The Genetics of Lung Cancer Catherine Hayworth BIO 355A/357A June 14‚ 2012 Colorado Christian University Cancer can be one of the hardest battles that one must face‚ whether that battle is lost or won‚ it changes the lives of everyone involved. Lung cancer is one of the most diagnosed cancers and it affects the lining of the lungs and the ability to breathe. Lung cancer is the number one killer of men and women than any other cancer worldwide. This cancer is mostly found in smokers and
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Colon Cancer What is the disease? Colon and rectal cancer develop in the digestive tract‚ which is also called the gastrointestinal‚ or GI‚ tract. The digestive system processes food for energy and rids the body of solid waste matter (fecal matter or stool). Colon cancer and rectal cancer have many features in common. Sometimes they are referred to together as colorectal cancer. Over 95% of colorectal cancers are ad enocarcinomas. These are cancers of the glandular cells that line the inside
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United States. Their report showed that cancer is ranked at number two once again. As cancer rates remain high‚ it becomes increasingly important to understand what kinds of carcinogens‚ or cancer-causing agents‚ are around us‚ and how much they impact us. The known carcinogens that are well documented in terms of cancer death rates include smoking‚ alcohol consumption‚ and poor nutrition or insufficient physical exercise. However‚ not all known causes of cancer such as ionizing radiation are covered
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Lung Cancer The deadliest kind of cancer is lung cancer. People suffer each year from its devastating and lasting effects. It is the foremost cause of cancer death and is the second most common type of cancer. Men and women both have lung cancer. It affects over 200‚000 people every year in the United States. 116‚900 men and 103‚350 women were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009 according to the American Cancer Society. Also‚ 159‚390 people have died from lung cancer in this year. African American
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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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Cancer Diagnosis‚ Staging and Treatment Cancer is a term used to describe diseases in which there is an uncontrolled division and growth of abnormal cells‚ which have the capacity to invade other body tissues (National Cancer Institute). Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality; from 2006-2010‚ the incidence rate of all cancers in the US was 463 per 100‚000 per year‚ with mortality being 176 per 100‚000 (National Cancer Institute). This makes cancers the second leading cause of death
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1–16; May 2013; © 2013 Landes Bioscience Inhibition of the autophagic flux by salinomycin in breast cancer stem-like/progenitor cells interferes with their maintenance Wen Yue‚1‚2‚† Ahmed hamaï‚1‚2‚† Giovanni Tonelli‚1‚2 chantal Bauvy‚1‚2 Valérie Nicolas‚2‚3 hugo Tharinger‚2‚3 Patrice codogno1‚2 and Maryam Mehrpour1‚2‚* 1 † These authors contributed equally to this work. Keywords: breast cancer stem-like/progenitor cell‚ salinomycin‚ autophagy‚ cell death‚ lysosome Abbreviations: ACTB‚
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Treatment for Breast Cancer Magnetic resonance imaging guided focused ultrasound is completely noninvasive treatment for breast cancer which requires less anesthesia‚ recovery time and could avoid infections‚ scar formation and possibly reduce cost. It is the method of choice for accurate delimitation of many breast tumors‚ it can noninvasively measure ultrasound induced temperature. The combination of MRI and FUS concurrently allow the delineation of tumors margins (American cancer society).
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Thyroid Cancer in Women Name: Talia Kuchan Course: HL-S-380V M71 Date: November 11‚ 2012 Introduction Thyroid cancer is admittedly the commonest endocrine malignancy often detected among young patients and frequently among the women. In most populations‚ the median age of its detection tends to be quite low‚ actually below 40 in most cases. It is currently the fastest growing cancers among women. Despite the fact that the cancer is still
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or young child with breast milk directly from female human breasts (i.e.‚ via lactation) rather than from a baby bottle or other container. Babies have a sucking reflex that enables them to suck and swallow milk. It is recommended that mothers breastfeed for six months or more‚ without the addition of infant formula or solid food. After the addition of solid food‚ mothers are advised to continue breast-feeding up to a year‚ and can continue for two years or more. Human breast milk is the healthiest
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