Prediction of Side Effects in Colon Cancer Chemotherapy Mouna Kacimi Ognjen Savkovi´c Manfred Mitterer Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano‚ Italy Mouna.Kacimi@unibz.it Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano‚ Italy Ognjen.Savkovic@unibz.it Hospital Franz Tappeiner I-39012‚ Meran-Merano‚ Italy Manfred.Mitterer@asbmeran-o.it Abstract—Chemotherapy is used to treat cancer by killing malignant cells or stopping
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Getting diagnosed with cancer is just about the worst kind of news anyone can get. Approximately 38.5% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their life (1). Unfortunately it seems that the majority of people don’t have a comfortable understanding about what this disease really is‚ what the available treatments are‚ and how they work. Cancer is most definitely always fatal‚ unless caught in time and treated properly. Just by taking a look at the statistics‚ it’s easy to
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Holland‚ when the understanding of the psychological support to those who was cancer- diagnosed. The meaning of psychooncology or sometimes they call it oncopsychology‚ originally was started from telling the cancer- diagnosis to the patient. In USA special stuff was assigned who would tell the diagnosis initially to the patient. However there are lots of other cases that should be dealt with‚ in the process of the cancer treatment. Oncopatient is going through lots of kinds of treatments‚ such as
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Breast Cancer at the Cellular Level There are many different diseases that terrorize the human race every day. Of all of these sicknesses‚ one of the most devastating is breast cancer. Breast cancer touches all types of people all over the world each day. It is actually the second most common cancer amongst women in the United States. One in every eight women in the United States has some form of breast cancer and currently‚ the death rates are higher than any other cancer with the exception
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STAGES OF CERVICAL CANCER. The process used to find out if cancer has spread within the cervix or to other parts of the body is called staging and the information gathered from the staging process determines the stage of the disease. It is important to know the stage in order to plan treatment. The following tests and procedures may be used in the staging process: CT scan‚ Positron emission tomography scan‚ Magnetic resonance imaging‚ Ultrasound exam‚ Chest X-ray‚ Cystoscopy ‚ Laparoscopy‚ and Pretreatment
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A Glycolytic Mechanism Regulating an Angiogenic Switch in Prostate Cancer Jianhua Wang‚ Jincheng Wang‚ Jinlu Dai‚ et al. Cancer Res 2007;67:149-159. Updated version Supplementary Material Access the most recent version of this article at: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/67/1/149 Access the most recent supplemental material at: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/suppl/2006/12/27/67.1.149.DC1.html Cited Articles This article cites by 28 articles‚ 11 of which you
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What is pancreatic cancer? Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive form of cancer that develops in the tissues of the pancreas. Located in the abdomen behind the lower part of the stomach‚ the pancreas aids in digestion. It contains both exocrine glands (which produce enzymes that help the body digest food) and endocrine glands (which produce hormones‚ including insulin‚ that help control blood sugar levels in the body). Pancreatic cancer is hard to diagnose and once it is found it has usual spread to
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Esophageal cancer‚ more common around the world than in the United States‚ is cancer in the esophagus. The esophagus is a long‚ hollow tube that connects the throat to the stomach. The esophagus is approximately 8 inches long‚ and is lined by mucosa. There are two main types of esophageal cancer: Squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Squamous cell carcinoma begins in cells lining the esophagus while adenocarcinoma begins in the cells that produce and release mucus and other fluids. The main
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10: Living with Cancer and Other Chronic Conditions Key Terms regulatory gene Genes that control cell specialization‚ replication‚ DNA repair‚ and tumor suppression. oncogenes Faulty regulatory genes that are believed to activate the development of cancer. proto-oncogenes Normal regulatory genes that may become oncogenes. metastasis The spread of cancerous cells from their site of origin to other areas of the body. benign Noncancerous; localized nonmalignant tumors contained within a
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Cancer: Silent Killer By: Wynne Michael David S. Gogo Submitted to: Ms. Katrina Q. Sundo Abstract Cancer nowadays is very widespread. But what is cancer? Cancer‚ known medically as a malignant neoplasm‚ is a large group of different diseases‚ all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer‚ cells divide and grow uncontrollably‚ forming malignant tumors‚ and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to
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