...In the past three decades we have seen a dramatic increase in cases of prostate cancer and other unfavorable issues related to poor prostate health. In fact, prostate cancer is the second leading type of cancer among males, affecting nearly 11 million men. In spite of the rise in prostate related health issues, treatment for these issues has remained stagnant, causing lifelong problems or even death. What is the prostate exactly? A part of the male reproductive system, the prostate helps with the production of semen. A small gland which is located below the bladder, it is roughly the shape and size of a walnut. Common health issues arising from poor prostate health: • Enlarged Prostate An enlarged prostate, known as benign prostatic hyperplasia...
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...Imagine that the lungs of your body are giving out and find out the cancer is eating up the simple life that you may have had. As the world of cancer is growing, so is Lung cancer. According to data collected by the ACS (American Cancer Society), Lung Cancer is the second most cancer in men and women. Lung cancer has been cancer that is been tried to be cured but do to the number of new patients that is about 221,200 new cases of lung cancer every year (cancer.org). Even though there has been a push to cure this cancer there have been more deaths from lung cancer than any other cancer. The biggest factor of the growth of lung cancer is smoking. As a society, we must prevent...
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...Bladder cancer, in the nature of, most other cancers, has a long list of factors that can attribute to the risk of someone getting bladder cancer rising. Smoking tobacco based products, such as cigarettes and cigars and pipes, have the ability to cause detrimental chemicals to gather in urine. Because of the fact that when people smoke, the body processes the chemicals and expels a number of them through the urine. Age is also a great factor. Bladder cancer is less common in people under the age of 40, but people over the age of 60 are more likely to have bladder cancer (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research). White people are two times as likely to get bladder cancer as African Americans are. Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans share a lower rate of bladder cancer, and the reasons for these differences are uncertain (American Cancer Society)....
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...Deadliest Cancers There are over 200 types of cancers. Many are very deadly, while others are fightable. The least deadly is testicular cancer with an estimated death per year is 380 out of 8,720 men, survival percentage is 98%. The next is skin cancer, in the U.S. there are an estimated 76,380 people diagnosed each year, 10,130 people die from the 76,380 diagnosed, survival percentage 89%. Those are only a few of the least deadly, but what is the survival percentage of the deadliest? Some of the most deadly cancers are Non-Small Cell Lung, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Colorectal Cancer, Breast Cancer, and Pancreatic Cancer. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of death in cancer, with an estimated 1.59 million deaths total...
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...Cancer is an abnormal cell that grows and spreads without control (1). There are more than 100 types of cancer such as bladder, brain, thyroid, and breast cancer (1). Cancer can be cured or managed when it is diagnosed early, but most of the cases are diagnosed after the tumor has spread and developed which is difficult to deal with. Cancer can be treated with chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery depending on the stage and type of cancer (1). Most of the cases are treated with combination of chemotherapy and surgery. The most common cancer that affects women is .The second most common cancer that affects women is ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is the 12th most common cause of cancer death, with around 42 thousands deaths in 2012 in Europe....
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...Maria Pianka Meredith LeDoux Breast Cancer Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women in the United States. Breast cancer is a kind of cancer where cells grow out of control in the breast. The breast is the first site of cancer but overtime, the cells can spread to other parts of the body. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that can grow into surrounding tissues or spread to other areas of the body. Breast cancer can occur in both women and men, even though there is only a 1% chance for men to be diagnosed with breast cancer. (The American Cancer Society) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that there is a few different types of breast cancers and the most common types are Ductal Carcinoma and Lobular...
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...The virus stems from the herpes simplex virus type 1 and has been genetically modified to attack melanoma cancer cells only and to initiate the body’s response. Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that kills about 10,00 people per year within the United States. This viral therapy works to combat melanoma by injecting the modified virus into the tumor sites which then targets and replicates in tumor cells. The affected cells then undergo lysis which also causes to produce an immunostimulatory protein that activates T-cells to search and destroy other tumor cells by their molecular signals. This viral therapy is considered a low-toxicity treatment because in clinical trials, it helped melanoma cancer patients to fight...
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...1. What is Lung Cancer? Lung cancer is one of the most common and difficult malignancies, and is thus a major focus of research. To understand lung cancer, it is important to understand the anatomy of the lungs. The lungs are organs found in the chest and are responsible for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange. Each lung consists of lobes. The left lung contains two lobes, and the right lung contains three lobes. When you breathe in, air travels into your lungs through the trachea (windpipe). The trachea then splits into two tubes, called the bronchi. The bronchi continue to branch forming smaller bronchioles, and at the end of these bronchioles are small air sacs called alveoli....
