Testicular Cancer Research Paper by Whitt Ward Although some people may think of testicular cancer as something funny or to laugh about it is no joking matter‚ and it is estimated by the American Cancer Society that around 8‚720 new cases of testicular cancer will be diagnosed in 2016 alone. It is also estimated that around 380 men will die in 2016 from testicular cancer. The survival rate for testicular cancer is very high though‚ and only about one in every five thousand people that get it will
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Cervical smears should be taken in a proper way by an experienced person so as to avoid an inadequate material.44 Because of the phases that precede the lesion in the natural progress of invasive cervical cancer‚ and because they can be easily discovered and treated‚ the disease is well suited to screening programs. It is now recommended that all patients with abnormal cytology should undergo further investigations.4 Annual Pap smear screening has been favoured over less frequent screening in the
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Invasive Ductal Carcinoma‚ sometimes known as Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma is a type of breast cancer. I picked this cancer because my aunt was diagnosed with it a couple years back. Any type of breast cancer normally starts in the inner lining of the milk ducts or the lobules that supply them with milk. A breast cancer that started off in the lobules is known as Lobular Carcinoma. Whereas‚ breast cancer that starts off in the ducts are known as Ductal Carcinoma. IDC is a ductal breast cancer because
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Mammogram interpretation is performed by radiologists by visual examination of the films for the presence of abnormalities that can be interpreted as cancerous changes. The shortage of radiologists and the large volume of mammograms to be analysed make such readings labour intensive‚ cost ineffective‚ and often inaccurate. The sensitivity of the human eye in interpreting large numbers of images decreases with increasing number of cases‚ particularly when only a small number of those images shows
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Cancer does not always appear life threatening‚ in a few cases‚ resembling mastocytosis‚ people may live without it cured. Mastocytosis maintains as a form of cancer because cancer means mass growing of cells at an uncontrolled rate. Many cancers essentially lung cancer‚ may develop deadly. But few in the same manner with mastocytosis people‚ can live with it the rest of their lives without having any trouble or cause of death living with mastocytosis. A disease that affects few people‚ mastocytosis
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New Drug Study for Abdominal Mesothelioma By Katie Kelley Aug 8‚ 2008 Researchers recently published the results of a study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology detailing a potentially new treatment for patients of abdominal mesothelioma that will likely improve the condition for patients. The study found that when patients suffering from abdominal mesothelioma were given a combination of two drugs‚ Alimta (pemetrexed) and Gemzar (gemcitabine)‚ their condition improved. The following are the results
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Maria Volkova1 and Raymond Russell‚ III*‚1‚2 Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity: Prevalence‚ Pathogenesis and Treatment Curr Cardiol Rev. 2011 Nov; 7(4): 214–220.Published online 2011 Nov. doi: 10.2174/157340311799960645 The family of anthracycline drugs originated in the 1950’s with the identification of daunorubicin from the soil bacterium Streptomyces peucetius . In the 1960’s‚ daunorubicin was found to be quite effective in treating leukemias and lymphomas. Also in the 1960’s‚ a derivative of daunorubicin
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Mama June of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is dealing with a health issue today that has her fans concerned. TMZ shared the news that Mama June was taken to the hospital today after passing out at her home in Georgia. On Wednesday‚ Mama June was at her house and had been throwing up most of the day before she passed out. June was saying that she didn’t feel well and then ended up passing out. At this time‚ there is not a lot of information out about what happened to Mama June exactly‚ but everyone is
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Q/Discuss various historical theories and misconception of cancer ( pre 1890s ) With the development of science ‚the Cancer theories have been changed . the scientists proposed different historical theories over the years trying to explain cancer and its causes ‚some of these theories were proven wrong and some grew more complex .These theories are : -Humoral Theory -Lymph Theory. - Blastema Theory. - Chronic Irritation Theory. -Trauma Theory. - Parasite Theory. which will be
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Hodgkin’s lymphoma was brung to my attention by a pair of football players that were diagnosed with the disease‚ Kansas City Chiefs elite safety Eric Berry and University of Pittsburgh star running back James Conner. Hodgkin’s lymphoma‚ also known as Hodgkin’s disease‚ is a cancer in part of the immune system‚ and as the cancer progresses‚ it makes it gradually more difficult for the body to fight it. Both of the players afore mentioned have fully recovered from Hodgkin’s lymphoma and are back on
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