breast‚ and made a referral for her to visit and oncologist‚ who specializes in the diagnoses and treatment of cancer. There are three types of oncologists. They are (a) medical oncologist (uses medicine (chemotherapy) to treat cancer)‚ (b) radiation oncologist (uses radiation to treat cancer)‚ and (c) surgical oncologist (treats cancer with surgery) (The Denise Roberts Breast Cancer Foundation‚ 2009). The patient schedules an appointment with the oncologist‚ who then will inform her of the diagnoses and
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The career I want is to be an Oncologist. I want to be an Oncologist because my biological dad had cancer and I remember how my family felt when the doctor wasn’t communicating with us about what was happening and the doctor wasn’t trying his very best for my father. Cancer has always been a problem is people and animals. No one knew what the problem was until 1761‚ when Giovanni Morgagni did the very first autopsy on a body. The very beginning of Oncology just started with surgery and removal. Over
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Biocon Limited 1. Assuming Biocon receives approval for BioMAb‚ should it launch the drug immediately or conduct phase 3 trials before launch? Elaborate the various elements of your action plan. Even if the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) grants permission for BIOMAb in fall 2006‚ Biocon should still conduct phase 3 trials before launching. Both Biocon and Clinigene are new to the industry and strong reputations have yet to be developed. Therefore‚ Biocon must means make sure BIOMAb
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A student wanting to become a surgical oncologist would first need to complete at least a bachelor’s degree‚ have taken the MCAT‚ and have taken all the necessary prerequisite courses in order to get into medical school. The next step is to actually get into and complete medical school‚ preferably
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accordance with their oncologists. Patients who were retired‚ housewives‚ or office workers constituted 60% of the sample (see Table 1). In our model‚ 446 patients (89%) answered the different questions‚ shown in Table 2‚
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Career Goals Heather Ford English 111 Professor Becca Agee October 20‚ 2014 Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions a person has to make in their life. It is so important because that is what we will have to do to support ourselves throughout life. Imagine being stuck in a dead end job and having to go to work every morning and dreading it. Life is too short to work 35 years and be unhappy with it. If a person likes their job‚ then it is not work‚ because finding satisfaction
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BIOCON 1. Assuming Biocon receives approval for BioMab‚ should it launch the drug immediately or conduct phase 3 trials before launch? Elaborate on the various elements of your action plan. 2. How big is the current and future market opportunity in BIOMAb? The current market opportunity of BIOMAb is limited but the future is going to be bigger. In 2004‚ the 5-year prevalence (number of people diagnosed with cancer and still alive after 5 years) was 375‚000 and the incidence (new cases
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group? In this case‚ Laurie De Soto‚ a 16-year-old newly diagnosed leukemia patient‚ was presented with the opportunity of participating in a clinical trial. The Principal Investigator of the clinical trial was Dr. Elizabeth Holmes‚ Laurie’s pediatric oncologist. The primary purpose of the clinical trial was to determine whether the current standard four-drug
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Running head: LADDER OF INFERANCE 1 Susan Valliere Ladder of Inference‚ a Case Study Southern New Hampshire University LADDER OF INFERANCE 2 Abstract The case study given is a classic case where a patient’s belief‚ (real‚ false interpretation of facts) influences their behavior and is a barrier to receiving quality and/or appropriate care. The ladder of influence and its steps will show how ones “beliefs‚ accurate or
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Kristine Thomas Professor Lee Bio 120-171 November 25‚ 2012 “Alternative cancer treatments” Is radiation therapy and chemotherapy the best resources out for the fight against cancer?” Cancer has been around for most of human history. Evidence of cancer has been discovered in fossilized bone tumors‚ as well as in human mummies from ancient Egypt. Western medicine has made great discoveries toward cancer treatment‚ but I often wonder
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