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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HER-2 Status and Brain Metastases in Trastuzumab-treated Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Ka-Kiu Claire Fung Literature Review: Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Project Convenor: Dr J A Smith Word Count: 3223 words C a n d i d a t e N u m b e r : 2 0 7 7 Ka-Kiu Claire Fung Abstract It is widely known that patients with HER-2-positive advanced breast cancer are at particularly high risk of developing brain metastases‚ especially if patients
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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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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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Have you ever wondered how cancers formed? Cancer is caused in many ways‚ some are worse than others. There are also a lot of different ways to cure cancer. Thyroid cancer is cancer that can be caused by many things. Thyroid cancer kills people all the time. Any Type of cancer is bad and can kill you. Cancer is very serious. There are many types of cancer‚ but Chernobyl caused a special kind. Chernobyl caused many types of cancer. That special kind is thyroid cancer‚ it’s located on the bottom
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