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    Cancer pain management

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    Cancer Pain Management Cancer Pain Management Cancer is rapidly becoming a chronic illness‚ and an estimated that 10 million individuals in the United States are survivors of cancer (Sun‚ Borneman‚ Piper‚ Koczywas‚ & Ferrell‚ 2008). According to 2008‚ cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society‚ about 565‚650 people die in the United States from cancer every year. Approximately 1.6 million new cases of cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the United

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    Obesity and Cancer Risk

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    According to the National Cancer Institute‚ obesity is a condition in which a person has an abnormally high and unhealthy proportion of body fat. Obesity is measured by calculating a person’s BMI. Years of research prove that there are connections between obesity and cancer risk. Research shows us that an increase in body weight increases insulin levels in the blood‚ which promote the development of certain tumors and tumor regulators. Fat cells also produce adipokine hormones‚ which stimulate cell

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    Lung Cancer

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    Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world‚ according to the World Health Organisation. In the UK‚ it ’s the second most-frequently occurring cancer among men (after prostate cancer)‚ accounting for 1 in 7 new cases‚ and the third most-frequently diagnosed cancer in women (after breast and bowel cancer) accounting for about 1 in 9 new cases. However‚ numbers have dropped considerably in recent times‚ by about 16% in the last decade alone. Dr Patrisha Macnair last medically reviewed

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    Bph, Cancer Topic

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    Causes The actual cause of prostate enlargement is unknown. Factors linked to aging and the testicles themselves may play a role in the growth of the gland. Men who have had their testicles removed at a young age (for example‚ as a result of testicular cancer) do not develop BPH. Similarly‚ if the testicles are removed after a man develops BPH; the prostate begins to shrink in size. Some facts about prostate enlargement: * The likelihood of developing enlarged prostate increases with age. * BPH

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    Bone Cancer

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    Bone cancer can be primary bone canceror secondary bone cancer. Primary bone cancer started in the bone; the cancer initially formed in the cells of the bone‚ while secondary cancer started elsewhere in the body and spread to the bone. Examples of primary bone cancer include steosarcoma‚ Ewing sarcoma‚ malignant fibrous histiocytoma‚ and chondrosarcoma. According to the National Cancer Institute‚ USA‚ it is estimated that by the end of 2010 there will have been 2‚650 new cases and 1‚450 deaths

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    Causes of Cancer

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    telling you that you have a cancer. What is your reaction? Most people are scared of cancer. Cancer is one of the major causes of illness and death every year in the world. If anyone gets cancer‚ he/she will fight against it for the rest of his/her life. It will be a big challenge to patient and his/her family. The causes of cancer are plenty‚ but most common and important factors are the following. First‚ genetics is an important factor to cause cancer. Some cancer factors can transfer to the

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    Breast Cancer

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    Yamilet Dominguez Speech: Breast Cancer Intro Attention Getter: Did you know both men and women are able to get breast cancer? Thesis Statement: According to US Breast Cancer Statistics it states that in 2013 there were more than 2.8 million women with history of breast cancer. But that’s not all‚ 2‚240 invasive new cases were diagnosed in 2013 for breast cancer in men. Preview: When finding out about breast cancer‚ most people first like to know How did you know? Or What did you feel? In

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    Breast Cancer

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    raise)……………………………………………………IV Goal: Eradicate Breast cancer in our life time…………………………………………V Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………….VI I. Introduction Breastcancer.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most reliable‚ complete‚ and up-to-date information about breast cancer. Their mission is to help women and their loved ones make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast cancer‚ so they can make the best decisions for their

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    Food to Starve Cancer

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    Since we know of its existence the man tried to find a way to attack cancer‚ both in food as with drugs. This video talks called angiogenesis which is the ability of our body to create blood vessels. Blood vessels are all over our body and grow only until early adulthood and indicates some natural phenomenon‚ such as menstruation or for wound healing. But when angiogenesis is altered by some disease the body loses the ability to remove excess or create new vessels when needed. For example‚ some diseases

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    Cancer Cure Speech

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    people from around the world will have died due to cancer. Now we’ll all agree that this a horrific statistic‚ but what can actually be done to fix it? You probably think nothing and that cancer is terminal. However what if I told you there is a cure but its use has been forbidden by the people running our country. By the people we think know best. This cure was discovered a long while ago and has been proven to kill every single type of cancer. You may be sat there thinking “what on earth is she

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