells forming tumors. But some cancers such as leukemia, attack involving blood and blood forming organs and developed through other tissues around them grow.

Cancer cells often travel to other parts of the body where they begin to grow and form new tumors that replace normal tissue. This process is called metastasis. Happens when cancer cells enter the bloodstream or lymphatic vessels of our body.

No matter whether a lung can spread, it is always the name of the place where he started. For example, breast cancer spreads to liver is still called breast cancer, not liver cancer. Similarly, prostate cancer spread to bone and Metastatic prostate cancer, not bone cancer.

Many types of cancer can behave very different. For example, lung cancer and breast cancer are very different diseases. They grow at different rates and respond to different treatments. This is why people with cancer need treatment that is aimed at their particular kind of cancer.

Not all tumors are cancer. The tumors are benign tumors is not known. Benign tumors can cause problems – that might be enormous and the press organs and healthy tissue. But they can not (invade) other tissue. Why not invade, but can spread to other parts of the body (metastasis). These tumors are rarely life threatening