Lung Cancer Lung cancer is a disease characterize by uncontrolled cells that are growing in tissues of the lung. A person gets infected by smoking too much also people who are non-smokers get lung cancer. Scientist are not sure why they get lung cancer even if they never ever smoked. If its untreated‚ the growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and‚ eventually‚ into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in the lung‚ known as primary cancers
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A. Description of the Disease Normal cells grow‚ divide and die in an orderly fashion. In an adult‚ cells in most parts of the body divide only to replace worn-out cells and to repair injuries (Cuevas‚ 2007). However‚ these normal cells may be exposed to agents that cause their transformation to cancer cells. These agents are termed as “carcinogenic”. Another theory of how cancer develops states that the body itself produces abnormal cells. Normally‚ these abnormal cells are destroyed by immune
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Cancer Prevention Angela Balinas Outline: I. Definition of Cancer II. Causes and Prevention A. Lifestyle B. Hereditary III. Cancer Screening Programs IV. Categories of Cancer Vaccines V. Ten things You Can Do to Lessen Your Risk of Cancer Bibliography Cancer Prevention Today‚ there are one in three people worldwide who are affected by cancer‚ and almost 60% of these people will certainly die. It is the second largest killer next to heart disease. Cancer
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Different types of skin cancerStephanie Sprague ITT Technical Institute Different types of skin cancerSkin cancer can affect all parts of your body and can be very severe and harmful to the body. There is Basal cell carcinoma‚ melanoma‚ Actinic Keratosis (AK). These are just a few we will be talking about today. Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) Basal cell carcinoma is characterized by pink‚ raised‚ waxy bumps that may at times bleed after minor injuries occur. They may have superficial blood vessels
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Some things that you can do to effectively manage Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes can be life threatening and can cause a lot of other illnesses to occur. Some people cope with it all wrong and end up in quite a pickle‚ like losing their sight or worst die from it. People think that they are fine if they keep taking pills but they need to check their blood sugar regularly to ensure that it’s indeed high before they do so. Also‚ taking pills is not the only thing you need to do. Some things that
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�Business Management BUSINESS MANAGEMENT � EXPLAIN THE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. WHICH ARE THE MOST EFFICIENT METHODS OF MANAGING CHANGES? "Organisational change is an irreversible adoption of any feature of its strucutre‚ personel‚ products or processes" (J.Naylor) Today’s business environment is forcing entities for changes. If we would think from corporate point of view it is essential for the companies’ success to be in accordance with new
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Pancreatic cancer is a malignant neoplasm originating from transformed cells arising in tissues forming the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer‚ accounting for 95% of these tumors‚ is adenocarcinoma (tumors exhibiting glandular architecture on light microscopy) arising within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arise from islet cells‚ and are classified as neuroendocrine tumors. The signs and symptoms that eventually lead to the diagnosis depend on the location‚ the
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Chemistry of Cancer Cancerous cells develop when conditions for cells are favorable‚ therefore following the divisions to continually occur‚ never stopping. When this happens‚ a tissue mass of cells called a tumor is formed and does not respond to normal controls regarding cell growth. Cancer cells have the following characteristics: profound changes in the plasma and membrane cytoplasm‚ abnormal growth and division weakened capacity for adhesion‚ and lethality
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Cancer Diagnosis‚ Staging and Treatment Cancer is a term used to describe diseases in which there is an uncontrolled division and growth of abnormal cells‚ which have the capacity to invade other body tissues (National Cancer Institute). Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality; from 2006-2010‚ the incidence rate of all cancers in the US was 463 per 100‚000 per year‚ with mortality being 176 per 100‚000 (National Cancer Institute). This makes cancers the second leading cause of death
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Lung Cancer Lung Cancer‚ something so prevalent in today’s society affects so many‚ yet each day people continue to increase their chances of obtaining this disease by the simple act of lighting up a cigarette. Something that seems so insignificant but with each puff of that Marlborough or Parliament‚ increases the growth of cell tissue In the Lungs. The disease itself is caused by tobacco smoke in 80-90 percent of smokers and the remaining percentage is due to pollution‚ second hand smoke‚
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