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Cancer Has Spread Lymph Nodes
1,980 words... important consideration is the stage of the disease. The stage is based on the size of the tumor and whether the cancer has spread. The following is a brief description of the stages of breast cancer and the treatments often used at each stage according to (Dollinger, Rosenbaum and Cable, 1991): Stage 0 is sometimes called noninvasive carcinoma or carcinoma in situ. Lobular carcinoma in situ, or LCIS, refers to abnormal cells in the lining of the lobule These abnormal cells seldom become inv...
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Research Has Shown Type Of Treatment
1,705 wordsAdmitting Diagnosis: Ca of the Duodenum W. F. is divorced and lives alone in a private dwelling. He has worked as a city bus driver for the past 10 yrs and plans to return to his job when he is able. W. F. also works part time as a carpenter with a friend doing custom carpentry after his day job ends. W. F. received support by regular visits from his girlfriend and family located in the city. Other family members live elsewhere but were in contact with him. W. F. was a pack / day smoker for appr...
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Coronary Artery Disease Late 20 Th Century
1,617 wordsWhen Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas, he found the natives using tobacco in much the same manner as it is used today. The American Indians believed it to possess 0 medicinal properties, which was the main reason for its introduction into Europe. Tobacco was important in Indian ceremonies, such as the smoking of the pipe of peace. The detrimental effects of tobacco smoking have long been recognised. As early as the 19 th century, isolated reports were circulated that cigar and pipe s...
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White Blood Cells Bone Marrow
1,043 words... paul, or liquid form. You will swallow the drug, just as you do many other medications. Into a muscle, under the skin, or directly into a cancerous area in the skin. You will get an injection with a needle. Topically. The medication will be applied onto the skin. Some medicines may interfere with the effects of chemotherapy. That is why patients should take a list of all their medications to their doctor prior to the start of their chemotherapy. Over-the-counter drugs and vitamins as well as...
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Signs And Symptoms Breast Tissue
1,040 wordsDefinition Gynecomastia is a common disease of the male breast where there is a benign glandular enlargement of that breast at some time in the male's life. It usually consists of the appearance of a flat pad of glandular tissue beneath a nipple which becomes tender at the same time. The development may be unilateral or bilateral. There is rarely a continued growth of the breast tissue; ordinarily the process is of brief duration and stops short of the production of permanent enlargement of the ...
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Fibrous Tissue Breast Tissue
1,088 words... d neck area may show signs of a pituitary tumor or goiter which is found in Graves disease. The skin and abdomen may reveal signs of liver failure and the testes should be examined for asymmetric enlargement in Klinefelter's syndrome. The doctor may consider liver function tests of a karyotype if Kleinfelter's is suspected. Other diseases related to gynecomastia include: testicular tumors, hypo and hyperthyroidism, Cushing's disease, cirrhosis, spinal cord lesions, Hodgkin's disease, enzymat...
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Skin Cancer Ultraviolet Radiation
1,554 wordsSkin cancer is a disease that can affect any one. Skin cancer includes many types that can be classified as severe or superficial. Consequently, treatment of skin cancer depends on the degree of severity a person has. In the following paper, we will shed lights on the types of skin cancer and its causes. Finally, we will investigate how to treat the different types of cancer and how to avoid it. Skin cancer is a term used to describe cancer in skin tissues. The skin is made of several layers. Sk...
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Birth Control Pills African American Women
1,049 wordsIntroduction Breast cancer is only one of 200 different types of cancer. It is considered a woman's disease but both men and women have the disease. Every year, more than 200, 000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Twelve percent of all women will get the disease and 3. 5 % of them will die. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women who are 40 to 55 years old. Cancer occurs when cells divide uncontrollably. Cells keep dividing even though new cells are not needed. Change from ...
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Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer
1,294 wordsINTRODUCTION Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and the second leading cause of cancerous death. The incident of breast cancer has been increasing steadily from 1: 20 in 1960 to 1: 8 in women today. The American Cancer Society estimates that 211, 000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed this year and 43, 000 patients will die from disease. It is a disfiguring and life threatening disease. Moreover, many women do not even know until it is too late that they have...
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American Cancer Society Skin Cancer
1,332 wordster> What Keeps Us Alive Can Also Kill Us Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. According to current estimates, 40 to 50 percent of Americans who live to age 65 will have skin cancer at least once. There are two different types of skin cancer: Melanomous and non-melanomas. To understand both of these terms a little better you need to be aware that your skin is divided up into 3 layers: the epidermis, dermis, and sub cutis. The top layer, the epidermis, is ...
