briefly talk about Cancer! My father died of cancer of the kidney‚ same as my landlord. And my senior colleague’s brother recently died of cancer of the liver. Look around you and am sure you would know someone who has recently died of cancer or still battling with cancer. The truth is cancer is ravaging our society and a lot of cancer patients are helpless in this environment. Little or no attention is given to treatment of cancer. Once a doctor makes a diagnosis of cancer in Nigeria today‚it’s
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Evaluation of “Choosing alternative cancer therapy doubles risk of death‚ study says” The purpose of writing this report is to evaluate the article “Choosing alternative cancer therapy doubles risk of death‚ study says” written by Susan Scutti‚ published in August 16‚ 2017. This article will decide whether there is enough evidence to convince the reader‚ whether alternative medicine doubles the risk of death in a cancer patient‚ and to know what kind of audience the author is trying to convey.
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Bio Per.1 2-13-13 Cancer reflection Is cancer a disease due to genetics or environment? Cancer is a disease both caused by genetics and environmental factors. Each person has either proto-oncogenes or oncogenes. These are the genes that are responsible for regulating cell division. When a person has an oncogene it is a mutation of a proto-oncogene. The oncogene (dominant gene) tells the cell to continuously divide. This can be a problem if the cell is cancerous. Cancer cells are caused by
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Guyabano for cancer? A balikbayan patient asked me recently about the anticancer effects of custard apple or sour sop. I was embarrassed to admit I didn’t quite know what the fruit was‚ but promised her I would request my research staff to search the scientific literatures about it. I gave the assignment to my senior researcher and editor Gigi de Leon‚ and she came back to me a few hours later educating me on what the custard apple or sour sop is. It is our good old guyabano‚ which I fondly
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Cancer Prevention Preventing cancer in oneself really varies from depending on the person and the family. A person can become more susceptible to getting cancer based on different risk factors‚ some which are controllable and others which are not. These risk factors include age‚ sex‚ environment‚ lifestyle‚ and heredity. In my family‚ and in myself‚ there are many things that we can make ourselves aware of and do in order to prevent cancer. Since age and sex are out of my control‚ there’s nothing
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For many years‚ the disease of breast cancer has terrified women across America. Breast cancer is an internal tumor in the breast that is not easily noticeable to the naked eye. In the story of Abigail Adams we learn that 200 years ago cancer was simply a death sentence. When Abigail developed breast cancer‚ treatment could easily be as deadly as the disease. The advances in technology and numerous treatment options as well as educating women in early detection has greatly evolved over time. In
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Cancer-The Silent Killer Kimberly Hansen COM/156 12/15/2012 Holly Overturf This year alone‚ approximately 1 million people will die from cancer. It is one of the leading causes of death in the world‚ second only to heart disease. According to the American Cancer Society (2012) states that 1 out of 2 men and 1 out of 3 women will get cancer. In a world as medically advanced as ours‚ one would think that we would
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Diet and Cancer There are endless hypotheses to why cancer occurs‚ some are true‚ but many are false. Diet most definitely plays a large role in the development of cancer. The main cancers that diet has an effect on are breast cancer‚ colon cancer‚ prostate cancer‚ liver cancer‚ stomach cancer‚ and esophageal cancer. There are a variety of reasons that diet can either cause or reduce an individuals risk for cancer development. As stated by the American Cancer Society‚ “Cancer is caused by changes
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Introduction: What is breast cancer? Breast cancer will strike one in every eight American women. This makes it the most common cancer in woman. Approximately 200‚000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Of that number‚ 40‚000 will die from breast cancer each year. (Journal of Environmental Health 2003) Breast cancer is just one type of cancer. Cancerous cells are cells that grow without the normal system of controls placed upon them. Breast cancer develops from the mammary
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Cancer Gene Detection 11/06/12 Laboratory Report Objective(s) – The purpose of this experiment is to help students gain an understanding of p53 tumor suppressor genes and its role in familial cancers. Also‚ we evaluated p53 in cancer. Hypothesis – If the DNA has bits and particles‚ which are p53 hotspots being cut‚ than that means that cancer has been detected. Techniques & Skills – The skills that are required for this laboratory experiment is that we must exercise extreme caution when
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