JAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING ORIGINAL RESEARCH Symptom clusters and experiences of patients with cancer ¨ ¨ Neziha Karabulu‚ Behice Erci‚ Nadiye Ozer & Sureyya Ozdemir ¨ Accepted for publication 11 December 2009 Correspondence to B. Erci: e-mail: behiceerci@hotmail.com Neziha Karabulu PhD Assistant Professor Surgical Nursing Department‚ School of Nursing‚ Ataturk University‚ Erzurum‚ ¨ Turkey Behice Erci PhD RN Professor Department of Public Health Nursing‚ School of
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importance of performing monthly self breast examinations. Central Idea: To teach my audience men and women‚ how to perform a proper self breast examination. Introduction: If there was a way to better assist your doctor in diagnosing a problem wouldn’t you want to try. In 2009 40‚00 men and women in the United States died from breast cancer. By performing a monthly self-breast examination you can higher your rates of having a more successful recovery. Self-breast examinations are exams you can
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Breast implant surgery is the most common type of cosmetic procedure available today. It has been proven safe and extremely effective in achieving the results that patients desire. If you are considering this type of enhancement‚ read on for more clarification on what you can expect from the process. Breast implant surgery is performed under general anesthesia. It is an outpatient procedure‚ which means you are able to return home the same day as the operation. To begin the procedure‚ the surgeon
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Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to shrink tumors and kill cancer cells. X-rays‚ gamma rays‚ and charged particles are types of radiation used for cancer treatment. The radiation may be delivered by a machine outside the body called a linear accelerator to focus x-rays directly on the tumor or tumor bed (external-beam radiation therapy)‚ or it may come from radioactive material placed in the body near cancer cells (internal radiation therapy‚ also called brachytherapy). Systemic
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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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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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------------------------------------------------- Colorectal cancer From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Colorectal cancer | Classification and external resources | Diagram of the lower gastrointestinal tract | ICD-10 | C18-C20/C21 | ICD-9 | 153.0-154.1 | ICD-O: | M8140/3 (95% of cases) | OMIM | 114500 | DiseasesDB | 2975 | MedlinePlus | 000262 | eMedicine | med/413 med/1994ped/3037 | Colorectal cancer‚ commonly known as bowel cancer‚ is a cancer from uncontrolled cell growth in the colon or rectum (parts
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Brain Cancer The brain is made up of millions upon millions of cells. These cells are formed from before birth‚ up until about 7 years old. Once these brain cells stop dividing‚ they are never meant to divide again. You can see that the division of brain cells is under strict regulation and control. When this control is lost in a single cell‚ then it starts dividing in an uncontrolled manner. All of the data obtained through research on cancer shows that this disease is caused by a rapidly dividing
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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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Testicular cancer occurs in the testicles (testes)‚ which are located inside the scrotum‚ a loose bag of skin underneath the penis. The testicles produce male sex hormones and sperm for reproduction. Compared with other types of cancer‚ testicular cancer is rare. But testicular cancer is the most common cancer in American males between the ages of 15 and 34. Testicular cancer is highly treatable‚ even when cancer has spread beyond the testicle. Depending on the type and stage of testicular cancer‚ you
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