Luis F Vega Jr NUR 1211 Breast Cancer Case Study Mrs. Thomas‚ a 57 year old married lawyer‚ was found to have a 4 X 6 cm firm‚ fixed mass in the upper‚ outer quadrant of the right breast during a routine physical examination‚ and a stereotactic core biopsy indicated a malignant tumor. Although the surgeon recommended a mastectomy because of the size of the tumor‚ Mrs. Thomas chose to have a lumpectomy. Now three weeks postoperative‚ she is scheduled for chemotherapy. Subjective Data Never
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Case Study on Cancer of the Larynx Mr. Davids is a 65 year old accountant who is divorced and has adult children. He has smoked two packs of cigarettes daily for the last forty years and frequently has three to four cocktails each evening. After several months of complaining of a sore throat and hoarseness‚ he was diagnosed with cancer of the larynx. He is now on the surgical unit after spending two days in ICU following a total laryngectomy. His assessment reveals vital signs which are: BP
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year old man who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Andre owns a chain of Italian restaurants and his well known in the community. Ander is married and has a large family including children‚ grandchildren and great grandchildren. Every holiday the family gets treated to a family home cook out and Andre prepare himself. Andre is concern this year that he may not be able to cook for the upcoming event so Andre is feeling depressed. Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of the pancreas this is an
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Pancreatic cancer‚ a disease primarily affecting elderly on the range of 60 of age and above‚ has ranked as fourth causes of cancer-related death with the 5-year survival rate less than 5% in the United State. As reported by (Morana et al.‚ 2010)‚ the prevalence of tumors originated in the pancreatic head is 60%‚ 15% in the body while 5% of pancreatic tumors originate in the tail. The pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is the most common type of pancreatic cancer originating from the pancreatic head
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*Cancer* Cancer (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display ’’uncontrolled growth’’ (division beyond the normal limits)‚ ’’invasion’’ (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues)‚ and sometimes ’’metastasis’’ (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). There are over 150 types of cancers. Cancers in teens:- 1. Osteosarcoma (Pronounced: os-tee-oh-sar-koh-muh) is the most common type of bone cancer.
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The Miranda decision emerges from a case back in 1966 which deals with the rights of the accused‚ mainly with the Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate one’s self(Leo‚1996).In this case Ernest Miranda‚‚ a Mexican-American‚ was facing the state of Arizona for raping and kidnapping an eighteen year old woman.The case led to the Miranda warning which requires the officer to notify a suspect of his rights‚i.e. you have the right to remain silent‚and the right to speak to an attorney(Leo‚1996). That
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Based on the analysis given to the different Kwik trip locations‚ I believe that the best option would be the Erickson Center location. For example although it has less benefits customer wise‚ it is open all year round and has more opportunity to stay open. Another example‚ cost of the land is $450‚000 and since we started with an allowance of $750‚000 to build our capital‚ this gives us a $300‚000 incentive. While throughout the period‚ we have a continuing amount of customers‚ while at the lumber
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Decision in iiNet case puts burden of policing online infringement back on copyright owners Anita Cade and Lisa Ritson BLAKE DAWSON Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across the country gave a collective sigh of relief when Justice Cowdroy handed down his decision in the Federal Court of Australia on 4 February 2010 in the much-anticipated Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd decision.1 The case appears to be the first of its kind against an ISP anywhere in the world to proceed to both hearing
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Health April 14‚ 2013 CVD and Cancer After taking the cancer and CVD risk assessment I learned that aside from working in the sun without protection‚ smoking is my largest risk for cancer or CVD. Aside from these two risk factors I live a fairly healthy life‚ I work harder than most people my age can even fathom from their deep-fryer station at McDonald’s‚ I eat fairly well and I seldom find myself stationary. My top-dog risk factor as determined by the cancer and CVD risk factor assessment
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Cancer Right now‚ cancer is one of the most feared diseases in the world. In the early 1990s almost 6 million new cancer cases developed and more than 4 million deaths from cancers occurred. Also more than one-fifth of all deaths were caused by cancer and it has been predicted‚ by the American Cancer Society‚ that about 33% of Americans will eventually develop this disease. This is a huge disease that is killing people all over the world. The field of cancer study is called Oncology. The government
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