diarrhea‚ constipation or other troubles. But if you get to know your colon before it causes you grief‚ you’ll be taking steps towards better general health and increase your chances of catching signs of colon cancer. Early intervention is key to identifying and successfully treating this type of cancer‚ which is the second deadliest in Canada. Here’s what you need to know about keeping your colon
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Cervical Cancer Disease of Women Jennifer Daniel Science/162 Principle of Health and Wellness April 14‚ 2013 Christopher Sites Cervical Cancer Disease of Women We live in a world where we have many diseases that women have to battle. The third most deadly one that women can face is cervical cancer. In 2012‚ more than 12‚000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer. Most will be younger than 55. (NCI-The national Cancer Institution-website) This is so hard
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Prediction of Side Effects in Colon Cancer Chemotherapy Mouna Kacimi Ognjen Savkovi´c Manfred Mitterer Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano‚ Italy Mouna.Kacimi@unibz.it Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano‚ Italy Ognjen.Savkovic@unibz.it Hospital Franz Tappeiner I-39012‚ Meran-Merano‚ Italy Manfred.Mitterer@asbmeran-o.it Abstract—Chemotherapy is used to treat cancer by killing malignant cells or stopping
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talking‚ living teddy bear‚ or penguin as he may have preferred‚ and the best friend‚ brother or son anyone could ever ask for. On December 2nd 2008‚ Bradley was diagnosed with stage IV Ewing’s Sarcoma‚ a very rare bone cancer‚ which strikes young children and adolescents. A cancer that is on average only diagnosed 250 times a year. Word spread vigorously throughout the halls the following day. By the time the bell rang for lunch everyone was aware of the terrible news. Due to doctors appointments
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OVARIAN CANCER Ovarian Cancer Overview Ovarian cancer occurs when a cancerous tumor is in a woman’s ovary. In most cases‚ there are no known causes. There are often no symptoms‚ but ovarian cancer warning signs include ongoing pain or cramps in the belly or back‚ abnormal vaginal bleeding‚ and nausea and bloating. Depending on the cancer stage‚ ovarian cancer treatment includes surgery and chemotherapy. SYMPTOMS: In some cases‚ ovarian cancer may cause early symptoms. The most common symptoms
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Skin cancer is the most occurring forms of cancer worldwide‚ and roughly one in every five people in America will develop a form of skin cancer in a course of their lifetime. (Tarver‚ 2012) Exposure to UV radiation is the leading cause of most skin cancers as it induces DNA damage in skin cells. The effects of UV radiation can be classified based on the amount of exposure as acute or chronic. Acute side effects include sunburns and chronic effects can be mutagenic and also increase aging in humans
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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! Cancer! Cancer! Don’t you all just hate it? I am sure each of you has either lost a relative or someone close to you to some type or form of cancer. Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissues. Cancer is a very complex group of diseases with several different causes and develops over years. . “Many types of cancer run in certain families‚ but most cancers are not clearly linked to the genes we inherit from our parents‚” (America Cancer Society)
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Have you‚ or a family member ever had to deal with cancer? If so‚ keep reading! Cancer is one of the most common diseases‚ and one of the main reasons there are so many deaths per year. As the second-leading cause of death‚ cancer has many types‚ effects‚ and cures. Each cancer is located in different parts of your body. Cancer can occur in any part of your body‚ at any time. If you’re sleeping or while you’re spending time with family. It continues to grow and grow until it greatly affects the
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The Story of My Search When I was a child‚ my aunt was diagnosed with brain cancer. From early on‚ they said that it was unlikely that she was going to survive this disease. They also mentioned that if she was going to survive‚ the long-term affects she was going to have were going to change her life forever. Being a child‚ it was extremely difficult for me to understand. I really had no idea what brain cancer was. Even to this day‚ I was only aware of the general knowledge of it — having a brain
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