Are Mammograms Effective or In-Effective in Detecting Breast Cancer? Every year breast cancer affects American women either through one’s own diagnosis or through a sister‚ wife‚ mother‚ grandmother‚ or friend. The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends that women under the age of 40 perform monthly breast self-examinations and receive clinical breast self-examinations yearly. Furthermore‚ ACS also recommends annual mammograms for all women beginning at the age 40‚ and continuing them as long
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Oral Cancer Oral Cancer is defined as: a neoplasia on the lip or oral cavity. Cancer of the head and neck is a very highly relevant problem of global public health. Studies on oralphyanegeal cancer have shown that its risks place it at the top ten ranking of incidence of cancers (2). The top ten ranking is even after all the advancements and progress in therapy and research. Unfortunately‚ there has been a stagnant survival rate for those affected by this cancer (2). Research has shown that there
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being studied in this news article is the use of marijuana and the risk of testicular cancer. The exposure is the use of marijuana and the outcome is testicular cancer. According to Cortessis (2012)‚ “testicular cancer is on the rise” as well as testicular cancer being more common in young men might be why this study was conducted. Nonetheless‚ marijuana usage is more common as well as the rise of testicular cancer‚ so they might have wanted to see if the two had any correlation. I also feel like this
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Cervical cancer is the second common cancer in women. Cervical cancer is a sexually transmitted disease caused by human papillovirus ‚ or also known as HPV. Some people may not experience any cervical cancer symptoms. There are several risk factors that may increase the risk such as having multiple partners. Having sex at an early age may also increase the risk of HPV. Sexual transmitted diseases such as Chlamydia‚ gonorrhea‚ and cigarette smoking can also cause cervical cancer. There are treatments
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CANCER NANOTECHNOLOGY …. Going small for big Advances Abstract At present there are wide varieties of Technologies‚ which are vastly being used to analyze biological cells to diagnose diseases and develop methodologies to cure diseases. One such technology is ‘Nanotechnology’. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter. It’s difficult to imagine anything so small‚ but think of something only
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Lung Cancer The deadliest kind of cancer is lung cancer. People suffer each year from its devastating and lasting effects. It is the foremost cause of cancer death and is the second most common type of cancer. Men and women both have lung cancer. It affects over 200‚000 people every year in the United States. 116‚900 men and 103‚350 women were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009 according to the American Cancer Society. Also‚ 159‚390 people have died from lung cancer in this year. African American
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Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. There are two different types of skin cancers: Melanomas 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 subcutis. The top layer‚ the epidermis‚ is very thin and serves to protect the deeper layers of the skin. The epidermis is also composed of basal cells‚ which in turn divide to form squamous cells and melanocytes. Melanoma
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Massage Therapy Continuing Education CANCER AND MASSAGE NCBTMB Provider #451897-12 www.nirvanamassagecenational.com 1 CANCER AND MASSAGE 2 CEUs Content copyright 2012‚ 2013 Nirvana Massage CE National‚ LLC All rights reserved. All trademarks and/or copyrights are in effect. This course is for informational and continuing education purposes only. All information in this course has been thoroughly researched and referenced. It is accepted as factual at the time of publication
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of the gallbladder as well as other factors that may all lead to pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic carcinoma is cancer of the pancreas. It is consider a malignant neoplasm disease of abnormal mass of tissue. Normally‚ the cells in the body follws an orderly growth‚ division‚ and eventually dies off but when the process for the pancreas is interrupted cancer begins to form at site. The most common type of pancreatic cancer is the adenocarcinoma arising from the exocrine gland as glandular cells in
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Kidney Cancer KIdney Cancer is when cells in the body grow out of control. These cells can form a tumor or damaged tissue. If cancer cells grow in the kidney‚ it is called kidney cancer. The most common kidney cancer in adults is renal cell carcinoma. It forms in the lining of very small tubes in the kidney. Cancers found in the center of the kidney are known as transitional cell carcinoma. Wilms tumor is a kidney cancer that very young children can get. On average‚ people are diagnosed with kidney
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