...Cancer, the word that everyone in the world is terrified of hearing but everyone has experience with. These days everyone has had a mom, dad, brother, sister, friend, or relative who has been diagnosed with some form of cancer. Some of us have been lucky enough to get to support our survivors while others are left with memories of those loved ones with whom they have lost. Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer that has led to the heartbreak of millions in the United States because they got the news that they or someone they knew had been diagnosed. Being the second most common form of cancer among men in the United States and the second leading cause of death, prostate cancer is a big topic of discussion (Sieve and Vonne, 2015)....
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...A Collection of Related Diseases Cancer is the name given to a collection of related diseases. In all types of cancer, some of the body’s cells begin to divide without stopping and spread into surrounding tissues. Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, which is made up of trillions of cells. Normally, human cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When cells grow old or become damaged, they die, and new cells take their place. When cancer develops, however, this orderly process breaks down. As cells become more and more abnormal, old or damaged cells survive when they should die, and new cells form when they are not needed. These extra cells can divide without stopping and may form growths called tumors. Many cancers form solid tumors, which are masses of tissue. Cancers of the blood, such as leukemias, generally do not form solid tumors. Cancerous tumors are malignant, which means they can spread into, or invade, nearby tissues. In addition, as these tumors grow, some cancer cells can break off and travel to distant places in the body through the blood or the lymph system and form new tumors far from the original tumor. Unlike malignant tumors, benign tumors do not spread into, or invade, nearby tissues. Benign tumors can sometimes be quite large, however. When removed, they usually don’t grow back, whereas malignant tumors sometimes do. Unlike most benign tumors elsewhere in the body, benign brain tumors can be life threatening...
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...Cervical Cancer Kayley Lewis SCI/163 February 17, 2014 Seyra Hughes Cervical Cancer What is cervical Cancer? Cervical cancer is abnormal growth of cervical cells. It is a form of cancer that forms in the tissues of the cervix. It is usually a slowing growing cancer. Normal cervical cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When normal cells grow old or get damaged, they die, and new cells take the place of the old cells. The process goes wrong sometimes. New cells form when he body does not need them and old damaged cells do not die when they should. The buildup of the extra cells form a mass of tissue called a growth or tumor. These growths on the cervix can begin not cancer or cancer. Doctor’s usually cannot explain why one woman develops cervical cancer and another woman does not. Doctor’s do know that a woman with certain risk factors may be more likely than other women to develop cervical cancer. Studies have shown that cervical cancer is usually caused by a virus called Human papilloma virus (HPV). You can get HPV by having sexual contact with someone who has it or having multiple sexual partners. An HPV infection that doesn’t go away can cause cervical cancer. Other risk factors such as smoking, taking birth control and engaging in early sexual activity can act to increase the risk of cervical cancer among women infected with HPV. Also having an impaired immune system is a risk factor. Women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have higher rates...
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...Cancer has an important impact on the lives of many people in Australia. Apart from the non-melanocytic skin cancers, there are up to 80,864 new cases and 34,270 deaths due to the cancer in Australia in 1998. Due to the 1998 rates, it is likely that one of three men and one of four women will be directly affected by cancer by age 75. Cancer is not just a disease, there are many types of cancer. It always start in different kind of places in the body such as the lungs, the breast, the colon, as well as in the blood. Cancers look alike in some ways, but they can be distinctive in the ways they grow and spread. Cancer is the name given to a number of related diseases. In all types of cancer, some of the body’s cells begin to segregate without stopping and spread into the surrounding tissues. Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, which is made up of trillions of cells. Ordinarily, human cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When cells grow old or become damaged, they die, and new cells take their place. When the cancer develops, however, this systematic process breaks down. As cells become more and more abnormal, old or damaged cells survive when they should die, and new cells form when they are not needed. These extra cells can divide without stopping and may form growths called tumours. Many cancers form solid tumours, which are masses of tissue. Cancers of the blood, such as leukaemias, generally do not form solid tumours. Cancerous tumours...
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...Cancer is a mutation within a DNA strand that usually causes growths and abnormal cells. The earliest recorded form of cancer dates back to 3,000 B.C. in ancient Egypt. The word cancer originated from Hippocrates, a great Greek physician. He used the terms carcinoma and carcinos to describe tumors. The term was later translated into the Latin word cancer by a Roman physician named Celsus. There are several forms of cancer that can be acquired and/or inherited. One such form that can be obtained by both means is skin cancer. There are four kinds of skin cancer thus far. These include Basal Cell Carcinoma, Dysplastic Nevi, Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma. There is also another form although not considered cancer but can develop into cancer it if not treated. These lesions, known as Actinic Keratosis, can be scaly and are caused by the ultraviolet rays emitted from the sun. Basal Cell Carcinoma, or BCC, is the most frequently occurring form of skin cancer in the United States. BCCs are often caused by intense sun exposure. They usually resemble open sores, scars, bumps or red patches and form on the epidermis from basal cells. Another common skin cancer is Squamous Cell Carcinoma, or SCC for short. Squamous Cell Carcinoma appears in the squamous cells that make up most of the upper layer of the skin. They are abnormal cells that have an uncontrollable growth and usually resemble open sores, warts or red patches that could bleed or crust. Just like Actinic Keratosis, is caused...
