In the article “Ten Ways We Get the Odds Wrong‚” written by Maia Szalavitz‚ she questions why people fear cancer but not heart disease. The Center for Disease Control states that “Heart Disease is the number one cause of death in the United States” (“U.S. Deaths From Heart Disease‚ Cancer on the Rise”). Everyday life has many risks that we do not see. For instance‚ eating one cupcake can eventually lead to your death‚ whereas only “38.5 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer of
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In the first phase of women knowing that they have a cancer‚ they easily lose hope and gives up on their life. Not knowing that breast cancer has treatments. One of the treatments used in treating breast cancer is mammography. Mammography is currently the most effective screening modality available for breast cancer. According to Karen Hassey Dow‚ PhD‚ RN‚ FAAN. (2006).”Mammograms are x-rays of the breast that are used to detect and diagnose breast disease.” It is clearly stated that cancer cannot
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What is it? Docetaxel is a FDA approved chemotherapy drug. It can treat breast‚ lung‚ prostate‚ stomach‚ and head and neck cancer. Its trade name is Taxotere. It needs to be prescribed by a doctor.. Docetaxel is used in treating cancer; it attacks the cancer cells. It does so by stopping the cancer cell from growing into two new cells. It basically stops the growth of cancer. It belongs to a class of chemotherapy drugs referred to as plant alkaloids. The alkaloid is one of the taxane type drugs
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Every year nearly 12.7 million people are diagnosed with cancer and 7.6 million die from the disease‚ out of these 7.6 million about 16‚700 adults die from brain cancer. Cancer is a disease we now often hear about in our lives considering it’s second leading cause of deaths in the world‚ but how many people actually know what cancer is other than it’s something you don’t want in your life? Cancer is essentially the uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells. It’s typically caused by genetic mutations
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1. Fibrocystic disease Fibrocystic disease is one of the most common benign breast lesions. The breast tissue in response of imbalanced estrogen and progesterone stimulation over time undergoes a various morphologic changes of fibrocystic disease. The peak incidence is between 35 and 50 years of age and it is rare before 25 years. The term embraces a spectrum of histologic changes‚ and may encompass many patients who have cystic lesions detected clinically or sclerotic breast lesions detected
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At age 11‚ my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was caught early enough that she had a good chance of overcoming it but‚ at 11‚ anything that ended with the word "cancer" sounded like a death sentence to me. Overnight‚ a previously silent genetic mutation had flipped my world upside down. Going through chemotherapy and radiation was taxing on my mother both physically and emotionally‚ as one might expect‚ but it was also taxing on my entire family. This experience was the first time I ever
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Every year in the United States alone more than 186‚000 men‚ just diagnosed with a malignancy of the prostate‚ are hoping there is a prostate cancer cure. These one hundred and eighty six thousand men join an exclusive club of approximately 5 million others in the U.S. with prostate cancer. Out of the five million‚ approximately 28‚000 will die each year from the disease of prostate cancer. However‚ thousands of others with a malignant prostate will die from other diseases and natural causes‚ but
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The kidneys are two bean shaped organs they are about the size of a fist. They lie in your lower abdomen on each side of your spine. Kidney cancer also known as renal cancer is a cancer in which kidney cells become malignant and grow out of control which than forms a tumor. There are many symptoms from kidney cancer like blood in your urine‚ a lump on the side of your abdomen‚ a loss of appetite‚ a fever that lasts for weeks‚ and extreme fatigue with many more symptoms. Kidney cancer is diagnosed
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Citation Population‚ Sample Size‚ & Study Length Intervention: Mammography Screening Comparison: Absence of mammography screening Findings 1 This study was done on 620‚620 women ages 40-49 living in Sweden. Screening covered 34 geographical areas. Screening intervals varied between 18 months to 24 months. These women were followed until the end of follow up or the occurrence of death from breast cancer or other cause of death. These women were followed between:12-16 years on average 14 years
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A new ethical discussion is emerging in the oncology world due to overwhelming advances in fertility preservation in all age groups. The journal article “The Ethics of Fertility Preservation for Paediatric Cancer Patients: From Offer to Rebuttable Presumption” addresses the pressing need to discuss the ethics of failing to preserve fertility as this current practice may no longer be considered ethically appropriate for populations for whom established techniques are available. The current standard
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