Ultimate Medical Academy Laura A Cain BC 1025/ Section 2 When Cancer Hits Home Kimberly Wilson June 22‚ 2013 This subject of prostate cancer hits very close to home. My husband Tom has just finished his treatment for prostate cancer February 15‚ 2013. All of our information about prostate cancer came from the VA Hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan. My husband Tom was diagnosed with prostate cancer in November of 2012. The VA Clinic in Lansing‚ Michigan had been testing Tom’s PSA level
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Esophageal Cancer –Final Project Deborah Denise Kane Virginia College C-18 PRN 1325 Esophageal Cancer Esophageal cancer is a malignant cancerous tumor that forms in the tissue lining the esophagus; the esophagus is a muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach. It is more common in male patients over the age of 60‚ who were or are heavy smokers or tobacco users‚ heavy drinkers‚ and are overweight. It is thought to affect African Americans more in the United States than
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factors associated with melanoma skin cancer. Melanoma is a type of cancer or tumor that begins as a dark spot or area on the skin. The tumor containing dark pigment‚ which is very serious and dangerous disorder. It is also tending or likely to grow and spread in a rapid and uncontrolled way that can cause death. Moreover‚ melanoma skin cancer takes the highest risk between all other skin cancers‚ and increasing at one of the highest rate of any other form of cancer in the United States of America. In
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“Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of death in both men and women in the US‚ with over 158‚900 deaths in 1999. Worldwide‚ lung cancer kills over 1 million people a year. Extensive prospective epidemiologic data clearly establish cigarette smoking as the major cause of lung cancer. It is estimated that about 90% of male lung cancer deaths and 75–80% of lung cancer deaths in the US are caused by smoking each year” (Hecht‚ 1999). Clearly‚ lung cancer is an important and widespread disease
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This school year one of my loved ones was diagnosed with cancer‚ which was quite devastating for my family ; I guess you can say cancer runs in my family I have had men and women that I know be diagnosed with the disease . Those people include my grandmother and grandfather who are now both deceased. So my standpoint is to understand the beginning of people’s lives changing forever the diagnosis and how some people win the battle
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being studied in this news article is the use of marijuana and the risk of testicular cancer. The exposure is the use of marijuana and the outcome is testicular cancer. According to Cortessis (2012)‚ “testicular cancer is on the rise” as well as testicular cancer being more common in young men might be why this study was conducted. Nonetheless‚ marijuana usage is more common as well as the rise of testicular cancer‚ so they might have wanted to see if the two had any correlation. I also feel like this
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Adrenal cancer is types of cancer where the tumors in your body produce adrenal glands which produce hormones. Adrenal cancer is part of many diseases making one big disease. It all starts with a tumor called medulla. Most of these tumors make hormones of their own which cause them to be controlled by the tumors and not your brain and other organs. If the tumors get to big it will cause a sharp pain in your side and back because the tumors are pushing on you or other organs. Most of the Side effects
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profile Period 3 The article on Cancer fits me for the most part. It says my positive traits are “loyal‚ dependable‚ caring‚ adaptable‚ and responsive.” A cancer is a very complex person when it comes to independence. They’re very contradicting and they’re independence has to do with there state of mind. I’m like the description of a cancer because it says we have the perseverance and drive to do what we need to do and can be self sufficient
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reflection paper will focus on two widely known immune system and physical disorders: AIDS and cancer. Both illnesses are significantly different but are similar in that you are likely from dying from it‚ which has huge psychological consequences on an individual. In my opinion‚ the most difficult aspect of both disorders is‚ like I just mentioned‚ knowing that you are suffering from a deadly illness. Additionally‚ cancer can be psychologically challenging because the treatment (chemotherapy) is really hard
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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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