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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Prostate Cancer The prostate is a walnut-sized gland that is involved in the production of semen. It is located below a man’s bladder‚ in front of the rectum. Prostate cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the prostate gland. CAUSES The exact cause of this condition is not known. RISK FACTORS This condition is more likely to develop in: People who are older than 65 years old. African Americans. People who are obese. People with a family history of prostate cancer. People
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Ovarian cancer is a health risk that is very personable to me. This form of cancer has been in my family for at least the last five generations. I chose to learn more about this form of cancer‚ what it is‚ my risk for this cancer and ways to possibly prevent it because of the fact I could possibly be next in line for this disease. Ovarian cancer is a disease caused by a group of cells along the ovarian lining‚ or in the ovaries themselves‚ that begin to grow uncontrollable and no longer die. These
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title: Rare Types of Cancer Informative Speech AGD: 585‚720 Americans are excepted to die from cancer in 2014‚ that is almost 1600 people every day. Cancer is one of the leading cause of death in the US‚ it is second only to heart disease and accounts for 1 in every 4 deaths. (copyright 2014 http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@research/documents/webcontent/acspc-042151.pdf) Link: We hear about cancer on a regular basis in the media with skin‚ breast and lung cancers topping the list but
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Lung Cancer Lung cancer is a disease characterize by uncontrolled cells that are growing in tissues of the lung. A person gets infected by smoking too much also people who are non-smokers get lung cancer. Scientist are not sure why they get lung cancer even if they never ever smoked. If its untreated‚ the growth can spread beyond the 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
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LUNG CANCER The Health Risk Profile estimated that anyone’s risk of developing lung cancer compared to the average person. The risk factors of any cancer are ones that you cannot control which include genetics‚ environmental‚ or behaviors of the past. Ones you can control are your diet‚ exercise‚ smoking‚ exposure to chemicals‚ and future environmental exposures. Screening tests or early detection is usually hard in a lung cancer patient as there are usually no symptoms. In up to 25 %
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Bone Cancer / Osteosarcoma The topic that I pick is Bone cancer. I pick bone cancer because I want to know more about bone cancer. One thing is it occurs in the bones and kills the bone tissue. Second thing is typically affects the long bones like arms and legs. Third thing is there were about 2‚800 cases of the cancer. Fourth thing is Osteoporosis is a weakening of the bones. The fifth thing is about the treatment is surgery‚ radiation‚ and chemotherapy or all of them at the same time. Bone
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Introduction Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy accounting for 90% of all endocrine cancers. It constitutes less than 1% of all malignant tumors.(1) Annual incidence of thyroid cancer varies from 0.5 to 10 per 100000 population throughout the world.(1) Age and gender adjusted incidence of thyroid cancer has increased than any other malignancy. According to Surveillance‚ Epidemiology and End Result Programme (SEER) 60‚220 new cases are found in USA in 2013‚ the number of cases
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B‚ which means that the cancer has extended into the mucous layer of the colon. A metastatic work-up is negative. 1. What is a risk factor? 64-year-old (no information about heredity‚ diet‚ polyps‚ etc) . 2. Identify six risk factors for colon cancer. Age older than 50 yo Polyps of the colon / rectum Family Hx of colorectal cancer Inflammatory bowel disease Exposure to radiation Diet: high animal fat and kilocalorie intake 3. Discuss the American Cancer Society’s recommended screening
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Pancreatic Cancer Medical Report Pancreatic Cancer is a disease that can go undetected for a long period of time‚ often defined as the silent disease. This is a very common form of cancer rating as the fourth prominent cause occurring in men and women. It has been shown that most of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are above 50‚ although it still can occur in those at a younger age There are many different interments and devices that can be used to detect any form of pancreatitis. A
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