between HER-2 Status and Brain Metastases in Trastuzumab-treated Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Ka-Kiu Claire Fung Literature Review: Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Project Convenor: Dr J A Smith Word Count: 3223 words C a n d i d a t e N u m b e r : 2 0 7 7 Ka-Kiu Claire Fung Abstract It is widely known that patients with HER-2-positive advanced breast cancer are at particularly high risk of developing brain metastases‚ especially
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Left brain learning People who like to use the skills attributed to the left part of their brain are mostly logical thinkers who tend to be patient‚ methodical and plan carefully. They generally do not get carried away by impulsive ideas but prefer to work out what they have to learn by breaking things down into fairly small structured steps. They like to see a job through from the beginning to the end. They are usually good at keeping to deadlines and have well developed organisational skills.
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Cancer Causes‚ Symptoms and treatment There are over 10‚000‚000‚000‚000 cells in your body. Although these cells can do different jobs‚ each one has a nucleus with the same set of 46 chromosomes. Yet all of this came from a single cell with one set of 46 chromosomes. Within about 6 minutes of fertilization‚ this cell copied itself to make two cells. This was your first experience of mitosis. Soon after‚ these two cells copied themselves to make four and so on. You have been subject to mitosis
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Communications 10 General Purpose: To persuade Problem: Skin Cancer Solution: Sun Screen to prevent skin cancer I. Introduction Attention Getter: Can everyone look outside for me? It looks gloomy (or sunny depending on the day) outside doesn’t it? If we walked outside right now we would all be at risk for skin cancer and even those of you sitting by the windows are at risk as we speak. Whether it is gloomy or you are inside‚ you think you are protected from the sun but you aren’t. Preview:
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Cancer is the general name given to more than 100 diseases. Cancer begins as abnormal cells grow out of control although there are many different types of cancer. If left untreated‚ cancer can cause serious illness and death. The symptoms of Cancer vary depending on where the cancer is located‚ where it has spread‚ and how big the tumor is. Some cancers can be felt or seen through the skin - a swelling on the breast or testicle can be a sign of cancer in those areas. Skin cancer (melanoma) is often
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Approach to Cancer care Nursing 410v Grand Canyon University October 5‚ 2011 Staging is the process of finding out how much cancer there is in the body and where it is located. It is how the doctor learns the stage of a person’s cancer. Doctors use this information to plan treatment and to help predict a person’s outlook (prognosis). Cancers with the same stage tend to have similar outlooks and are often treated the same way. The cancer stage is also a way for doctors to describe the extent
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Introduction Cancer‚ while one of the biggest fears in many people’s minds‚ is excessively prevalent today especially in a world where it seems as if everything is or could possibly be a carcinogen. Though knowledge is rather limited when it comes to the causes of cancer and why it appears in some people but not others‚ it is known that “cancer occurs when a cell is genetically altered and unable to control its own growth and proliferation” (MacDonald‚ 2010‚ p. 176). Unfortunately no one‚ including
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After surgery‚ an ultrasound revealed the liver lesions most likely represented metastatic cancer: Areas consistent with metastatic involvement of the liver‚ the largest of which is approximately 3.4 to 4 cm in maximal dimension near the hilus. The second is just under 2 cm in the right lobe and possibly a third smaller one in the right lobe. With the testing done‚ LR was told he had metastatic pancreatic cancer‚ perhaps two months to live‚ and that neither chemotherapy nor radiation would be of benefit
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The brain has a specialized vasculature that extends from the surface to deep within the brain tissue‚ reaching all regions in order to meet the brain’s high metabolic demands. Exposures to toxic compounds entering the blood have the potential to access this vasculature leaving the brain susceptible to possible neurotoxicity. Currently‚ there are over 200 known chemicals that have been correlated with neurotoxicity. A protective mechanism called the blood brain barrier (BBB) was first discovered
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Pancreas Cancer Having pancreas cancer can make your life difficult‚ because of the excruciating pain it can deliver. According to American Cancer Society (2012)‚ in early stages the disease may not have any symptoms. Often time when you have symptoms‚ doctors can diagnose you with minor problems such as regular stomach or abdominal pain. Unfortunate not all people or doctors will detect the cancer in its early stage and the cancer can be deadly. From the researches that have been conducted over
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