Suffer Brain Cancer, Women From United States are Desperate

A 29-year-old woman suffering from end-stage brain cancer expressed her intention to end her life himself next month.

Brittany Maynard, choose November 1, 2014 as the day of his death. On that day, she plans to downing prescription drugs excessively to her in her bedroom while surrounded by family and loved ones.

Britanny chose Nov. 1 as the date of her death because it was close to the anniversary of her husband.

Earlier this year, Britanny was diagnosed with cancer and doctors estimate the remaining life of women that lived only six months. Listening to the diagnosis, Britanny decided not to undergo radiation therapy which will destroy their quality of life.

"After months of research, my family and take a painful decision. There is no treatment that could save my life, and recommended therapy would likely spend my time left," said Britanny.

"Because my whole body is still young and healthy, then I will spend my time as normal as possible despite the cancer eating away my brain," she added.

"I do not want my family to face this terrible scenario, so I tried to find an honorable way to die. I decided that death with dignity is the best choice for me and my family," said Brittany.

Before being diagnosed with brain cancer, Britanny is an active woman who likes to travel around the world. Some things I have ever done was to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, to race marathons and recently married.

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Treatment of Brain Cancer

1. Surgery Treatment: Through surgical removal of the primary tumor, as much as possible with a clean lift of tumor cells, avoiding cell hyperplasia.

2. Treatment of chemotherapy: Due to the special structure of the blood-brain barrier in the brain, chemotherapy treatment experienced a lot of restrictions / obstacles, can only be used chemotherapy drugs that are soluble in fat (fat-soluble) through intimal cells into the tumor cells, to produce effects of the drug, but the way that it affects the speed and efficiency of drug function.

3. Radiotherapy treatment: Mainly using the level of tumor cell sensitivity to radiation, based on the pathological diagnosis of brain cancer, levels of differentiation and imaging test results to determine the size and scope of the irradiation dose, but in the process of radiotherapy treatment can occur toxic side effects.

Methods of treatment through food

1. Many consume fresh vegetables and fruits.

2. Consuming adequate amounts of protein, such as egg whites, fish, various kinds of beans processed foods and so forth.

3. Reduce foods containing animal fats, such as lard, butter, cream and other foods with high cholesterol content.

4. Avoid consuming foods that can stimulate the nervous system, such as alcohol, concentrated tea, coffee and so forth.

Through psychological methods of treatment

1. Do check back regularly to the hospital.

2. Maintaining psychological (mind) optimistic, actively coordinate with treatment.

3. Patients with brain cancer very easily so negative, must often communicate with the patient.

4. Often provide encouragement to patients with brain cancer, help establish confidence in the fight against cancer.

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Symptoms of Brain Cancer

1. Arise head pain at four or five in the morning, patients often awaken from deep sleep, the deep sleep, the more severe headaches.

2. Symptoms of vomiting in patients with brain cancer is not accompanied by nausea and abdominal pain, are also not associated with consuming food, it appears that burst after vomiting headache shortly.

3. Brain cancer can cause increased brain pressure, causing backflow of venous blood in the eye is not smooth, causing stasis edema and injure the visual cells in the retina, resulting in decreased vision capabilities.

4. One side protruding eyes: One side of the eyeball protruding forward, the more severe symptoms causing the eyelids can not close properly.

5. At the bottom of the temporal lobe of the brain below the stimulation of a brain tumor, causing the phenomenon of illusion emerging sense of smell.

6. Brain tumor pressing auditory nerve, resulting in hearing function on one side of the ear gradually degraded.

7. Patients who present with epilepsy as an adult, if no external injuries or other causative factor, then first consider the existence of brain cancer.

Examination of brain cancer

1. X-ray radiography of the head: It can help to determine the presence or absence of symptoms of increased intracranial pressure, damage to parts of the head or bone hyperplasia and other symptoms.

2. CT scan of the brain: Easy to detect the lesion size, shape, number, location, density, and other properties.

3. MRI: May show the most brain tumors and peripheral edema around the tumor, accurately show the tumor location, size and shape.

4. Electroencephalography (EEG): Has a value determination of the localization of brain tumors that grew rapidly in the cerebral hemispheres, can see a decrease in amplitude and slowing frequency around brain tumors.

5. Biochemical measurements: Against the pituitary tumor patients, especially patients of anterior pituitary hormone secretion excessive, can be confirmed through biochemical examination.

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Brain Cancer

Brain cancer is a new biological growth in the cranial cavity, which is also known as intracranial tumors. The position of the incident there in different kinds of cells, including brain, brain nerves, meningeal brain, skull, pituitary gland and other organs as metastases from metastatic brain tumors.

Because in all the cranial cavity in the form of bones, brain tumor grows large will cause increased pressure in the cranial cavity, which then cause symptoms of headache, vomiting, blurred vision, cramps, coma and other symptoms, the position and nature of the pathological lesions of brain cancer can different along with the age difference.

The rate of deaths of brain cancer

Incidence rates of brain cancer accounts for about 5% of cancers throughout the body, occupying 70% of the rate of childhood cancer. Brain cancer can arise in a variety of age groups, at the age of 20-40 years of age have a higher incidence rate, ratio of brain cancer incidence rates between men and women as much as 13:10.

Around the world every year there are about 18,500 people who are diagnosed with brain cancer, each year there are approximately 12 760 people died of brain cancer, the average age of patients who died of brain cancer was 64 years and the rate of brain cancer deaths each year is increasing.

Causes of brain cancer

1. Radiation Factors : wave radiation emitted by cell phones, computers encourage cancer cells.

2. Trauma Factors : external trauma can stimulate the brain, meningeal scarring will lead to tumors and can accelerate the growth of brain tumors that previously existed.

3. Chemical factors: The incidence of brain cancer associated with contact pesticides, dyes, formaldehyde and others in the long term.

4. Radiotherapy Factors : Contact with radiotherapy exposure is also a risk factor for brain cancer.

5. Congenital factor: During the early development of the embryo cells or ectopic tissue residues in the cavity of the head, has the function of differentiation and proliferation, may develop into cancer congenital brain.

6. Genetic factors: genetic defect or mutation can cause brain cancer, approximately half of patients have a family history of brain cancer.

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