Cancer Prevention Preventing cancer in oneself really varies from depending on the person and the family. A person can become more susceptible to getting cancer based on different risk factors‚ some which are controllable and others which are not. These risk factors include age‚ sex‚ environment‚ lifestyle‚ and heredity. In my family‚ and in myself‚ there are many things that we can make ourselves aware of and do in order to prevent cancer. Since age and sex are out of my control‚ there’s nothing
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the certified tumor registrar (CTR). A cancer registry is a compilation of all cancer related data on all cancer patients‚ including their demographics‚ medical histories‚ diagnostic findings‚ and follow up assessments. This information provides health care professionals with the necessary data and tools to successfully develop‚ implement‚ assess and evaluate current and future treatments and therapies for the overall goal of preventing and controlling cancer (NCRA‚ 2002). The registry is also a key
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contributing to the causes of the cancer disease. Taking a closer look at skin cancer for instance‚ we see how much of the effects of the sun’s dangerous UV rays can harm our bodies. What constitutes an environmental cause of cancer? When we talk about environmental causes of cancer‚ we are referring to the effects of environmental exposures or conditions that have direct or indirect effect on the origin or formation of the cancer disease in each individual’s body. Cancer develops over several years
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Guyabano for cancer? A balikbayan patient asked me recently about the anticancer effects of custard apple or sour sop. I was embarrassed to admit I didn’t quite know what the fruit was‚ but promised her I would request my research staff to search the scientific literatures about it. I gave the assignment to my senior researcher and editor Gigi de Leon‚ and she came back to me a few hours later educating me on what the custard apple or sour sop is. It is our good old guyabano‚ which I fondly
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Although breast self-examination does not reduce the incidence of breast cancer‚ it does markedly reduce the rate of mortality‚ since most early tumors are found by women themselves. I discovered my own tumor upon a monthly breast exam‚ and so report most of the other women I know with a good prognosis for survival. With our alert awareness making such a difference in the survival rate for breast cancer‚ women need to face the possibility and the actuality of breast cancer as a reality rather than
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1–16; May 2013; © 2013 Landes Bioscience Inhibition of the autophagic flux by salinomycin in breast cancer stem-like/progenitor cells interferes with their maintenance Wen Yue‚1‚2‚† Ahmed hamaï‚1‚2‚† Giovanni Tonelli‚1‚2 chantal Bauvy‚1‚2 Valérie Nicolas‚2‚3 hugo Tharinger‚2‚3 Patrice codogno1‚2 and Maryam Mehrpour1‚2‚* 1 † These authors contributed equally to this work. Keywords: breast cancer stem-like/progenitor cell‚ salinomycin‚ autophagy‚ cell death‚ lysosome Abbreviations: ACTB‚
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Breast reconstruction is a type of surgery that helps people recover from a devastating experience. Whether it is needed due to cancer treatment or severe injury‚ restoring the natural shape and position of the breast‚ or even doing a breast augmentation‚ helps many patients achieve a fuller recovery. There are a few different types of breast reconstruction surgery available. Let’s look at the options available here at Proffer Surgical. DIEP Flap Sometimes after a mastectomy‚ there is not enough
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Breast self-examination knowledge and skills is an important facet in early detection of breast cancer. 3‚ 20 Although our study found high awareness of BSE among female university students‚ BSE practices were found to below as observed from the number of female students who had performed BSE at the time of the study. Even those who attempted to perform BSE‚ fewer had performed BSE once a month. Those that had not attempted BSE‚ still few could promise to perform BSE in the next month. Poor BSE practices
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NIH-PA Author Manuscript Altered EGFR Localization and Degradation in Human Breast Cancer Cells with an Amphiregulin/EGFR Autocrine Loop Nicole E. Willmartha‚b‚ Andrea Baillob‚ Michele L. Dziubinskib‚ Kristy Wilsonc‚ David J. Riese IIc‚ and Stephen P. Ethierb‚1 a Department of Cancer Biology‚ Kimmel Cancer Institute‚ Thomas Jefferson University‚ Philadelphia‚ PA‚ USA 19107 b Breast Cancer Program‚ Karmanos Cancer Institute‚ Department of Pathology‚ Wayne State University School of Medicine‚ Detroit
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Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer Many women do not take breast cancer or cervical cancer serious‚ by getting screened‚ until the disease has begun to develop or has spread. Cervical cancer use to be the main cause of deaths caused by cancer for women‚ but over the past forty or fifty years‚ the number of cases of cervical cancer and the number of deaths from this disease has decreased significantly‚ leaving another horrible disease in its place. Now breast cancer is the second major cause of
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