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There are several types of treatment for use in breast cancer. The therapy is applied depends on many factors, which include the stage or stage where the tumor is, whether or not metastasis, the size of the cancer and how cancer cells are. With the classification made by doctors are set to tumor size, lymph node involvement and the degree of metastasis or spread to other organs, if any. The most used is the TNM system created by the American Joint Committee on Cancer. Each letter refers to a characteristic, which is defined by a number:

* T (size), followed by a number from 0 to 4 indicates the size of the tumor, the larger the cancer, the higher the number. (more…)

It is the most common type of hair loss in men. It usually follows a typical pattern line receding hairline and hair thinning at the crown and is caused by hormones and genetic predisposition.

Causes and Risk Factors

Hair grows at an average rate of 2.5 cm (1 inch) every two months and each hair grows for 2 to 6 years, remains at that length for a short period and finally falls, then a new hair begins to grow in place. At any given time, nearly 85% of hair on your head is in growing phase and 15% are not. (more…)