McKenzy Hupke‚ a senior at the Performing Arts Academy in Lakehurst‚ NJ recently was diagnosed with stage four squamous cell carcinoma‚ a cancer that invaded her head and lungs. One day during school Hupke fell onto the ground after a long nosebleed which quickly made her lose consciousness. After all of this‚ the cancer rendered her completely deaf. Tumors in both ears forced the removal of her eardrums.Thankfully she hears because the creation of cochlear implants. Hupke is a strong teenage leader
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Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer Many women do not take breast cancer or cervical cancer serious‚ by getting screened‚ until the disease has begun to develop or has spread. Cervical cancer use to be the main cause of deaths caused by cancer for women‚ but over the past forty or fifty years‚ the number of cases of cervical cancer and the number of deaths from this disease has decreased significantly‚ leaving another horrible disease in its place. Now breast cancer is the second major cause of
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A Portrait of Successful Aging If caring for patients with chronic health issues has always been a challenge for nursing‚ it would be much more challenging when one deals with patients who are diagnosed with cancer. As an oncology nurse‚ most of my patients are older adults who are not only burdened by old age‚ but also weighed down by the feelings of human fragility‚ e.g.‚ hopelessness‚ loneliness‚ and fear of the impending death brought about by the diagnosis of cancer. Through the many years
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The Breast Cancer Society‚ a united front against cancer Breast cancer is a silent killer. It does not exhibit symptoms until it has progressed to its last stages from which it cannot be cured. The disease is devastating even during therapy as it is psychologically stress inducing for women and takes a heavy toll on their body. Fortunately‚ The Breast Cancer Society is here to help those in need. Over 2.9 million people have beaten breast cancer and The Breast Cancer Society is doing its best to
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Cancer is the number one disease in the world. But what exactly is cancer? What most people know about cancer is that it can be deadly and it’s mostly related to someone losing their hair. But‚ beyond that cancer is a tricky subject. Why? Because no one really knows how cancer is created. Could it be possible‚ that cancer cells have the same characteristics as normal stem cells and that is why they grow and invade rapidly? And if so can scientist and doctors use this information to find a permanent
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Speech Outline Format Part 1a TOPIC: Early Screening for Breast Cancer STATE YOUR PURPOSE: I want to inform more people how important early screening for breast cancer. Early screening can save lives. INTRODUCTION: Attention-getter: When breast cancer is detected early‚ the 5-year relative survival rate is 98 percent‚ but declines to 84 percent for regional disease and 23 percent when cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Audience motivation: Most doctors feel that early
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A Qualitative Article Critique: Older Women’s Reflection on Accessing Care Across Their Breast Cancer Trajectory: Navigating Beyond the Triple Barriers A Qualitative Article Critique: Older Women’s Reflection on Accessing Care Across Their Breast Cancer Trajectory: Navigating Beyond the Triple Barriers This paper will critique the qualitative study written by Peiters‚ et al.(2011)‚ which looks at the journey and barriers older women diagnosed with breast cancer must hurdle to receive treatment
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The number of people diagnosed with cancer is increasing from year to year. When it comes to women‚ their biggest threat is breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society at the end of 2016 there will be 246‚660 new cases of breast cancer among American women‚ and that around 40‚450 of those women will probably die from breast cancer. What the experts from the American Cancer Society also stated is that one in eight women in the U.S. are going to develop invasive breast cancer during their
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<b>INTRODUCTION</b><br>In today’s society‚ people are gaining medical knowledge at quite a fast pace. Treatments‚ cures‚ and vaccines for various diseases and disorders are being developed constantly‚ and yet‚ coronary heart disease remains the number one killer in the world.<br><br>The media today concentrates intensely on drug and alcohol abuse‚ homicides‚ AIDS and so on. What a lot of people are not realizing is that coronary heart disease actually accounts for about 80% of all sudden deaths.
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Stomach cancer‚ also known as gastric cancer‚ is a type of cancer that develops slowly over many years. Most frequently‚ stomach cancer starts in the lining of the stomach otherwise knows as the mucosa‚ and then develops into the other layers of the stomach. There are many ways in which stomach cancer spreads. In some cases it invades near by organs or it can also travel through the bloodstream to for cancer in other organs. There are many statistics and organizations of support for stomach cancer
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