DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.4.1193 Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Methods among Female Health Care Workers in Sri Lanka RESEARCH COMMUNICATION Knowledge and Practices on Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Methods among Female Health Care Workers: A Sri Lankan Experience RIW Nilaweera*‚ S Perera‚ N Paranagama‚ AS Anushyanthan Abstract Breast and cervical cancer are the most common causes of cancer mortality among women worldwide‚ but they are largely preventable. There are
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Overview | | About Ovarian Cancer Cells in the body normally reproduce themselves in an orderly manner. But in cancer the cells start dividing uncontrollably‚ and do not die the way normal cells do. As the cells produce more cells‚ a mass or tumor may appear. The tumor can invade surrounding tissue and keep the healthy tissue from doing its normal job. There are two kinds of tumors: * Benign tumors are not life threatening. They do not invade other tissues and when they are removed they
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Rectal cancer is the most common cancer experienced by either men or women. It happens in individuals regardless of age. It is only next to breast cancer in terms of frequency. Based on my research and observation‚ hereditary factors plays a part in being afflicted with the disease. The rectum is the lower part of the colon that connects the large bowel to the anus.Rectal cancer forms inside the large intestine‚ which is approximately five and a half feet long. The first five feet of the large intestine
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Marine Biology The field of marine biology‚ the study of organisms within their environment of an ocean‚ lake‚ or river‚ has a very broad range of occupations. Marine biologists try to discover how organisms grow and develop‚ how they get food‚ how their bodies function‚ and how their life relations correspond to other organisms. They also use laboratory experiments to increase knowledge of human life processes. This is a great career for me to enter because there are so many opportunities to
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topic of lung cancer to educate those about the final stages of lung cancer. Lung cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer. Men‚ women‚ and sometimes children can be affected from lung cancer. There are no definitive cures for lung cancer but there are treatments to control it and stop it from spreading. With the medical and technological advancements that have been made in the past decade‚ doctors can increase the length of one’s life who has been diagnosed with cancer. There are
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together to compose tumors. If these tumors are cancerous (withal called malignant tumors)‚ they can invade and kill your body’s salubrious tissues. From these tumors‚ cancer cells can metastasize contrast‚ noncancerous tumors do not spread to other components of the body. One type of cancer‚ also the deadliest is Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer is the uncontrolled magnification of anomalous cells in one our both lungs. These aberrant cells do not carry out the functions of mundane lung cells and do not develop
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Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that start off in one or both lungs. According to WebMD‚ lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women‚ in the United States of America. Lung cancer causes more deaths than breast‚ prostate‚ and colorectal cancer combined. This is tragic because it is one of the most preventable kinds of cancer. There are different types of lung cancer‚ and each has signs and symptoms‚ diagnostic tests and treatments for their type
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What is Cancer? Cancer is a disease that causes tumors to spread and eventually take over the body. It’s been around for more than 5000 years. Cancer can causes health problems for three reasons. One‚ the use of tobacco. Two‚ drinking alcohol. Three‚ passed down hereditarily. To begin with‚ the use of tobacco. It’s commonly thought that the risk for cancer is higher if one smokes. But in actuality the risk for cancer is higher for those who have been exposed to second hand smoke. Tobacco is highly
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species. From a young age‚ I have had an appreciation of the importance of science as well as a desire to understand it‚ especially biology. I have always found the human body particularly fascinating. The area of study that is of particular interest to me‚ is the study of cells‚ This brings me to the one career that I would absolutely love to learn more about‚ cell biology. A cell biologist is a scientist
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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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