Prostate Cancer is the second most common cancer among men‚ after skin cancer‚ and is the leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States. Prostate cancer is caused by changes in the DNA of a prostate cell that turns off tumor suppressor genes and activate oncogenes. Essentially‚ cancer is an epigenetic programming problem. Epigenetics is the study of trait variations that are caused by factors that turn genes on and off and change how cells read genes. Immune evasion is when alterations
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Lung cancer to due smoking and air pollution A review of Literature Akeem Williams 6/04/2012 Health Positive Living Professor Luster-Harvey Abstract Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Identifying factors associated with stage of diagnosis can improve our understanding of biologic and behavioral pathways of lung cancer development and detection. We used data from a prospective cohort study to evaluate
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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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Symptoms of oesophageal cancer Difficulty in swallowing This is the most common symptom of oesophageal cancer. There may be some pain in the form of a burning sensation when swallowing food. Or you may feel that your food is sticking in your throat or chest and you can’t swallow it. A harmless narrowing of the oesophagus (called a stricture) may cause difficulty in swallowing. But these problems can be due to a tumour or swelling blocking the oesophagus. Either way‚ it is very important to
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Uterine cancer is the most frequent type of cancer found in women’s reproductive organs as well as being the fourth most common type of cancer found in women today (“Uterine Cancer Facts‚”2016). The American Cancer Society is estimating that this year alone within the United States not only will there be sixty-one thousand three hundred and eighty new cases of uterine cancer diagnosed but also ten thousand nine hundred and twenty women will lose their life to uterine cancer. Symptoms of uterine
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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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Typhoon Thongprakob Mrs. Gillaspie Anatomy 23 January‚ 2017 Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is a disease only for men‚ but women still need to know about it in case of someone in their family is being diagnosed with a prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers for men‚ and is the second deadliest. Prostate cancer is the cancer in man’s prostate‚ the gland that produce seminal fluid. The prostate is an exocrine gland that is directly under the bladder and the function of
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suicide (apoptosis). In cancer cell this process become different as a result of genetic mutations‚ this process or malfunctions are a result of uncontrolled cells proliferation. The cell cycle has three different stages: Interphase‚ Mitosis and Cytokinesis. Interphase has three parts; G1‚ S and G2. During the G1 process the cell grows and prepares to synthesize DNA which means that the cell grows and make its own proteins . In G1 the cell determines
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Breast Cancer By: Jacqueline McFarland April 3‚ 2012 “Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide and afflicts two of every three families.” (Zelman‚ M.‚ Holdaway‚ P.‚ Tompary‚ E.‚ Raymond‚ J. & Mulvihill‚ M.L.‚ 2010). Breast cancer is the most frequent diagnosed cancer in women. More than one million cases occur worldwide annually (Zelman‚ M.‚ Holdaway‚ P.‚ Tompary‚ E.‚ Raymond‚ J. & Mulvihill‚ M.L.‚ 2010). When it comes to breast cancer there are many areas that you should look
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Cancer. This is such a small word‚ but a very large and devastating disease. Everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by cancer one way or another. According to the American Cancer Society‚ every year more than one million people are diagnosed with cancer. Skin Cancer is one of the most common types of cancers. Breast‚ prostate‚ lung‚ and colon cancer combined are still less than all the cases of skin cancer that are diagnosed in a year. Nearly half of all Americans who live to age
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