Massage Therapy Continuing Education CANCER AND MASSAGE NCBTMB Provider #451897-12 www.nirvanamassagecenational.com 1 CANCER AND MASSAGE 2 CEUs Content copyright 2012‚ 2013 Nirvana Massage CE National‚ LLC All rights reserved. All trademarks and/or copyrights are in effect. This course is for informational and continuing education purposes only. All information in this course has been thoroughly researched and referenced. It is accepted as factual at the time of publication
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Are Mammograms Effective or In-Effective in Detecting Breast Cancer? Every year breast cancer affects American women either through one’s own diagnosis or through a sister‚ wife‚ mother‚ grandmother‚ or friend. The American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends that women under the age of 40 perform monthly breast self-examinations and receive clinical breast self-examinations yearly. Furthermore‚ ACS also recommends annual mammograms for all women beginning at the age 40‚ and continuing them as long
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Lung Cancer The deadliest kind of cancer is lung cancer. People suffer each year from its devastating and lasting effects. It is the foremost cause of cancer death and is the second most common type of cancer. Men and women both have lung cancer. It affects over 200‚000 people every year in the United States. 116‚900 men and 103‚350 women were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009 according to the American Cancer Society. Also‚ 159‚390 people have died from lung cancer in this year. African American
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to agents that cause their transformation to cancer cells. These agents are termed as “carcinogenic”. Another theory of how cancer develops states that the body itself produces abnormal cells. Normally‚ these abnormal cells are destroyed by immune system. In cases of immunologic deficiency‚ the immune system fails to destroy the abnormal cells which eventually become the cancer cells (Udan‚ 2002). According to Reyes & Layug (2009)‚ breast cancer is an unregulated growth of abnormal cells in
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Breast Cancer Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women‚ and about 15 % of those women who are diagnosed with breast cancer has a family member already diagnosed with it. In knowing their family history these individuals usually get a genetic testing done. The problem with genetic testing is that special training is needed in order to convey and analyze such results. You must also take into consideration the probability of a false negative and false positive. Although
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Borowski’s short story details one man’s experience as a privileged prisoner in a concentration camp. The narration is harrowing and frantic‚ providing a realistic account of day-to-day life within the camps. At times‚ Tadeusz’s words seem like the confused ranting of a personal journal entry‚ and the reader is perhaps left wondering what is actually going on. This seems to only happen for a moment‚ though‚ and quickly the narration is brought back to a clear point. On the surface‚ Borowski’s story
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Cervical cancer is the second common cancer in women. Cervical cancer is a sexually transmitted disease caused by human papillovirus ‚ or also known as HPV. Some people may not experience any cervical cancer symptoms. There are several risk factors that may increase the risk such as having multiple partners. Having sex at an early age may also increase the risk of HPV. Sexual transmitted diseases such as Chlamydia‚ gonorrhea‚ and cigarette smoking can also cause cervical cancer. There are treatments
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Code: BMC224 Title of Assignment: Cervical Cancer Student’s Name: LIM ZHEN KIAN Matrix Number: BBSH 13091436 Study Year: 1 Semester: 2 Submission Date: 2 June 2014 Table of Content Introduction Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Yet‚ because of poor access to screening and treatment services‚ the vast majority of deaths occur in women living in low and middle income countries. Cervical cancer develops in the thin layer of cells called
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Where Cancer comes from Cancer of the lung‚ like all cancers‚ results from an abnormality in the body ’s basic unit of life‚ the cell. Tumors can also cause cancer. Tumors usually can be removed and do not spread to other parts of the body. Malignant tumors‚ on the other hand‚ grow aggressively and invade other tissues of the body‚ allowing entry of tumor cells into the bloodstream or lymphatic system and then to other sites in the body. This process of spread is termed metastasis; the areas of
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1. Introduction Cancer is one word that no one wants to hear. It can bring a lot of fear and confusion toward many families who have a member death of cancer. Usually‚ it is more happen in adults‚ but that was few cases‚ cancer has also been diagnosed in children too. Cancer is simply a disease of the cells in which bad cells multiply themselves and grow into tumors and even affect all other body organs. There are many types of cancer‚ but cancer is a huge issue everywhere in the world today.
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