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In Spain are diagnosed each year and currently 15,000 new cases are handled and figures indicating that one of every 16-18 Spanish have breast cancer. In the age group 45-55 years, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women in our country, ahead of lung cancer.

The cure rate in Spain is around 60%. In the case of relapse, the survival estimate is around two 2 years of life, which means that in reality there are women with short survival (less than one year) and in other cases this figure is prolonged over four years.

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Breast cancer is abnormal and disordered growth of cells in this tissue. The breast consists of a series of mammary glands that produce milk after birth, and which are called lobes and lobules.

The lobes are connected by pipes, ducts, which are the leading milk to the nipple during lactation, to feed the baby.
The glands (or lobes) and the ducts are embedded in adipose tissue and connective tissue, which, together with the lymphoid tissue, forming the breast.

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Benefits of green coffee extract.

Like green tea, extracts of green coffee bean (GCBE, by its initials in English) contains strong antioxidants in the polyphenol family. The primary polyphenol antioxidants in the extract of green coffee bean are in the family known as chlorogenic acids (CGA, by its initials in English).

The green coffe, prized in Asia, is one of the healthiest beverages you can drink. With representative for health effects due to its numerous proteins, minerals and vitamins.

Green coffee contains polyphenols, some antioxidants that help combat the degenerative processes of the human body. These antioxidants attack free radicals, molecules that damage cells and hinder their reproduction (though not all free radicals do). Free radicals accelerate the aging of the skin and contribute to the development of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, hypertension, hepatitis and even cancer. So it is so important to consume antioxidants that wage war against free radicals.

Benefits:
Green coffee are associated many health benefits:
“It helps you lose weight: the burning process accelerates the body’s energy (increases thermogenesis). Also, if you drink according to directions, making some of the fat is not incorporated.

-Reduces the risk of developing cancer: contains much polyphenol antioxidants, one of the -, which we know can prevent the emergence of cancer cells and act as inhibitors of the same. Several studies have shown that people who regularly drink this type of infusion have a lower risk of breast cancer, stomach, esophagus, colon and prostate.
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Adolescence is a period of psychological fragility. This is especially true for young cancer victims. The fact of the care with children or adults may hinder their recovery. For this reason, special care units have emerged in some hospitals. Reportage from the pediatric oncology department of the Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR) in Villejuif (Val de Marne).

Yellow Door Radio, large sofa, books and comics, video games, computer: Welcome to “squat”! Thus the young pediatric oncology department of the Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR) in Villejuif (Val de Marne), call their lounge. This piece, like the rest of the wing where it is located, is reserved.

“This is where those who wish can meet them and build relationships, both to break with their loneliness and to realize that they are not the only ones suffering from cancer,” Catherine explains Vergely, CEO of Isis Association, which supports parents and relatives of children treated at the IGR. Catherine Vergely is also president of the National Union of parents of children with cancer and leukemia.

A developing being
These young people “are not like other patients,” said Professor Marcel Rufo, Chief of Child Psychiatry of the University Hospital Sainte-Marguerite (Marseille). “The teenager is a teenager with cancer, a developing being, with his vulnerability, his questionings, his problem of self-image.” However, the announcement of cancer profoundly shaken his life project. (more…)

A necessary guidance
In Chile between 1998 and 2008, around 200 people died from this disease, two times more than in the previous decade, according to the latest report from the National Cancer Corporation (CONAC). According to the World Health Organization, each year some 48,000 people die because of melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer. However, this could significantly decrease if taken appropriate precautionary measures.

Meanwhile, in Chile between 1998 and 2008, around 200 people died from this disease, two times more than in the previous decade, according to the latest report from the National Cancer Corporation (CONAC).

That’s why, German Clinic conducted by the eighth consecutive year, “prevention campaign that seeks to promote the protection of this organ, the largest body.

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