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    Pancreatic Cancer

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    of the gallbladder as well as other factors that may all lead to pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic carcinoma is cancer of the pancreas. It is consider a malignant neoplasm disease of abnormal mass of tissue. Normally‚ the cells in the body follws an orderly growth‚ division‚ and eventually dies off but when the process for the pancreas is interrupted cancer begins to form at site. The most common type of pancreatic cancer is the adenocarcinoma arising from the exocrine gland as glandular cells in

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    Breast Cancer

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    Breast Cancer: Risk Factors‚ Detection & Treatment Among all American women who die when they are between the ages of forty and forty-five‚ the cause of death most likely to be listed on their death certificates is BREAST CANCER. Breast tumors are responsible for the greatest number of deaths among women‚ and breast cancer alone is the cause of almost one fifth of all cancer related mortalities. It results in the death of thirty seven thousand American women every year. Currently‚ there is

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    Kidney Cancer

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    Kidney Cancer KIdney Cancer is when cells in the body grow out of control. These cells can form a tumor or damaged tissue. If cancer cells grow in the kidney‚ it is called kidney cancer. The most common kidney cancer in adults is renal cell carcinoma. It forms in the lining of very small tubes in the kidney. Cancers found in the center of the kidney are known as transitional cell carcinoma. Wilms tumor is a kidney cancer that very young children can get. On average‚ people are diagnosed with kidney

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    Patients and Cancer

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    This paper explores different peer-reviewed articles that attempts to shed some light on the phenomenon of the lived experience of patients with cancer; supporting the fact that individuality is a huge factor in the care of cancer patients. Manu types of cancers exist and patients should be treated as individuals versus as a disease or diagnosis. As oncology nurses we accumulate knowledge on a daily basis that may be revised in practice. Therefore‚ it becomes our innate duty to visit the literature

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    Bone Cancer

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    According to recent studies‚ there are less than two hundred thousand cases of bone cancer per year. There are three varieties of bone cancer which are called chondrosarcoma‚ Ewing’s sarcoma‚ and osteosarcoma. The most dangerous out of the three is Ewing’s Sarcoma‚ which only seventy percent out of one hundred survive after five years of the diagnosis. Chondrosarcoma is also very dangerous if it has progressed further before treatment‚ making it only a twenty-five percent survival rate after five

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    Stomach Cancer

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    upper abdomen * Nausea and vomiting * Diarrhea or constipation * Weight loss * Causes Vomiting blood * Drinking alcohol * Smoking cigarettes * Diet is low in fruits and vegetables * Family history of stomach cancer * Exploring to chemicals used in rubber or lead * Previous stomach surgery What do naturopaths recommend? Let’s beat it together. - Naturopath suggest therapies such as homeopathic medicines‚ vitamins‚ minerals‚ amino acids

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    Cancer and Technology

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    breakthroughs that benefit the public on regular bases. Now what were once unknown diseases that could not be treated such as cancer are now able to be treated. In consequence of technology evolving and becoming more high tech‚ machines that allow chemo therapy and radiation are available. I am very grateful for this breakthrough in science because my grandfather had cancer and because of radiation the cancerous cells were killed and now he is able to live a long and healthy life in the sun. Another

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    Causes of Cancer

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    Cause and effect essay Causes of cancer In hundreds of made studies‚ it has been verified that the immunological system lets influence in the cancerous cells when a deficiency of basic nutriments or by the presence in the organism of cancerigenic elements. Such elements are known as mutgen‚ that can be physical agents‚ chemical or biological. Between the physical agents they are the ionizing radiations produced by x-rays‚ gas radon‚ cosmic rays‚ ultraviolet radiations of the Sun and some

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    Effects of alcohol on brain functioning and neurotransmitters The consumption of alcohol can cause an effect on several parts of the brain including the hypothalamus‚ pituitary gland‚ medulla and the limbic system (How alcohol works 2008). Each sector responds differently to alcohol‚ causing changes in specific behaviors. Cerebral cortex The role of the cerebral cortex is to decipher information received from the senses‚ processing thought‚ speech‚ and memory and indicating the majority of

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    Brain Development

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    Introduction The brain develops at an astonishing rate starting from conception. In the first ten years of a child’s life‚ their brain will have made billions of connections. By the time the individual grows older‚ the brain will continue to grow and make more connections. The main contributions to a developing brain are biological genes‚ the enviornment‚ and different critical periods. In this paper‚ the following will be elaborated on: (a) fetal brain development‚ (b) brain development in children

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