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...Breast cancer still remains a very significant research. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women the ages of 30’s and late 40’s. Breast cancer is controlled growth and spread of abnormal cells. When growth takes place , the cancer cells form a tumor then those cells invade the neighboring tissues and organs. Usually in the early stages of breast cancer there is no signs of symptoms. As the tumor develops you may note the following symptoms: A lump on the breast Swelling in the armpit Pain in the breasts A noticeable indentation or flattening on the breast Any change in the size, contour, texture or the temperature of the breast (a reddish surface of the skin of an orange could be a sign of advanced cancer) . Women go to...
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...Cancer is when abnormal cells have uncontrolled growth in a human body, (Cancer Treatment Centers of America (2015). There are many types of cancers that cause harm to the human body. One of the types of cancer that causes harm to human is breast cancer. Breast Cancer has a specific body area that it develops. The statistics for breast cancer is high among males and females. There are symptoms and possible risk factors of breast cancer. There are treatments that currently exist to help treat breast cancer. Breast cancer occurs in the breast cells of the breast in humans. Breast cancer occurs in both males and females. However, there are more females than males that encounter breast cancer. According to MNT (2015) “according to the National Cancer Institute, 232,340 female breast cancers and 2,240 male breast cancers are reported in the USA each year, as well as about 39,620 deaths caused by the disease.” There are many symptoms for breast cancer. The symptoms for breast cancer are a lump in the breasts, Pitting or redness of the skin of the breast, a rash around one of the nipples, swelling in one of the armpits, an area of thickened tissue in a breast, discharge in...
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...Treatment to skin cancer Stage 0 melanomas have not become further than the top layer of the skin (the epidermis). They are generally treated by surgery (wide extraction) to expel the melanoma and a little edge of typical skin around it. The expelled test is then sent to a lab to be taken a gander at with a magnifying lens. On the off chance that malignancy cells are seen at the edges of the specimen, a rehash extraction of the zone might be finished. A few specialists may consider the utilization of imiquimod cream (Zyclara) or radiation treatment rather than surgery, even though not all specialists concur with this. Satge1 melanoma is dealt with by wide extraction (surgery to evacuate the melanoma and in addition an edge of typical skin around...
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...When you hear the word cancer, the number one thought that comes to mind is fear. Cancer is a very harsh word. One of the most common types of cancer in the USA is lung cancer. Lung cancer can be caused by smoking cigarettes, hereditary from family members, or just one of the few that developed lung cancer from either lung disease or other causes. What causes lung cancer? The number one cause of lung cancer in the USA is smoking. 86% of lung cancer is cases is caused by smoking cigarettes, and smoke inhaled by other people putting off second hand smoke. You are at higher risk of getting lung cancer if you started smoking at a younger age. Passive smoking reduces the risk, but you are still at risk for getting lung cancer. Heavy exposure...
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...Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic cancer is a disease of the digestive system, the causes of which are still unknown. It causes the DNA of cells within the pancreas to mutate and grow uncontrollably. These mutated cells continue to live and reproduce past the time when a normal cell would have died. As these cells grow and accumulate they form a tumor in the pancreas. Symptoms of pancreatic cancer include: jaundice, pain in the upper and middle abdomen, pain in the back, weight loss, loss of appetite, depression, bowel obstruction, and blood clotting. Some treatments options for pancreatic cancer include: surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. In the case of tumors in the pancreatic head an operation called a Whipple procedure may be preformed to remove the head of te pancreas. In the case of tumors in the tail or body of the pancreas a surgery called a pancreatectomy may be preformed to remove the tail and possibly a small section of the body....
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...lung cancer Lung cancer is one of the main causes of death in men and women. People think that the cause of lung cancer is only smoking which in cases it is the main cause of this specific cancer but there are other ways to get lung cancer. Another way you can catch lung cancer is second hand smoke someone can be so healthy and yet be around someone and easily get lung cancer. There are two types of lung cancer small cell lungs (SCLC) and the other is non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Doctors say that (SCLC) is better to treat than (NSCLC) because (SCLC) spreads more slower and more able to catch then (NSCLC). But just because doctors can find it doesn’t mean they find it in time to treat the cancer in time. Lung cancer prognosis...
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...of developing invasive cancer according to Breastcancer.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information about breast cancer to those who are affected. With a population of 157 million women in the United States, that means around 20 million women have a chance of getting affected by breast cancer. However due to technology and medical advances, there has been a decline in mortality rates due to breast cancer. Since 1989, there has been an increase in breast cancer survivorship (“U.S. Breast Cancer Statistics”). Most people don’t consider that these women have to face challenges and hardships after cancer. Due to the traumatic experience, many women are left with psychosocial...
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