Importance of Cancer Research A number of deaths from cancer continue to increase each year. Cancer is a disease has touched every family at least once. It is a disease that can kill you in a matter of years or months. There are several different types of cancer‚ some of which both men and women can be diagnosed with and some of which only one sex can actually be diagnosed with. Today researchers are finding more and more advances into what causes cancer. Cancer research remains
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Cancer Introduction Attention Getter: More than ½ million people are expected to die of cancer this year. That’s more than 1‚500 a day. An average of ½ of men and 1/3 of women will develop cancer. Purpose: To inform my audience about cancer. Importance to Audience: Cancer can affect anyone‚ so you can gain something from this speech by being informed about cancer‚ and how to prevent it. Thesis Statement: Cancer is a serious disease that may be preventable and curable. Preview: I will discuss
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Cancer is the abnormal growth or division of a living cell. Irregular cells in the human body can form cancerous growths‚ or tumors‚ which tamper with the healthy functioning of the body’s normal cells‚ affecting vital organs as well as the immune system. Prevention Cancer is the abnormal growth or division of a living cell. Irregular cells in the human body can form cancerous growths‚ or tumors‚ which tamper with the healthy functioning of the body’s normal cells‚ affecting vital organs as well
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Many forms of cancer are difficult to prevent. If you are diagnosed with them‚ it is just your bad luck. This is not the case with skin cancer. The skin performs a very important purpose. It protects the body against heat‚ radiation and infection. The skin also regulates your temperature and produces vitamin D. To the surprise of many‚ the skin is considered an organ. In fact‚ it is the largest organ you have. The skin is surprisingly tough given its thinness. That being said‚ it can be damaged
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Many people today have a disease called Cancer‚ it depends when the doctors find it‚ it could be big or it could be small. Doctor’s now have the equipment to surgically remove cancer. Sometime’s doctors have to shrink the tumor depending how big it is in order to remove it. Kids can get it easily get cancer there are kids all over the world are getting sick with cancer. I picked this disease because it isn’t something fun to have. Cancer is when cells divide without control and invade other tissues
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Prostate Cancer 1. Natural history of prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men at an estimated 24% of all new cancer cases. Even though the 5-year survival rate of localized disease is close to 100%‚ the 5-year survival rate of metastatic disease is still very low at 30%. In advanced prostate cancer‚ metastasis occurs in distant organs such as the brain‚ liver‚ lungs‚ lymph nodes‚ and bone. Particularly‚ 90% of patients with advanced prostate cancer present metastasis
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Diagnosis of LUNG CANCER Lung cancer diagnosis is extremely important to follow a proper therapy as there are various lung diseases that result in the almost same sign and symptoms as in case of cancer‚ yet the treatment strategies vary in each case. Lung cancer complete diagnosis can be done by the imaging and biopsy method in addition to the staging of cancer according to the TNM classification. Various imaging techniques are frequently employed to diagnose a particular condition while X ray analysis
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3.2. How do the therapeutic cancer vaccines work? Therapeutic vaccines do not directly kill cancer cells. Their aim is to activate and instruct the dendritic cells‚ by making them capable of inducing a specific anti-tumour immune response. In particular‚ the aim of therapeutic cancer vaccination is to activate cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)‚ which are the main soldiers of the immune system against cancer cells. 3.2.1 What are dendritic cells and why are they important? Dendritic cells are a family
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in regard to cancer is‚ is it hereditary? Could I be more susceptible to the development of cancer based on my family history? Pancreatic cancer is considered hereditary when a person has certain genetic syndromes. These genetic abnormalities cause as many as 10% of pancreatic cancers. Genetic syndromes that can cause exocrine pancreatic cancer are: Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome Familial melanoma Familial pancreatitis Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome)
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Testicular cancer involves the malignant transformation of normal gonocytes into germ cell tumours. It is the most common malignancy amongst men aged 15-35 years‚ and has a current cure rate of 90%‚ however incidence amongst Caucasian males is steadily rising.1 There are three main types: teratoma‚ usually neonates and children; seminoma/nonseminoma‚ occurs in men >15 years old; and spermatocytic seminoma which occurs in men >50 years old. Seminoma/nonseminoma are the most common‚ and only malignant
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