Bone Cancer Bone cancer is a disease that occurs on or inside a bone. Usually‚ bone cancer involves a tumor filled with abnormal cells that will occasionally appear on the exterior of the bone. Similar to other types of cancer‚ bone cancer can be life threatening. Doctors are not completely sure what causes cancer‚ but they continue the search to find an answer. There are five different types of bone cancer that can affect people from ages 10-60 years old. Bone cancer can occur in any bone in the
Premium Cancer Oncology
Attention Getter: Women survive breast cancer everyday through early detection and treatment‚ but have you ever place yourself in the shoes of someone diagnose with breast cancer? Specific Purpose: To inform the audience on the Symptoms/ Risk‚ Treatment‚ and how a person can possibly lower the risk of breast cancer. Credibility: Thesis Statement: With breast cancer being one of the most common and leading cancers of death many women survive breast cancer everyday through early detection
Free Cancer Breast cancer Cancer staging
Breast cancer is a frightening disease. It can be fatal‚ and while two thirds of the cases occur among mature women‚ it also strikes younger females and about nine thousand males each year. The fear generated by breast cancer is intensified by the somewhat shocking reality that breast cancer has actually increased over the last fifty years. In 1940‚ a woman had a one-in-twenty chance of developing the disease‚ while today one out of every eight women will get breast cancer. According to the National
Premium Cancer Oncology
BREAST CANCER Breast cancer starts in the breast tissue but in some rare cases it has been found in other areas of the breast‚ the 2 main types are known as Ductal carcinoma & lobular carcinoma. Breast cancer is described as invasive meaning the cancer has spread to surrounding tissue in the breast & non invasive meaning it has not yet spread to surrounding tissue. Many cancers are sensitive to the hormone estrogen causing it to grow and become more aggressive‚ cancers sensitive
Free Cancer Breast cancer
PROSTATE cancer (PCa) is one of the biggest threats to men’s health. It tends to develop in men over the age of fifty and is considered as one of the most common cancers among males around the globe. It is estimated that prostate cancer kills one man almost every 19 minutes while a new case is detected every two and a half minutes. According to the Philippine Cancer Society Inc.’s (PCSI) population-based cancer registry‚ 10 men out of 100‚000 will suffer from prostate cancer. In recent years‚ this
Premium Prostate cancer Cancer
Rodgers PSY 201 June 8‚ 2012 Cancer Prevention Despite numerous forms of cancer and rising rates throughout America‚ there are several means of prevention one can take in order to reduce the likelihood of developing cancer. There are several lifestyle changes‚ as well as substances‚ many could give up in order to reduce their risk of contracting cancer drastically. Smoking cigarettes‚ chewing tobacco‚ breathing secondhand smoke‚ and alcohol use all go hand in hand in cancer development. Simple tasks
Premium Cancer Tobacco smoking Lung cancer
Steps in Cancer Prevention Sherri Joiner 156 08-02-2012 Farrah Hilton Steps in Cancer Prevention Cancer Preventions “Cancer” is a word that no one wants to hear when presenting to a doctor’s office or as a diagnosis for any family members. It is not one disease‚ but many diseases that affect many Americans each day. It is non-discriminatory and can affect anyone from infants to adults. According to “The National Cancer Institute” (n.d.)‚ there will be an estimated
Premium Nutrition Cancer Obesity
Breast cancer detection for the prevention and treatment Director of molecular diagnostics‚ Tianjin Cancer Hospital Center in JinPu said‚ genetic testing is through the blood‚ other body fluids or tumor tissue for gene sequences were detected and analyzed. Currently‚ breast cancer topped the incidence of female cancer‚ and lung cancer is the first cancer mortality rates for men and women‚ the incidence increased year by year‚ and getting younger and younger. Breast cancer risk population
Premium Cancer
7/28/2013 Paul Zick Ovarian Cancer Ovarian Cancer is a group of diseases that have a common uncontrolled growth of cells in the body. A collection of cells is called a tumor‚ a begin tumor does not spread beyond the initial location of the cancer. When the cells spread in the body‚ this is known to be called a malignant tumor. When you are diagnosed with cancer this means that you are diagnosed with a malignant tumor and it has spread through
Premium Nutrition Cancer Obesity
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
Premium Cancer