Introduction: Cancer is a group of diseases that involve an abnormal increase in the number of cells‚ with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Throat cancer happens when the cells within the organs used for breathing‚ swallowing‚ and speaking begin to divide quickly and usual. These cells divide uncontrollably and invade other tissues. Not all tumors are cancerous‚ benign tumors are not classified as being cancer due to them not spreading to other parts in the body
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the endocervix. The part next to the vagina is the exocervix. The 2 main types of cells covering the cervix are squamous cells and glandular cells. The place where these 2 cell types meet is called the transformation zone. Most cervical cancers start in the transformation zone. Also most cervical cancers begin in the cells lining the cervix. These cells do not suddenly change into cancer. Instead‚ the normal cells of the cervix first gradually develop pre-cancerous changes that turn into cancer
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Epidemiological studies A. Descriptive studies 1.) Case Control Study Title: Determinants of Malaria Program Expenditures during Elimination: Case Study Evidence from Select Provinces in the Philippines. Even though eliminating malaria from the endemic margins is a part of the Global Malaria Action Plan‚ little guidance exists on what resources are needed to transition from controlling malaria to eliminating it. Using Philippines as an example‚ this study aimed to (1) estimate the financial
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The Risks of Tanning and Exposure to the Sun The largest organ in the body is the skin‚ yet so many people are willing to abuse it. When it comes to indoor tanning‚ about thirty million Americans choose to tan each year. Seventy-five percent of these people who are under the age of thirty have an increased risk of melanoma. The worst part is‚ once the skin is damaged the skin‚ there is no way to reverse it. The risks of tanning and exposure to sun can lead to various diseases‚ which include various
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more. Skin cancer is a cancer that could easily be detected soon‚ with check-ups and self-examinations‚ but unfortunately is missed often. Skin cancer has three different branches that include‚ basal cell carcinoma‚ squamous cell carcinoma‚ and malignant melanoma. When a person is young normal body cells grow and divide quickly‚ but as
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of esophageal cancer. People who smoke are more likely to develop esophageal cancer also people who drink heavy are more likely to be at risk. There are two types of esophagus cancer squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma usually people that drink heavy and smoke are more at risk of having squamous cell carcinoma other risk factors would be obesity‚ diet‚ smokeless tobacco. Esophagus {draw:frame} Prevention‚ Detection‚ Diagnosis The detection and symptoms of esophageal cancer would
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3. cutaneous c. abnormal condition of yellow __i__ 4. dermatitis d. incision into the nail __b__ 5. melanoma e. pertaining to below the skin __d__ 6. onychotomy f. pertaining to within the skin __a__ 7. dermal g. red (blood) cell __e__ 8. subcutaneous h. study of the skin __g__ 9. erythrocyte i. inflammation of the skin __h__ 10. dermatology Exercise D. Match the medical term not
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least one time throughout their life (National Human Genome Institute‚ Oct 2012). There are many different types of skin cancer that can develop; three of the most common types are basal cell carcinoma‚ squamous cell carcinoma and the most dangerous skin cancer‚ Melanoma. Cancer begins when genes within a cell mutate and become abnormal. A combination of sun exposure and genetics generally cause skin cancer. Anyone is susceptible to skin cancer but it is more common in people who have light colored
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esophageal carcinoma is thought to be related to exposure of the esophageal mucosa to noxious or toxic stimuli‚ resulting in a sequence of dysplasia to carcinoma in situ to carcinoma. By far‚ the most common esophageal cancer worldwide is squamous cell carcinoma‚ while the second common subgroup—adenocarcinoma accounts for less than 15% of all esophageal cancers1. Other malignant tumors of the esophagus‚ such as sarcomas‚ lymphoma‚ primary malignant melanoma‚ and small cell carcinoma‚ are very rare
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1 Introduction: Arsenic is a ruthless killer in Bangladesh’s drinking water is making millions of people sick and may be causing as many as 3‚000 deaths each year. That killer--naturally occurring arsenic in the water drawn from family wells--appears to have been released through a process involving crop irrigation‚ at least in one part of the country. At a research site in the southern part of Bangladesh‚ scientists calculated that irrigation pumping‚ which began in the last several decades‚ has
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