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    Cervical Cancer

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    CANCER RISK FACTORS: * Human papilloma virus infection * Smoking * Immunosuppression * Chlamydia infection * Diet * Oral contraceptives (birth control pills) * Intrauterine device use * Multiple full-term pregnancies * Young age at the first full-term pregnancy * Poverty * Diethylstilbestrol (DES) * Family history of cervical cancer PREVENTION Testing (screening) * Regular Pap test * Pelvic exam * Condoms and HPV * Don’t smoke

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    Cervical Cancer

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    Cervical Cancer Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers‚ yet still remains the world’s third leading cancer killer in woman. All women are at risk for cervical cancer‚ and there is a higher occurrence in women over age thirty. Prevalence is much higher in countries with poor healthcare and poor economics in comparison to the United States. Research has been done and shows there is a genetic link for cervical cancer. Genetic testing can be beneficial at further assessing a women’s

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    Ovarian Cancer

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    Ovarian cancer is a health risk that is very personable to me. This form of cancer has been in my family for at least the last five generations. I chose to learn more about this form of cancer‚ what it is‚ my risk for this cancer and ways to possibly prevent it because of the fact I could possibly be next in line for this disease. Ovarian cancer is a disease caused by a group of cells along the ovarian lining‚ or in the ovaries themselves‚ that begin to grow uncontrollable and no longer die. These

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    Lung Cancer

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    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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    Cancer essay

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    respect. One specific word that stands out to me is “cancer.” Cancer is without a doubt‚ nothing that should be joked around. Cancer has evolved from a regular medical term to an internet meme sensation. Though more and more people are becoming more aware of how serious cancer really is‚ there are still a hand full of people who like to poke fun at this deadly disease. Cancer‚ is nothing that should be used for laughs or jokes. In reality‚ cancer is a malignant tumor of unlimited growth that expands

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    Lung Cancer

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    LUNG CANCER The Health Risk Profile estimated that anyone’s risk of developing lung cancer compared to the average person. The risk factors of any cancer are ones that you cannot control which include genetics‚ environmental‚ or behaviors of the past. Ones you can control are your diet‚ exercise‚ smoking‚ exposure to chemicals‚ and future environmental exposures. Screening tests or early detection is usually hard in a lung cancer patient as there are usually no symptoms. In up to 25 %

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    thyroid cancer

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    Introduction Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy accounting for 90% of all endocrine cancers. It constitutes less than 1% of all malignant tumors.(1) Annual incidence of thyroid cancer varies from 0.5 to 10 per 100000 population throughout the world.(1) Age and gender adjusted incidence of thyroid cancer has increased than any other malignancy. According to Surveillance‚ Epidemiology and End Result Programme (SEER) 60‚220 new cases are found in USA in 2013‚ the number of cases

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    Pancreatic Cancer

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    Pancreatic Cancer Medical Report Pancreatic Cancer is a disease that can go undetected for a long period of time‚ often defined as the silent disease. This is a very common form of cancer rating as the fourth prominent cause occurring in men and women. It has been shown that most of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are above 50‚ although it still can occur in those at a younger age There are many different interments and devices that can be used to detect any form of pancreatitis. A

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    Turkish Journal

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    INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS (JANUARY 2012) The Turkish Journal of Chemistry accepts original articles and letters to the Editor in various fields of research in chemistry and chemical engineering. Submissions from contributors of all nationalities are welcome. The Editor may invite reviews covering recent developments in particular fields of interest. Manuscripts can only be submitted through our on-line system http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chemistry/ Manuscripts must be written in Word format‚ double-spaced

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    DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology‚ Vol. 30‚ No. 2‚ March 2010‚ pp. 3-14 © 2010‚ DESIDOC REVIEW PAPER Application of Bradford’s Law of Scattering to the Physics Literature: A Study of Doctoral Theses Citations at the Indian Institute of Science K.G. Sudhier Department of Library& Information Science University of Kerala‚ University Library Building Thiruvananthapuram–695 034‚ Kerala E-mail: kgsudhier@gmail.com ABSTRACT One of the areas in bibliometric research concerns

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