What is Cancer? Cancer is a disease that causes tumors to spread and eventually take over the body. It’s been around for more than 5000 years. Cancer can causes health problems for three reasons. One‚ the use of tobacco. Two‚ drinking alcohol. Three‚ passed down hereditarily. To begin with‚ the use of tobacco. It’s commonly thought that the risk for cancer is higher if one smokes. But in actuality the risk for cancer is higher for those who have been exposed to second hand smoke. Tobacco is highly
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Ovarian Cancer Teresa Barragan English Wednesday Session Introduction Ovarian cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among women. It is considered to be one of the most common types of cancer of the female reproductive system. According to McGuire and Markman (2003)‚ “despite advances in treatment over the last 40 years‚ ovarian cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed gynaecological malignancy‚ and causes more deaths than any other cancer of the reproductive system”
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PANCREATIC CANCER Pancreatic cancer is a disease in which cells become abnormal and multiply without control or order and form a malignant tumor in the tissues of the pancreas. The pancreas is a gland about 6 inches long that is shaped like a thin tadpole lying on its side. It lies behind the stomach and in front of the spine. The wider end of the pancreas is called the head‚ the middle section is called the body‚ and the narrow end is called the tail. The pancreas has "exocrine" cells that
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Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that start off in one or both lungs. According to WebMD‚ lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women‚ in the United States of America. Lung cancer causes more deaths than breast‚ prostate‚ and colorectal cancer combined. This is tragic because it is one of the most preventable kinds of cancer. There are different types of lung cancer‚ and each has signs and symptoms‚ diagnostic tests and treatments for their type
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Rectal cancer is the most common cancer experienced by either men or women. It happens in individuals regardless of age. It is only next to breast cancer in terms of frequency. Based on my research and observation‚ hereditary factors plays a part in being afflicted with the disease. The rectum is the lower part of the colon that connects the large bowel to the anus.Rectal cancer forms inside the large intestine‚ which is approximately five and a half feet long. The first five feet of the large intestine
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Skin Cancer Erica Tran Period 4 1/13/14 Mr. Gallimore Table of Contents Body…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...Pages 4-12 Keratinocyte Cancers………………………………………………………………………………………….Pages 4-5 Melanoma………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Pages 5-6 Factors for getting skin cancer……………………………………………………………………………Pages 6-8 Prevention………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Pages 8-9 Treatment………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Pages 9-11 New Research and Latest
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Professor Wombles October 25‚ 2015 English 1301 Lung Cancer Lung cancer is the major cause of death related to cancer in both men and women. That goes for everyone worldwide‚ not just the U.S.A. It kills more people than prostate‚ colorectal‚ and breast cancer combined. Over 150‚000 people are expected to die from lung cancer this year. That contributes to about Twenty-Seven percent of cancer related deaths. The amount of deaths caused by lung cancer has steadily been rising Three and a half percent
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Cancer. This is such a small word‚ but a very large and devastating disease. Everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by cancer one way or another. According to the American Cancer Society‚ every year more than one million people are diagnosed with cancer. Skin Cancer is one of the most common types of cancers. Breast‚ prostate‚ lung‚ and colon cancer combined are still less than all the cases of skin cancer that are diagnosed in a year. Nearly half of all Americans who live to age
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Cervical Cancer Research Paper SCI/162 Principles of health and wellness Do to the high risk of cancer What is cervical cancer? [Writing suggestion: Unless in a quote or a title‚ avoid rhetorical questions in academic writing. A good idea is to provide answers‚ not questions] Cervical cancer is a cancer which takes over the lower part of the uterus. The cells in the lining of the cervix unpredictably changes into cancer. The common cells in the cervix begin to change into pre-cancerous
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Hereditary Breast Cancer: The Implications of Genetic Mutations Nicole Kownacki Felician College Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the role genetics play related to hereditary breast cancer and the options available for risk reduction and prevention. Four published articles‚ two medical databases and a genetic focused website were examined during the process of this research. Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death amongst women and heredity is second only to age
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