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...The Epidemiology of Skin Cancer Skin cancer is best known as a mutation of the skin when cells grow abnormally. These mutations most commonly come in forms of moles, freckles, or simple markings that are out of the norm. Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most commonly occurring form of skin cancer. Basal cell carcinomas occur in the basal cells in the lining of the skin and mostly occur from over exposure to sunlight. Skin cancer is rising to become the most prevalent form of cancer. According to The Skin Cancer Foundation Website 5 million people are treated for a case of skin cancer each year. The American Academy of Dermatology stated that in adults ages 25-29 melanoma is the most common form of cancer the second most common form of cancer for15-29...
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...November 15, 2012 Cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths in the United States. One form of cancer that affects both men and women is breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second cause of death in women in the Unites States. According to Andolina and Lille “The year 2009 projections are 256,560 new cases of breast cancer will occur in the United States, and an additional 40,170 women will die of the disease. This means that every 12 minutes a women will develop breast cancer and one will die.” There are several types of breast cancers that are common. However, this paper will be centralized on two. These two are ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). In this paper, I will define these types, elaborate on the differences between the two and I will discuss the prognosis and the diagnosis. In concluding, I will give a brief recap of everything covered and state what I feel should be done about this trending epidemic that is affecting our nation as a whole. Ductal carcinoma in situ is defined as a cancer that starts in the ductal system of the breast. The ductal system of the breast is the part of the breast that produces milk for breast feeding. Ductal carcinoma is a non-invasive cancer. A non-invasive cancer is a cancer in which the cells remain in their place of beginning. In this type of cancer, the cancer cells usually spread into the breast tissue. However, because this form of cancer is non-invasive, there is a low probability...
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...these instructions: • Login to the student website. • Click on the Programs tab at the top of the page, and then on Life Resource Center under Services. • From the LRC home page, click on Thriving. • Click on Health Tools. • Click on Assess Your Health. • Click on the Health Risks tab. Note. Do not submit or divulge your assessment results. Results should remain private. Lung cancer is a serious form of cancer that forms in one of the most important organs in the body: the lungs. There are two main forms of lung cancer; they are classified as non-small cell and small cell. Non-small cell lung cancer is a term for all lung cancers that are not small cell. Lung cancer is by far, one of the most common forms of cancer. The reason that Lung cancer is found to be one of the most common forms of cancer is because the lungs are exposed to everything we inhale on a daily basis more than any other of the other organs found in our body. In many cases of lung cancer, the environment is the cause of...
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...Century: Testicular Cancer Testicular cancer occurs in the testicles(testes) which are located inside the scrotum.The cells begin to change and grow fast forming a mass or tumor. The cells also invade the bloodstream and lymph systems and spread leading to tumors in other areas of the body. Also it is not clear what causes testicular cancer. Doctors only know that testicular cancer occurs when healthy cells become altered. Compared to other types of cancer testicular cancer is rare. Testicular cancer accounts for 1% of all male cancers. Although most researchers and scientists of cancer have argued testicular cancer is not a common form of cancer , after closer examinations...
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...Cancer is the number two leading cause of death in the United States. The disease can strike almost any  part of the body and is classified as an abnormal growth of cells. While it is true that 30 years ago a diagnosis of cancer was essentially a death sentence, modern science has advanced so rapidly that today, with screening and early detection, many forms of cancer are highly treatable and curable. Included among this list of highly curable cancers is colon cancer. Although the disease is deadly if not properly treated, An Author reports that colorectal cancer, if caught in the earliest stages has a 90 percent survival rate. But what exactly is colon cancer? To answer this question, a brief look at cancer and how it develops is first warranted. The human body is comprised of millions of cells necessary to carry on the basic functions of life. Instructions in cellular DNA periodically tell these cells reproduce themselves in order for the human body to regenerate. Cancer occurs when the mechanism that regulates cell proliferation fails and the human body begins manufacturing large numbers of cells that cannot be utilized by the body. This process occurs within a specific organ and this is what causes the appearance of tumors. In essence, tumors are simply large quantities of healthy cells that the body has produced in excess. This is typically what happens in the case of colon cancer. Inside the colon, normal healthy cells begin replicating at an abnormal rate and form...