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Cell Lung Cancer Small Cell Lung
540 wordsLung cancer is a major problem due to the fact of the popularity of smoking in the United States. Smoking ids the major cause of lung cancer. In fact 8 out of 10 of people that get diagnosed with lung cancer are smokers. Another major problem is that because most cases of lung cancer are discovered in relatively late stages only 10 % of all lung cancer patients are cured. Early detection improves odds, but doctors have little success at screening people. (News Week 59) The reason it is not detec...
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Basal Cell Cell Carcinoma
1,510 wordsAlternative Cancer Therapies As Deepak Chopra said: If you can wiggle your toes with the mere flicker of an intention, why can't you reset your biological clock? If you could live in the moment you would see the flavor of eternity and when you metabolize the experience of eternity your body doesn't age. Ayurveda is the science of life and it has a very basic, simple kind of approach, which is that we are part of the universe and the universe is intelligent and the human body is part of the cosmi...
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Basal Cell Ultraviolet Rays
1,390 wordsEvery hour one American is killed by skin cancer and every thirty seconds one American gets skin cancer. Cancer is a deadly disease that alters the DNA of a skin cell and causes it to reproduce at a rapid pace. This overproduction of cells can be harmful and in many cases deadly. Out of these cancers the most common is Basal cell carcinoma. Many steps have been made in the treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma, some have been very successful and some not. The cells that have the altered DNA are call...
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White Blood Cells Loss Of Appetite
2,169 wordsChemotherapy: The treatment of disease with drugs that directly poison the diseased organism. Most often referred to for cancer treatment, where powerful drugs with potentially sever side effects are used to eliminate or contain the spread of tumors. In treating physical diseases, probably the most common form of therapy in Western medicine is chemotherapy, or drug therapy. Some physical conditions, where chemotherapy is not the best option, can be corrected through surgery while others may be e...
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Ovarian Cancer Oral Contraceptives
4,183 wordsOf all gynecologic malignancies, ovarian cancer continues to have the highest mortality and is the most difficult to diagnose. In the United States female population, ovarian cancer ranks fifth in absolute mortality among cancer related deaths (13, 000 /yr). In most reported cases, ovarian cancer, when first diagnosed is in stages III or IV in about 60 to 70 % of patients which further complicates treatment of the disease (Barber, 3). Early detection in ovarian cancer is hampered by the lack of ...
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Estrogen Levels Forty Percent
839 wordsGynecomastia There are many lethal diseases that affect the human species. Doctors fight every day to save lives, and research is being done to find cures for them. Fortunately there are other diseases that are not life threatening, but they do cause discomfort and suffering. Some diseases affect only women, and some affect only men. Gynecomastia is a disease that affects only males. Gynecomastia is a common disease that occurs only in males, and it is generally a bilateral and symmetrical anato...
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Health Care Workers Chronic Hepatitis
1,367 wordsRisk Factors for HBV Infection Although relatively rare in the United States, hepatitis B is endemic in parts of Asia where hundreds of millions of individuals may be infected. HBV is transmitted horizontally by blood and blood products and sexual transmission. It is also transmitted vertically from mother to infant in the perinatal period which is a major mode of transmission in regions where hepatitis B is endemic. The blood supply in developed countries has been screened for HBV for many year...
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Cell Lung Cancer Small Cell Lung
635 wordsLung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the lung. Normal lung tissue is made up of cells that are programmed by nature to create lungs of a certain shape and function. Sometimes the instructions to a cell go haywire and that cell and its offspring reproduce wildly, without regard for the shape and function of a lung. That wild reproduction can form tumours that clog up the lung and make it stop functioning as it should. Because of the large size of the lungs, cancer may grow ...
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Ozone Layer Ultraviolet Rays
1,260 wordsAtmospheric ozone layer depletion is a serious problem currently facing the world. The ozone layer protects humans, animals, and plants from harmful ultraviolet rays. Money and time are being spent on ozone repair, but the problem still exists. The ozone layer is a region of the stratosphere containing ozone, or O 3 gas. The ozone layer is essential to both plant and animal life on earth because it protects the surface from dangerous ultraviolet light. However, industrial and domestic chemicals ...
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Part Of The Body Breast Cancer
1,207 wordsPlease Read This Warning Before You Use This Essay for Anything (It Might Save Your Life) Aspects of Breast Cancer According to the American Cancer Society, in the United States in 1997 alone, 180, 000 people were diagnosed with a horrible disease. Of all types of cancer breast cancer ranks second and is the number one cancer which is fatal in women between ages of 15 to 54. This cancer is within the top three cancers of all women above the age of 15. This awful disease is breast cancer. Breast ...
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