doctors discovered that the cancer was returning but at a faster rate than before. Doctors and specialists fought the cancer as long and as hard as they could‚ but unfortunately‚ on November 28‚ 2007 my dad passed away from a rare form of Small Cell Carcinoma. To me my dad is and will always be the strongest person I will ever know. To fight so hard and for so long against a battle you know you have no chance of winning‚ is extraordinary. There are times when I want to be selfish and wish my
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Chronic Disease Risk Assessment Colleen Van Wagner SCI/162 7/28/2013 Paul Zick Ovarian Cancer Ovarian Cancer is a group of diseases that have a common uncontrolled growth of cells in the body. A collection of cells is called a tumor‚ a begin tumor does not spread beyond the initial location of the cancer. When the cells spread in the body‚ this is known to be called a malignant tumor. When you are diagnosed with cancer this means that you
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Persuasive Speech Title: Breast and Ovarian Cancer Purpose Statement: This speech has a primary goal of educating the audience and to give a better understanding of what breast cancer is and how it can be treated with detection by a vast variety of methods. It will also give better understanding that not only women but men also are susceptible to breast cancer. Introduction I. Attention: There are a number of researches done about breast and ovarian cancer. Breast cancer is the second largest
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SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER IN MALAYSIA CONSENSUS/CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology & Hepatology‚ College of Surgeons of Malaysia‚ Academy of Medicine‚ Malaysia Committee Members: Prof Mohamed Akhtar Qureshi IMU‚ Seremban (Convenor) Assoc Prof. Mahendra Raj USM‚ Kota Baru Assoc Prof Ong Kee Thiam UH‚ Kuala Lumpur Dr Jayaram Menon Hospital Kota Kinabalu Dr Tan Yan Mei UH‚ Kuala Lumpur Dr Tan Soon Seng SJMC‚ Selangor
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teaching • Expectations of postoperative period • Effect of surgery on sexual function – Postoperative care • Prevention of infection • Voiding • Perineal care • Stool softener • Pain management • Teaching Ovarian Cysts (Benign Ovarian Tumors) • May be enlargements of ovarian constituents‚ follicle‚ corpus luteum‚ or normal growth of the epithelium • 98% occur in women under 30 • > age 50 - only 50% of cysts are benign • Symptoms - acute or chronic abdominal pain;urinary frequency;
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Invasive Ductal Carcinoma‚ sometimes known as Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma is a type of breast cancer. I picked this cancer because my aunt was diagnosed with it a couple years back. Any type of breast cancer normally starts in the inner lining of the milk ducts or the lobules that supply them with milk. A breast cancer that started off in the lobules is known as Lobular Carcinoma. Whereas‚ breast cancer that starts off in the ducts are known as Ductal Carcinoma. IDC is a ductal breast cancer because
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scan with contrast of the pelvis shows the following lesion (identified by arrows): [1A] What is the most likely diagnosis in this patient? A. Brenner tumor B. Carcinoid tumor C. Endometrial adenocarcinoma D. Krukenberg tumor E. Polycystic ovarian syndrome Choice “D” is the best answer. A Krukenberg tumor is a tumor of
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Abstract Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of malignant cancer found in the world today with a 3-10% increase in incidence each year. White males have a 33-39% risk of having BCC during his lifetime‚ whereas women have a risk of 23-28%. The American Cancer Society (2014) reported that 8 out of 10 patients with skin cancer are suffering from BCC with more than 2 million new cases each year. Therefore a method needs to be developed that can detect BCC at the early stages to prevent
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percent. For ovarian cancer a BRCA mutation means that a woman goes from a 1.4 percent risk to a 40-60 percent jump. What are BCRA1 and BCRA 2 mutations? The term BRCA itself stands for breast cancer susceptibility. BRCA1 and BRCA2 belong to a class of human genes that suppress tumors. If these genes mutate‚ then one is considered as having a hereditary risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation means that a woman has an increased risk of breast and/or ovarian cancer before
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POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME (1) Etiology Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) have abnormalities in the metabolism of androgens and estrogen and in the control of androgen production. High serum concentrations of androgenic hormones‚ such as testosterone‚ androstenedione‚ and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S)‚ may be encountered in these patients. However‚ individual variation is considerable‚ and a particular patient might have normal androgen levels. PCOS is also associated with
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