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...Cancer: What It Is and Its Effects Cancer: What It Is and Its Effects Tricha M. Ramos University Of Phoenix COM/156 8/24/2014 Instructor: Gina Greco Cancer: What It Is and Its Effects Throughout the years there has been a disease attacking many people. It is the year 2014 yet there is still no cure for it. Many people, even those with the illness are unaware of what it truly is, what causes it and where it comes from. Doctors have worked hard for many years to find ways to reverse this disease and have discovered treatments that help combat different types of cancer. In the meantime, all patients who live with cancer go through various obstacles. In the world, there are people in the public eye (i.e.\ famous people, celebrities) that have experienced cancer and their examples are valuable ones to learn from. Cancer is a multi-dynamic disease being that it affects the patient their family, friends and society in various ways. Cancer is a mysterious disease with many different forms; it is a simple name for more than 100 diseases. These illnesses are caused by uncontrollable cell growth that spread throughout the body. Cancer also appears as growing tumors formed by the body that can interfere with the body's function. As the cells in a certain part of the body start to grow out of control, they invade other tissues in the surrounding area. Unlike normal cells, these cells don't die. They continue to grow and form new-abnormal cells. DNA is in every single cell...
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...a project cancer and dna oncology information system with numerous illustrations oη by okeke chika tochukwu Department of computer science madonna unversity, elele campus ©august, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS declaration ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� i dedication ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ii acKnoWledgement ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� iii aBstract ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� iv CHAPTER ONE �������������������������������������������������������� 1 introdUction �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 BackGround oF study ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 oBJectives oF study ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 scope oF the study ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2 JustiFication oF study ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2 statement oF proBlem �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������3...
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...Chronic Disease Risk Assessment Lung Cancer, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is “cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of the body, and is characterized by small round or oval cells which resemble oat grains and have little cytoplasm.” It forms within the cells that line the air passages. Lung cancer has two main forms: non-small cell and small cell. The majority of all lung cancer cases are caused by smoking, which is most often seen in patients that are or were heavy smokers. While smoking also contributes to non-small cell cancer, it also includes several types of cancers. In chapter 12 of our readings it states that “of the several lifestyle risk factors for cancer, tobacco use is perhaps the most significant and the most preventable.” Our readings also state that male smoker’s relative risk is of developing cancer is about 23 times higher than a male nonsmoker. Age and sex are major risk factors as well. Table 12.3 of chapter 12 shows that 1 in 101 men and 1 in 124 women will develop lung cancer between ages forty and 59. According to an article I found (http://lungcancer.about.com/od/whatislungcancer/a/lungcancerwomen.htm), lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths in women despite the male probability of contraction showing a slightly higher result. More woman die from lung cancer yearly than the next three cancer related causes combined. Ironically, a higher percentage of woman...
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...Lung Cancer Cancer is one of the most feared diseases in the world; it is the number one cause of cancer deaths in both men and women worldwide. In Canada, approximately 75,500 people will die from cancer in the year 2014. Fortunately, scientists have developed a greater understanding of cancer by performing autopsies in 16th and 18th century on cancer patients. Scientists such as Galileo, Newton and Harvey led to an understanding of the circulation of blood through the heart and body which had been a mystery till then. In 1761, Giovanni Morgagni performed autopsies on patients to relate their illness to pathologic findings after death, later in the 17th century, Scottish Surgeon John Hunter found that some cancers might be able to be cured by surgery depending on whether or not the tumor had not invaded nearby tissue and was “moveable.” In the 19th century, Rudolf Virchow performed microscopic research on cancerous cells on tissue removed in surgery, this helped identify whether or not the surgery had completely removed the cancer from the patient. Lung cancer is cancer that forms in the lungs. It is formed when cancer cells grow out of control and take over normal cells and organs in the body. Cancer cells are formed when the DNA is damaged in a normal human cell and instead of repairing itself, the cells replicate themselves which the body cannot benefit from, these new cells all have the same abnormal DNA that the first cell has. People can inherit...
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...PKD1’s Effect on Pancreatic Cancer Introduction: Much money and time has been spent to uncover treatments that can lessen the grip that cancer has on the human race. While medical breakthroughs in the understanding of many types of cancer have greatly enhanced treatment options and patient survival rates, there is one type of cancer that continues to be very difficult to treat. Pancreatic cancer is a very difficult cancer to fight, and continuous to be a top priority for research and testing as it is one of the most aggressive growing cancers and highly resistant to chemotherapy (4). Although pancreatic cancer isn’t the most common form of cancer, it is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in the US and is estimated that around 48,960 people will be diagnosed and 40,560 people will die in 2015 from pancreatic cancer (1). Over the years, there have been small strides made in regard to treating pancreatic cancer, but recently there has been a promising breakthrough dealing with a gene called protein kinase D1 (PKD1). Scientists have found a connection between this gene and the growth of pancreatic cancer and believe it could lead to new ways of halting the development of one of the most difficult tumors to treat (1). While it is still in early test stages, scientists are hoping this gene could unlock the secrets behind preventing and treating pancreatic cancer. Information on Pancreas and Pancreatic Cancer: The pancreas is a necessary organ in the digestive system...
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