spanish speaking female who was diagnosed with right inflammatory breast cancer on 8/27/15. The patient underwent chemotherapy from 10/30/15 to 4/15/16. A right sided simple mastectomy was performed on 5/31/16 and 4 sentinel lymph nodes were removed‚ 2 of which were positive. The patient began her physical therapy on 7/6/16‚ which was about two months after she finished her chemotherapy regimen. Radiation therapy began on 7/20/16 which was 2 weeks after her initial evaluation and ended on 8/17/16
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Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease by the use of chemical substances‚ especially the treatment of cancer by cytotoxic and other drugs. Chemotherapy and radiation do not always fully cure cancer in the body. It separates cells in the body which affects hair‚ nails‚ skin‚ the digestive system‚ and the blood. This procedure makes you very ill and can cause lifelong damages to various parts of the body‚ including your brain‚ liver‚ hearing‚ and reproductive organs. Homeopathic cures are more effective
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to determine whether women with breast cancer treated using the chemotherapy anthracycline and trastuzumab were at a greater risk for heart failure or cardiomyopathy. Method: This was a retrospective study of 12‚500 women diagnosed with breast cancer over an eight-year time span. This study looked at the hazard rations and 95% confidence intervals for the women using various forms of chemotherapy. The various forms of chemotherapy studied were anthracycline alone 29.6%‚ trastuzumab alone 0.9%‚ anthracycline
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Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is the process of using various chemicals to treat diseases such as cancer. This process can be delivered by infusion through a catheter‚ by injection‚ or in tablet form. These chemicals target the cause of the disease and try to kill it off. In the case of cancer‚ toxic substances are used to kill rapidly dividing cancer cells. These substances alter cancer cell division or DNA function and synthesis (“Chemotherapy”). However‚ chemotherapy is very controversial as there
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Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is medication that kills cancer cells that multiply quickly. It works by upsetting cell division and killing them throughout the whole body. A pediatric oncologist is someone who studies and treats cancer in kids. If you were diagnosed with cancer by an oncologist‚ usual treatment would be chemo or radiation therapy‚ where radioactive waves are used to destroy cancerous cells of tumors. There are many ways to give chemotherapy; as an IV where medication is put
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were abortion is the right thing to do. Abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus by various surgical methods in order to end a pregnancy. Not every woman has the right to abort their own unborn child‚ so many mothers attempt Self-Induced Abortion. Self-Induced Abortion is a form of terminating a pregnancy performed by the mother without having licensed medical supervision (Ballaro). This dangerous form of abortion canlead to several health problems which is one reason why
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Heart‚ Neck Vessel‚ Peripheral Vascular System and Lymph Assessment Ardis A. Halvorsen‚ RN South Dakota State University Abstract This purpose of this report is to present regional write-ups of the cardiovascular system including the neck vessels and heart‚ the lymph system‚ and the peripheral vascular system. The evaluation is performed on a 26-year-old male that works in the construction and asphalt industries and works five to six days a week. This report is submitted using a SOAP format
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complex systems in the human body. It can be broken down into two main subdivisions‚ the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The central nervous system contains about 85 billion neurons and includes the spinal cord and brain. It is considered the control center of the body and processes all types of incoming sensory information. The peripheral nervous system is composed of all the other tissue outside of the central nervous system. It can be broken down into a somatic
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Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) is a kind of genetic disorder that caused by the pathogenic variants in mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA) leading to a bilateral visual loss during young adult life‚ especially in males. Mitochondrial DNA is found in mitochondria which breakdowns carbohydrates and fatty acids to generate energy so that the body cells can use. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited maternally‚ it is because the paternal mitochondria in sperm have disappeared during the early embryogenesis
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Before we get into Exercise Induced Asthma it is important to have a good understand of what Asthma is in general. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that lead to the lungs that can make it hard for someone to bring are cause a lot of coughing. With Asthma‚ air passages can be affected in multiple different ways. Airway muscles can become thick and tight‚ airways can produce extra mucus‚ airways can become irritated and more sensitive and they also become a lot more sensitive
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