Families of Children with Cancer Families of Children with Cancer Allison Hershberger HCA/240 Health and Disease Kathalene Harris February 27‚ 2013 Families of children with cancer There are many different types of cancer that are well known‚ not all of them are commonly found in children. The most common cancer we find in children today is Leukemia. What causes cancer cells to form? A
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Cancer. Does anyone have a guess at how people it’s going to affect? It’s going to affect 1 out of 2 of us and 1 out of 4 of us will die from it. With all of its special abilities ranging from making abnormal cells grow at a rapid pace to hijacking normal protective checkpoints in our immune system‚ it’s almost impossible to create one nice cure for this disease. Each case is different since cancer doesn’t have a uniform way of attack. It just keeps on going until the human body can’t take it anymore
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Article Review: Cancer 1. Gibbs‚ W W. "Untangling the Roots of Cancer." Scientific American July 2003: 56-65. Print. 2. In the human body‚ cells are constantly going through the cell cycle. An important step of the cell cycle is called mitosis‚ in which the cell (referred to as the parent cell) undergoes a series of steps that lead to the formation of two daughter cells. This process only occurs in somatic cells‚ which are any non-gamete cells. Gametes are haploid (containing only half of a full
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Chemotherapy Chemotherapy is the process of using various chemicals to treat diseases such as cancer. This process can be delivered by infusion through a catheter‚ by injection‚ or in tablet form. These chemicals target the cause of the disease and try to kill it off. In the case of cancer‚ toxic substances are used to kill rapidly dividing cancer cells. These substances alter cancer cell division or DNA function and synthesis (“Chemotherapy”). However‚ chemotherapy is very controversial as there
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Cancer affects people in many ways. Not one-person is going to take it the same. It not only affects the person going through it‚ it also affects the people that are right next to them helping them get through it. It is never easy‚ and it never will be. People are going through this struggle everyday with no breaks. It is one of the hardest things to put a family through. There are many different types of cancer and there are many different stage. A person that must go through repeated treatments
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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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Evaluative Reading 29 October 2012 Cancer‚ Gender‚ and Environmental Justice As of today‚ cancer is one of the utmost feared diseases in the world. In the early 1990s‚ approximately 6 million new cancer incidents propagated and more than 4 million mortalities arose from cancers. Cancer is a disease that is killing individuals all around the world. More than one-fifth of all fatalities were triggered by cancer and its been predicted‚ by the American Cancer Society‚ that about 33% of Americans
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Cancer‚ by definition‚ is a mutation or abnormal cell growth caused by internal and/or external factors that act together to form carcinogenesis (1). Cancer cells are able to continue to grow‚ and mutate‚ spreading in to other tissues which is not a function of normal cells. Cancer cells also have the unique quality of avoiding apoptosis‚ cell death‚ which allows for the continuation and growth of the cancer. Cancer will be a diagnosis received by an estimated 1.5 million people in the United
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From an early age‚ Australians receive constants warnings about the dangers of the sun. In fact‚ skin cancer is so common among Australians; estimations are that 66% of the population will receive a skin cancer diagnosis before they turn 70. You already know to be wary of moles on your body when they change shape‚ but did you know there are other signs of skin cancer too? As someone who does like to hang out in the sun‚ these are the other signs you need to get your skin checked out by a professional
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HOW CANCER CELLS WORK A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating. And there is good reason for this fear -- Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States next to heart disease‚ and will claim more than half a million lives this year. Cancer also known as a malignant tumor or malignant neoplasm‚ is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Not all tumors are cancerous;benign tumors do not spread to other
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