Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide‚ and the leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality1. Cigarette smoking is firmly established as a causative agent for lung cancer‚ although about 80 percent of people who develop lung cancer nowadays are non-smokers 2‚3. Inflammatory lung processes‚ such as obstructive pulmonary disease‚ emphysema‚ chronic bronchitis‚ pneumonia and tuberculosis are also known risk factors for lung cancer‚ with significant effects observed for pneumonia
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NANOINFORMATICS (Nano robots In CANCER Detection and Treatment) A DREAM COME TRUE [pic] PREPARED BY B.BALAGURU D.MANIGANDAN III-YEAR-CSE III-YEAR-CSE panditbalaguruji@gmail.com manigandan8228@gmail.com 9655729357 9626083389 ABSTRACT HEALING THE BODY FROM THE INSIDE OUT CANCER -one of the most deadly diseases which primarily starts at the cellular level. To be more specific they start
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INTRODUCTION I. There are many diseases that currently do not have cures‚ for example cancer‚ or my disease which is Neurosarcoidosis! There are some treatments that can help the disease but those treatments do not cure the patient. There are many other diseases that do not have cures as well. Why is that you ask? Well because scientists do not have enough real examples of the disease or enough examples of healthy people that could potentially help find the cure to all the different types of diseases
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Cervical Cancer For this assignment I chose to do the cervical cancer assessment. I picked this just because I was curious and I hear the scary stories about it creeping up without any symptoms or notice before it gets too late. Cervical cancer occurs when abnormal cells on the cervix grow out of control. If detected early enough‚ this can often be treated. Cervical cancer can be detected through a pap test by your gynecologist and should be taken at least every three years. Through this assessment
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My uncle died this 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
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Types of lung cancer 1. Non-small cell lung cancer is the more common of the two types of lung cancer. It generally grows and spreads slowly. There are five types of non-small cell lung cancer. Each type has different kinds of cancer cells. Each of the types grows and spreads in different ways. Causes of Lung Cancer The main cause of lung cancer is smoking tobacco (most often through cigarettes). Between 80% and 90% of lung cancers are due to smoking. People who are affected by Second-Hand
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Breast Cancer in England A Report Based on the Presentation of Statistical Information Dilruwa Rajapakse dr248 CB313 Group 04 Contents 1.0 Abstract ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------03 2.0 Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------03 3.0 Methodology --------------------------------------------------------------------------03 4.0 Findings---------------------------------------------------------------------------------04
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Care of Cancer Kia Nordenskiold September 30‚ 2012 The Approach to Care of Cancer Cancer refers to a group of diseases that involve uncontrolled cell growth (Corner & Bailey‚ 2008). The unregulated cell division and growth leads to the formation of malignant tumors that invade bordering body parts. Cancer may also spread to distant areas of the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system. Determining the causes of cancer is a complex
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Discuss the causes of lung cancer Lung cancer is one of the most dangerous diseases which make most of the people suffer. Lung cancer has been noted by the Canadian cancer Society (2010) as the most leading one which affected both male and female in 2010 and out of 24‚200 Canadians‚ 20‚600 of them died of lung cancer. Like any other types of cancer‚ lung cancer is basically caused due to the abnormal growth of cells in one of the body parts‚ lungs. Although the role of genetics is not very popular
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Cancer is a subject of small interest as I am currently heading to the medical field. Where knowing at least the concept of cancer would be beneficiary towards my knowledge heading into stage two of becoming a pharmacist. I’ve decided to go with the topic of cancer as I felt that many people may “nudge” off the idea of cancer as the main population of the United States is of young age. The idea of cancer was presented as a way to enlighten the young generation‚ or the younger population‚ that cancer
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