Abstract Introduction Breast cancer remains a significant scientific‚ clinical and societal challenge. This gap analysis has reviewed and critically assessed enduring issues and new challenges emerging from recent research‚ and proposes strategies for translating solutions into practice. Methods More than 100 internationally recognised specialist breast cancer scientists‚ clinicians and healthcare professionals collaborated to address nine thematic areas: genetics‚ epigenetics and epidemiology;
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Vern Phan Disease Presentation PT 2 Bladder Cancer In known history of bladder cancer‚ it was researched by a German physician named Ludwig Rehn‚ and was known for over one hundred and fifty years ago. He investigated causes‚ symptoms‚ and other types of healing for the disease. He took part in identifying his research of urogenital react tumors where he became very skilled in. In 2010 another doctor named Dr. Elizabeth Guancial‚ she took Dr. Ludwig Rehn research and looked far more into
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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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One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes and one woman will die of breast cancer every thirteen minutes in the U.S. This is very sad but true. People know that it happens‚ but it’ll never happen to them‚ until it hits close to home. There are precautions that women can take to lower their risk of developing the disease. Knowing what to look for can save a life as far as early detection. The best thing that anyone can do is to educate themselves so that they are aware of signs
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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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Lung Cancer Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world‚ its deadly claws stretched over all continents in the world. However‚ lung cancer is not just a disease; it can act as a magnifying glass; many social problems and goodness of society can be revealed through the causes of lung cancer. Lung cancer is formed when the cells of the lungs grow in an uncontrolled way‚ this creates a lump or a tumor which can either be malignant or benign. Smoking and unhealthy diets are all causes
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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
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Lifestyle Disease And Illnesses Lung Cancer Over 2‚340 Victorians are diagnosed with lung cancer every year. Lung cancer occurs most often in adults between the ages of 40 and 70 who have smoked cigarettes for at least 20 years. However‚ up to nine out of 10 lung cancers are caused by smoking. Lung cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer in Australia. What is lung cancer? The lungs are two organs which are located inside the chest cavity. As we breath in‚ the air
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CANCER NANOTECHNOLOGY …. Going small for big Advances Abstract At present there are wide varieties of Technologies‚ which are vastly being used to analyze biological cells to diagnose diseases and develop methodologies to cure diseases. One such technology is ‘Nanotechnology’. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter. It’s difficult to imagine anything so small‚ but think of something only
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Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world‚ according to the World Health Organisation. In the UK‚ it ’s the second most-frequently occurring cancer among men (after prostate cancer)‚ accounting for 1 in 7 new cases‚ and the third most-frequently diagnosed cancer in women (after breast and bowel cancer) accounting for about 1 in 9 new cases. However‚ numbers have dropped considerably in recent times‚ by about 16% in the last decade alone. Dr Patrisha Macnair last medically reviewed
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