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    Lung Cancer

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    Lung Cancer Lung cancer is “the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs”. These abnormal cells do not carry out the functions of normal lung cells and do not develop into healthy lung tissue. As they grow‚ “the abnormal cells can form tumors and interfere with the functioning of the lung‚ which provides oxygen to the body via the blood”. There are two major types of lung cancer‚ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Staging lung cancer is based

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    Breast Cancer

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    raise)……………………………………………………IV Goal: Eradicate Breast cancer in our life time…………………………………………V Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………….VI I. Introduction Breastcancer.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most reliable‚ complete‚ and up-to-date information about breast cancer. Their mission is to help women and their loved ones make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast cancer‚ so they can make the best decisions for their

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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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    Cancer Speech

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    title: Rare Types of Cancer Informative Speech AGD: 585‚720 Americans are excepted to die from cancer in 2014‚ that is almost 1600 people every day. Cancer is one of the leading cause of death in the US‚ it is second only to heart disease and accounts for 1 in every 4 deaths. (copyright 2014 http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@research/documents/webcontent/acspc-042151.pdf) Link: We hear about cancer on a regular basis in the media with skin‚ breast and lung cancers topping the list but

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    Cancer Prevention

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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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    Ovarian Cancer

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    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 some part of your body. We still do not know to this

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    Cervical Cancer

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    and 27% of deaths due to this disease world-wide. This disease is truly a scourge for our countrywomen. Cervical cancer can be detected in early or pre-invasive stages with the help of screening‚ thus greatly reducing the morbidity and mortality. In developed countries with an organized Pap’s smear screening program on a national level‚ the incidence and mortality from cervical cancer has been dramatically reduced. However‚ screening of all women in India is likely to remain an unrealized goal due

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    The Advantages and Disadvantages of Winning the Lottery Have you ever wished that you had won the lottery? The lottery can change your life forever but it can also be changed in unexpected and drastic ways. The possibilities of what happens after you win the lottery are in your hands. You could lose your friendships and family member’s trust or maybe you could be intelligent with the money you’ve won and create for yourself endless possibilities‚ one this is for sure your privacy is going

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    Cancer and Cosmetics

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    Brittany Taylor 12-12-12 Essay Four The Connection Between Breast Cancer and Cosmetics Breast cancer has been one of the most destructive types of cancer within the past ten years. Breast cancer is a cancer that starts in the tissues of the breasts. The two types of breast cancer are ductal and lobular carcinoma. The most common type of breast cancer is ductal carcinoma. Ductal carcinoma is a tumor that begins in the cells that line the ducts of the breasts. Lobular carcinoma starts in the

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    advertising culture. Images of war plays a part of our lives. Learning about past events helps us not make the same mistakes in the future. We are able to learn about war by the images that are presented to us. We take news and history books about war to create this image of how we see it. War can be looked at in the sense of very heroic and glorified while also be presented with the truth with the terrible events of what has happened and the loss of lives. With war we tend to not think of it affecting

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