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Cancer Has Spread First Three Years
1,501 wordsCancer is a group of many different diseases that have some important things in common. They all affect cells, the bodys basic unit of life. To understand different types of cancer, such as Bladder Cancer, it is helpful to know about normal cells and what happens when they become cancerous. The body is made up of many types of cells. Normally, cells grow and divide to produce more cells only when the body needs them. This orderly process helps keep the body healthy. Sometimes cells keep dividing...
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American Cancer Society Survival Rate
1,474 words... boost of treatment to the cancer itself and the area close by. Internal radiotherapy for cancer of the cervix is also known as called 'calcium treatment'. This is because a radioactive element called calcium is the radiation source that is used for the in-patient treatment over a few days. Other radioactive metals can be used, which release radiation more quickly. Treatment can be given in 2 - 5 sessions of a few minutes each. The overall total radiation dose the patient receives will be abo...
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Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy
1,592 words... radioactive seeds into the prostate (brachytherapy). External beam radiation therapy is given over a course of 6 to 8 weeks through carefully defined portals. Refinements in technique have allowed greater doses of radiation to be administered with a lower risk of morbidity. Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy is the preferred method of administration in a dose of 75 to 80 Gy. (Greenlee 32). Radiation therapy cannot cure nodal metastases. Disease-specific, 7 -year survival with radiation...
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Soft Tissue Radiation Therapy
1,861 words... in which they developed DNA expression profiles that can be used to accurately diagnose nine soft-tissue sarcoma subtypes, representing approximately 70 % of these cancers. To develop such profiles, researchers use a gene-expression microarray, or "gene chip. " The chip contains thousands of known gene samples printed onto a quartz wafer in tiny dots. When a gene in a study cell matches one on the chip, it binds tightly, like two pieces of a puzzle. The cellular material causes the matched g...
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Cell Lung Cancer Small Cell Lung
3,371 wordsLung cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of the body where they can continue to grow. This spreading process is called metastasis. When cancer spreads, it is still named after the part of the body where it started. For example, if breast cancer spreads to the lungs, it...
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