HOW CANCER CELLS WORK A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating. And there is good reason for this fear -- Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States next to heart disease‚ and will claim more than half a million lives this year. Cancer also known as a malignant tumor or malignant neoplasm‚ is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Not all tumors are cancerous;benign tumors do not spread to other
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Importance of Cancer Research A number of deaths from cancer continue to increase each year. Cancer is a disease has touched every family at least once. It is a disease that can kill you in a matter of years or months. There are several different types of cancer‚ some of which both men and women can be diagnosed with and some of which only one sex can actually be diagnosed with. Today researchers are finding more and more advances into what causes cancer. Cancer research remains
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Cancer Introduction Attention Getter: More than ½ million people are expected to die of cancer this year. That’s more than 1‚500 a day. An average of ½ of men and 1/3 of women will develop cancer. Purpose: To inform my audience about cancer. Importance to Audience: Cancer can affect anyone‚ so you can gain something from this speech by being informed about cancer‚ and how to prevent it. Thesis Statement: Cancer is a serious disease that may be preventable and curable. Preview: I will discuss
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Cervical cancer is found in the cervix‚ which is an organ that is connected to the vagina‚ by the birth canal‚ from the bottom of the uterus. The cancer forms when cells in the area start to grow out of control in the lining of the cervix or womb. The cervix has two fragments: the endocervix and the exocervix. The endocervix has cells which are called the glandular cells‚ and the exocervix has cells that are called squamous cells. The transformation zone is where most cells turn into cervical cancer
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3.2. How do the therapeutic cancer vaccines work? Therapeutic vaccines do not directly kill cancer cells. Their aim is to activate and instruct the dendritic cells‚ by making them capable of inducing a specific anti-tumour immune response. In particular‚ the aim of therapeutic cancer vaccination is to activate cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)‚ which are the main soldiers of the immune system against cancer cells. 3.2.1 What are dendritic cells and why are they important? Dendritic cells are a family
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Evaluative Reading 29 October 2012 Cancer‚ Gender‚ and Environmental Justice As of today‚ cancer is one of the utmost feared diseases in the world. In the early 1990s‚ approximately 6 million new cancer incidents propagated and more than 4 million mortalities arose from cancers. Cancer is a disease that is killing individuals all around the world. More than one-fifth of all fatalities were triggered by cancer and its been predicted‚ by the American Cancer Society‚ that about 33% of Americans
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The word cancer is a word that has negativity written all over it. It’s a word with no positive upside and often makes most of us cringe. The word cancer is a Greek word and was first used by Hippocrates who used the words carcinos and carcinoma to describe tumors‚ later deeming the word “cancer”. Cancer is a condition in which relates to the cells within the human body‚ cells make up all living things. They grow‚ expand‚ divide
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Writing 1010 Final Research Paper April 26‚ 2012 Emotional and Psychological Effects of Cancer Nearly 11‚958‚000 people were living with cancer in the U.S. in the year of 2008. (“Cancer Prevalence: How Many People Have Cancer?”). It is the second-leading cause of death in the United States. Cancer is “characterized by the development of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably and have the ability to infiltrate and destroy normal body tissue.”(Mayo Clinic Staff) It is caused by a simple
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Breast cancer will met to the bone and brain lung and liver Risk factors: menarche b4 12 menopause after 55 obesity high fat diet family hist 1st degree relative birth of 1st child after 30 birth control pills and hrt ( Dr should be notified cause can make breast dense and harder to image) S/S: lumps in breast increased vascularity breast pain or soreness nipple retraction or ulceration Screening: breast self exam 7-10 days after menses
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the part of the brain where it initially formed. A malignant brain tumor‚ on the other hand‚ is composed of cancer cells or non-cancerous cells that harms vital functions of the brain. These cancerous brain cells rarely spread to other parts of the body‚ unlike other cancer cells‚ and instead stays in the brain. For this reason‚ this disease is called “brain tumor” instead of “brain cancer”. In 2003‚ my uncle was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor‚ but that was not the end. In 2011‚ my dad was
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