Cervical Cancer Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers‚ yet still remains the world’s third leading cancer killer in woman. All women are at risk for cervical cancer‚ and there is a higher occurrence in women over age thirty. Prevalence is much higher in countries with poor healthcare and poor economics in comparison to the United States. Research has been done and shows there is a genetic link for cervical cancer. Genetic testing can be beneficial at further assessing a women’s
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Lung cancer is one of the top 3 cancer issues in the world. The number of lung cancer patients needs to be dropped because it’s very dangerous‚ it’s deadly‚ and it is still rising in deaths today. “Lung cancer was first described by doctors in the mid- 19th century.” In the early 20th century it was considered very rare‚ but by the end of the century it was the leading cause of cancer related deaths among men by more than 25 countries. In the 21st century‚ lung cancer became the leading cause of
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cervical cancers is squamous cell carcinomas‚ which form cells in the exocervix. It also the most common form of cervical cancer. Squamous carcinoma makes up approximately 90% of cervical carcinoma cases (Cancer Quest‚ 2016). The second type develops from gland cells and is called adenocarcinomas‚ which is formed in the endocervix. According to American Cancer Society‚ Adenocarcinomas has become more common in the last 20 to 30 years. The third type is adenosquamous carcinomas‚ which is rare‚ and it shows
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not one kind of cancer there are more than 100 types of cancer. They can be grouped in to broader categories. The main categories of cancer are Carcinoma‚ Sarcoma‚ Leukemia‚ Lymphoma and Myeloma and Central Nervous system cancer. Carcinoma is the cancer that begins in the skin or tissues that cover internal organs. There are many subtypes of Carcinoma. Sarcoma is the cancer
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the squamous cells meet. This area is the embryonic cell population that is involved in cervical remodeling and is the site of initial growth for most cervical cancers. The carcinoma usually either develops from an adenocarcinoma from the glandular columnar cells (about 10% of all cervical cancers) or squamous cell carcinoma from the squamous
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Esophageal cancer is considered a serious malignancy with respect to prognosis and mortality rate. Account-ing for more than 400000 deaths worldwide in 2005[1]. Esophageal carcinoma is the eighth most common cancer‚ and the sixth most common cause of cancer related deaths worldwide with developing nations making up more than 80% of total cases and deaths[2]. Over 490000 new cases of esophageal cancer were reported in 2005. While many other types of cancer are expected to decrease in incidence over
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Detecting Mutual Functional Gene Clusters from Multiple Related Diseases Nan Du∗ ‚ Xiaoyi Li∗ ‚ Yuan Zhang† and Aidong Zhang∗ ∗ Computer Science and Engineering Department State University of New York at Buffalo‚ Buffalo‚ U.S.A nandu‚xiaoyili‚azhang@buffalo.edu † College of Electronic Information and Control Engineering Beijing University of Technology Beijing‚ China zhangyuan@emails.bjut.edu.cn Abstract—Discovering functional gene clusters based on gene expression data has been a
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Thyroid Cancer Specific Purpose: The purpose for my informative speech is to inform my audience about Thyroid Cancer. Thesis: How often do you know people with Thyroid Cancer? Not much? Thyroid Cancer is a nodule in the thyroid region of the neck. Many adults have small nodules in their thyroids‚ but typically fewer than 5% of these nodules are found to be malignant. Organization Format: My Speech will be organized in Chronological order. Introduction: I. Attention getter: I believe
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lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and‚ eventually‚ into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in the lung‚ known as primary cancers‚ are carcinomas that derive from epithelial cells. The main types of lung cancer are small-cell lung carcinoma‚ also called oat cell cancer‚ and non-small-cell carcinoma. The most common cause of lung cancer is long-term exposure to tobacco smoke‚ which causes 80-90% of lung cancers. Nonsmokers account for 10-15% of lung cancer cases‚ and
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classification. (American Cancer Society‚ 2009) Primary Tumor (T) TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed. T0 No evidence of primary tumor. Tis Carcinoma in situ. Tis (DCIS) DCIS Tis (LCIS) LCIS Tis (Paget) Paget’s disease of the nipple NOT associated with invasive carcinoma and/or carcinoma in situ (DCIS and/or LCIS) in the underlying breast parenchyma. Carcinomas in the breast parenchyma associated with Paget’s disease are categorized based on the size and characteristics of the parenchymal disease‚
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