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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Breast Implants Breast implants seem to be a quick easy fix for someone who may think that they are not meeting up to the ideal body image of today. With all of the different things influencing women‚ especially the media‚ how would they ever be able to view their body as sufficient or even adequate without any alteration? Would it be possible for breast implants to really solve the issue of having a negative body image? After a woman gets breast implants‚ where would the unnatural enhancing
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Advancements in Cancer Technology and Treatment Even though there is no cure for cancer‚ technology has made many strides in hoping to cure cancer. In 2003‚ Eric Schuetz‚ a pharmacist who works for the Maryland Poison Center‚ learned that he had an inoperable brain tumor after receiving an MRI scan for a non-cancerous pituitary tumor. Within that year he received “gamma knife” treatment‚ and then 10 years later ran a half-marathon with his wife to help fundraise money for the cancer center. When thinking
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Primary Source: Tumor Microenvironment Topic Summary Cancer has become one of the world’s leading trends in diseases‚ both in discussion and in medicinal related research. Major insights and discoveries within cellular biology can be accredited to the drive of understanding and curing cancer. The battle of cancer began to rise in public attention around the era of Henrietta Lacks‚ who provided the world’s first immortal cell line. Most research of the time‚ and even up to the past decade‚ was targeted
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Colon Cancer Essay Kimberlee Mendoza COM/172 Spring 2012 University of Phoenix BSCJA/HS-004 By Julio Acuna Chelito16_@hotmail.com (619) 358-3815 May 20th‚ 2012 Colon cancer is known to be one of the most common cancers in the western world. In the United States‚ colon cancer is the second cause of death from cancer only surpass by lung cancer. More women die of colon cancer than breast cancer. Although not many do pay attention to the risk factors and symptoms. One reason may
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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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Case Study 92 Scenario R.T. is a 64-year-old man who comes to his primary care provider’s (PCP’s) office for a yearly examination. He initially reports having no new health problems; however‚ on further questioning‚ he admits to having developed some fatigue‚ abdominal bloating‚ and intermittent constipation. His nurse practitioner completes the examination‚ which includes a normal rectal exam with a stool positive for guaiac. Diagnostic studies include a CBC with differential‚ chem 14‚ and
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Breast-feeding the Baby. In the first two to three days after birth the mother’s breasts produce a substance called colostrum. Colostrum resembles melted butter‚ is high in protein‚ and contains antibodies that protect the baby. It helps to clear the bowels easily of meconium‚ a substance in the bowels of all newborn babies. There is no artificial substitute for colostrum. Breast Milk. Breast milk is easily processed by the infant’s digestive system and helps to prevent allergies. Unlike cow’s milk
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Lung Cancer Lung cancer is “the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs”. These abnormal cells do not carry out the functions of normal lung cells and do not develop into healthy lung tissue. As they grow‚ “the abnormal cells can form tumors and interfere with the functioning of the lung‚ which provides oxygen to the body via the blood”. There are two major types of lung cancer‚ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Staging lung cancer is based
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Cancer Epidemiology Cancer is not a single disease; it is a myriad or collection of diseases with many different manifestations as there are many different types of tissues and cell types Cancer is a disease of abnormal gene expression. Cells are constantly evolving and have the natural selection pressures to change Common biological properties of tumor cells: 1) Deregulated clonal cell growth- all cells in a tumor originated from one single cell that acquired mutations that made it deregulated
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