The Rising Rate of Advanced Breast Cancer in Young Woman People today are surprised as well as shocked to find an increasing rate of young women with breast cancer. Breast cancer is more common in women younger than their 40s and even 30s than society thinks‚ and in reality‚ the mutation has no age requirement. The fact that more and more women under the age of 40 are rapidly developing breast cancer shows that not only has the number of young advanced breast cancer patients increased a significant
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Cervical Cancer Research Paper SCI/162 Principles of health and wellness Do to the high risk of cancer What is cervical cancer? [Writing suggestion: Unless in a quote or a title‚ avoid rhetorical questions in academic writing. A good idea is to provide answers‚ not questions] Cervical cancer is a cancer which takes over the lower part of the uterus. The cells in the lining of the cervix unpredictably changes into cancer. The common cells in the cervix begin to change into pre-cancerous
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Clower Breast Cancer As most of us look ahead into what we expect for our future‚ we will envision a life of good health‚ success and family. What if the health factor was not good? Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world‚ also the leading cancer in women; men can get it also. What exactly is breast cancer? The definition of breast cancer “ is a malignant tumor that starts from cells of the breast”. A highly asked question “what caused me to get cancer? Breast cancer can be caused
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The Causes and Effects of Breast Cancer Breast Cancer has many different causes‚ such as environmental causes‚ genetics and even art‚ and effect both the patient and those around them in physical as well as emotional ways. When most people think of breast cancer‚ they think of the side effects of the treatments. In other words chemotherapy causing hair loss and radiation causing burns. Most people do not think of the emotional effect it has on the patient or the way it effects their family as well
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Cancer is a word that no one wants to hear or think about‚ however there are many people that are faced with this ugly word every day. The denotative definition of cancer is a malignant and invasive growth or tumor‚ especially one originating in epithelium‚ tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites. To many Americans cancer is so much more than this definition‚ it is estimated that 1‚638‚910 men and women will be diagnosed with cancer in 2012 according to the national
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Skin Cancer What is it and how to prevent it Skin cancer is the most prevalent of all cancers. There are three types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma‚ squamous cell carcinoma‚ and malignant melanoma. In this presentation I plan to discuss a little about each of these cases as well as tell ways to prevent and treat them. The first most common skin cancer is basal cell carcinoma. This cancer develops in the basal or bottom layer of the epidermis‚ which is the top layer of the skin
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What is Cancer? Cancer is a disease that causes tumors to spread and eventually take over the body. It’s been around for more than 5000 years. Cancer can causes health problems for three reasons. One‚ the use of tobacco. Two‚ drinking alcohol. Three‚ passed down hereditarily. To begin with‚ the use of tobacco. It’s commonly thought that the risk for cancer is higher if one smokes. But in actuality the risk for cancer is higher for those who have been exposed to second hand smoke. Tobacco is highly
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Brain Cancer The brain is made up of millions upon millions of cells. These cells are formed from before birth‚ up until about 7 years old. Once these brain cells stop dividing‚ they are never meant to divide again. You can see that the division of brain cells is under strict regulation and control. When this control is lost in a single cell‚ then it starts dividing in an uncontrolled manner. All of the data obtained through research on cancer shows that this disease is caused by a rapidly dividing
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Cancer is a very general term for over 100 diseases grouped together. There are many different types of cancer; almost anything in your system and body is susceptible to this disease. Your body is made up of millions of cells; normal cells grow and then divide into newer ones causing the old ones to die. When a person is growing‚ in the early stages of their life‚ cells divide faster than usual helping the individual grow. As a person becomes an adult‚ a lot of cells divide so they then can replace
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Pancreatic cancer (PaCa) is a rapidly progressive and metastatic cancer with the lowest survival of any human cancer. Resistance of PaCa to current treatment regimens contributes to the dismal prognosis of this malignancy. There have been over ten phase II/III clinical trials aiming at curing PaCa during the past decade without significant success. In fact‚ a recent trial showing that Abraxane when combined with gemcitabine improved the overall patient survival by 1.8 months compared to gemcitabine
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