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    Testicular Cancer Research Paper by Whitt Ward Although some people may think of testicular cancer as something funny or to laugh about it is no joking matter‚ and it is estimated by the American Cancer Society that around 8‚720 new cases of testicular cancer will be diagnosed in 2016 alone. It is also estimated that around 380 men will die in 2016 from testicular cancer. The survival rate for testicular cancer is very high though‚ and only about one in every five thousand people that get it will

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    sister spend weeks at a time in the hospital due to her receiving chemotherapy. I would alleviate my parents by staying with my sister in every free moment that I had. I understand my sister’s illness should not be an excuse to for my low academic grades‚ but I felt the need to be there for her and my family‚ that I unfortunately did not make school my priority even though it should have been. Thank the Lord‚ my sister completed chemotherapy after five stress-fill months and went into remission. In the

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    Marijuana's Medical Uses

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    Marijuana not only helps stop these spasms‚ but it may also keep multiple sclerosis from getting worse. The most well known use of marijuana today is to control nausea and vomiting. One of the most important things when treating cancer with chemotherapy or when treating AIDS with AZT or Foscavir‚ being able to eat well‚ makes the difference between life or death. Patients have found

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    people who care even if we haven’t known them for a long time or at all. We can also do even the simplest actions for them like running errands‚ reading to them‚ or just talking. Another way we can help is by volunteering like driving patients to chemotherapy. We can also have some cancer survivors come to the school and talk about their experiences. We may know about cancer‚ but we certainly don’t know how it feels for some people. We would find inspiration‚ hope‚ and support in these stories about

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    morning. He had cancer and he didn’t treat it until last January because he believed it was something else. His body fought for almost three years without any medical intervention or doctor’s consult. Afterwards‚ it fought for one last year under chemotherapy. The truth is nothing can prepare you for loss. You think something as deadly as cancer won’t reach your family and then someone dies. In a way‚ it is incredible how your body can put up with until the moment comes when it can’t hold anymore

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    that once it reaches the third stage it cannot be cured. They can give medicines out to help slow the symptoms down but in all it will not make it go away. You can get a Bone Marrow Transplant‚ do Chemotherapy‚ Radiation Therapy‚ Biological Therapy‚ Targeted Therapy‚ and a Stem Cell Transplant. Chemotherapy is a major form of treatment for Leukemia. That certain kind of procedure uses chemicals to kill Leukemia cells. You may receive single doses‚ such as a pill every night. It may be a combination

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    Marijuana can be used for such things as glaucoma‚ controlling seizures‚ arthritis‚ the side effects of cancer chemotherapy‚ such as vomiting and nausea‚ asthma‚ anxiety‚ convulsions‚ AIDS and depression (Cohen‚ 1985). "In glaucoma‚ it reduces the pressure in the eye‚ for instance‚ and it also causes a slight increase in appetite in people suffering from AIDS wasting or those undergoing chemotherapy" (Medical Experts‚ 1997). Marijuana has been widely touted as a treatment for the drastic weight loss associated

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    Due to the lack of funding‚ 13‚500 kids a year miss out on what it’s like to be a child. Many do not know or care that‚ Chemotherapy and radiation are very expensive treatments. the Average cancer patient will spend 100‚000 a year on treatment‚ these treatments are so costly due to the research needed to create them. The money patients are paying‚ is covering the debt the company

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    Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

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    Abstract Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the deadliest cancers worldwide and has a poor five year survival rate. A reason for this poor survival rate is the delay in diagnosis due to the late presentation of symptoms. This paper focuses on the different imaging modalities used to detect and diagnose pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Radiography is a modality utilized when a patient presents with abdominal pain or back pain‚ two common symptoms of PDAC. Ultrasound (US) is the commonly used front

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    Essay On Cancer Awareness

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    As we can see each type of cancer has a different reason to happen and there are several ways to avoid it or to be healed from it by time. Doctors had discovered long time ago several ways of cancer treatments for example: surgeries‚ chemotherapy‚ radiation therapy‚ lasers treatment and blood transfusion. First everyone knows that October is the breast cancer awareness month and every year people make campaigns to show support encouraging every woman from all kind of ages to do an early

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