STRUGGLES OF CANCER SURVIVORS An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the faculty of the College of Nursing‚ Notre Dame of Dadiangas University General Santos City In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing By Christine A. Cahilig John Henry L. Demisana Jovit Lyndon R. Pingoy March 2014 Chapter III Research Methodology This chapter presents the research methodology that was employed in the study.
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DRUGS TO TREAT CANCERS & DRUGS TO TREAT NAUSEA AND VOMITING OBJECTIVES 1. State the rationale for the use of antineoplastic agents in the treatment of cancer. Antineoplastic agents (cell cycle specific or cell cycle nonspecific) target rapidly growing cells – malignant cells rapidly divide (uncontrolled growth) and are unable to repair DNA damage. Also used as adjuvant for post-excision of tumor to prevent recurrence of cancer. 2. Outline the phases of the cell division cycle. G0 Phase:
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Romeo is cancer “Love is heavy and light‚ bright and dark‚ hot and cold‚ sick and healthy‚ asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1‚ scene 1)” says romeo from the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and juliet is a play about to star crossed lovers that have to fight through their rival families issues and hatred for each other. I argue that romeo is cancer because he is loving and overly emotional when it comes to women. Romeo is loving to his lover Juliet
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the part of the brain where it initially formed. A malignant brain tumor‚ on the other hand‚ is composed of cancer cells or non-cancerous cells that harms vital functions of the brain. These cancerous brain cells rarely spread to other parts of the body‚ unlike other cancer cells‚ and instead stays in the brain. For this reason‚ this disease is called “brain tumor” instead of “brain cancer”. In 2003‚ my uncle was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor‚ but that was not the end. In 2011‚ my dad was
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Cancer is a dangerous disease that is caused by an uncontrolled group of abnormal cells in the body. Cancerous cells‚ also known as malignant tumors or neoplasm‚ begin to divide without stopping and invade surrounding tissues. The body is made up of trillions of cells‚ which means cancer can start from almost anywhere in the body. Human cells grow and divide to form new cells continuously. When cells grow old or become damaged they die and new cells are formed to take their place. This process
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Selenium and cancer therapy In the article “Selenium Compounds‚ Apoptosis and Other Types of Cell Death: An Overview for Cancer Therapy”‚ Author Carmen Sanmartin‚ Daniel Plano‚ Arun K‚ Sharma and Juan Antonio Palop point out thtat Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element and can cause several types of cell death. Thus‚ it influences positively on many biological functions in human beings and animals. It is important in cancer treatment and prevention. At the beginning of the article‚ the authors
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for a second before the Doctor looks up at me and replies‚ “your results have come back...I’m sorry Jason; it seems you have lung cancer”. “Currently there is nothing we can really do and I’ve discussed your case with specialist in the field and we have predicted that you may not have that long left”. Two words‚ two words are all it took to destroy my life‚ lung cancer .My body instantly became numb and my stomach felt as if it had exploded. I stared at the ground my eyes becoming out of focus like
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------------- Eng. 1100-020 ------------- Nov 09‚ 2010 Cell Phones = Cancer? You may have heard on the news or even from your own mother that holding your cell phone too close to your head or using it too much will cause brain damage. Can such a small device really cause such harsh damage to someone’s brain or is it just an urban legend? Ron Pawl‚ of Center for Pain Treatment and Rehabilitation‚ disagrees and believes the dangers of cell phones are all too true. On my stance I would have to
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Chapter l INTRODUCTION The Soursop is a flowering‚ evergreen tree native to tropical regions of the world. It also contains a long‚ prickly green fruit which happens to kill cancer up to 10‚000 times more effectively than strong chemotherapy drugs‚ all without the nasty side effects and without harming healthy cells. Oberlies et al (1995) research the capability acetogenins to block or inhibit‚ the cell growth of tumor cells. They tested this on several cell types in vitro‚ cancerous cells from
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with a child (you can’t it’s almost impossible) but my mom did it‚ she was in high school when she had me and i give her a big thumbs up because she also went to college and she never thought of having an abortion. But some mother get diagnosed with cancer and then have to make THE choice. The choice to save their life or thier unborn child’s life also keep in mind if you do get the chemotherapy you would be cause growth defects on your child causing the child to be very underweight when
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