Types of lung cancer 1. Non-small cell lung cancer is the more common of the two types of lung cancer. It generally grows and spreads slowly. There are five types of non-small cell lung cancer. Each type has different kinds of cancer cells. Each of the types grows and spreads in different ways. Causes of Lung Cancer The main cause of lung cancer is smoking tobacco (most often through cigarettes). Between 80% and 90% of lung cancers are due to smoking. People who are affected by Second-Hand
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you know someone with cancer? Lung cancer is a painful disease and it kills many people. Colon cancer is also common. Brain cancer is tough. Cancer is common‚ hard to deal with but it can be overcome. Lung cancer kills many people. There are 155‚870 lung cancer deaths and 222‚ 500 new cases of cancer. Symptoms of lung cancer are shortness of breath‚ raspy voice‚ cough‚ weight loss‚ and chest pain. Lung cancer is one of the most common killing men and women’s cancers. When there are so many
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is Ovarian Cancer? Cancer of the ovary (ovarian cancer) is the ninth most common cancer in women in the U.S. with almost 22‚000 women newly diagnosed each year. Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths in women. It usually does not result in symptoms until the cancer has spread beyond the ovary. (Emma L Low‚ 2013) Ovarian cancer stems from cancerous cells of the epithelial lining of the ovary which can extend to the fallopian tubes. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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b Breast Cancer HCA/240 Cheryl Williams March 2nd 2012 ABOUT BREAST CANCER Cancer is very common among people of all ages. There are many different types of cancer and certain ones affect certain ages more. Among older people there are certain cancers that affect their age group more than others. One cancer that affects older adults more than any other age group is breast cancer. Breast cancer can both occur in men and women it is rare for a man to get breast cancer. CAUSES AND
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4/26/13 Breast Cancer Breast Cancer is a type of cancer originating from the breast tissue‚ most commonly from the inner lining of the milk ducts. Most commonly it is found in the inner lining of the milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Breast Cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in the cells of the breasts. A malignant tumor is a group of cancer cells that can grow into surrounding tissues or spread to distant areas of the body. The disease occurs almost entirely in
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Cancer: Silent Killer By: Wynne Michael David S. Gogo Submitted to: Ms. Katrina Q. Sundo Abstract Cancer nowadays is very widespread. But what is cancer? Cancer‚ known medically as a malignant neoplasm‚ is a large group of different diseases‚ all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer‚ cells divide and grow uncontrollably‚ forming malignant tumors‚ and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to
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Breast Cancer Breast Cancer the words that most women dread to hear form their doctor. Breast cancer is a lump that forms in the breast area and sometimes can be a lump in the arm pit. As I do more research on breast cancer‚ I see that the lump in a malignant tumor that starts off in the cells of the breast. A malignant tumor is a group of cancer cells that can grow into surrounding tissues or spread to distant areas of the body. (Breast Cancer‚ 2012). There are several types of Breast Cancer such
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Cancers affecting mankind To date‚ none of the approximately 60 anticancer drugs used in conventional chemotherapy exhibits a selective uptake in tumor tissue and generally only a very small fraction of the administered dose reaches the tumor site. If surgery or radiotherapy is not effective‚ cure rates are in the range of 10% and‚ as a consequence‚ 90 % of chemotherapeutic agents are administered in the palliative setting to stabilize the disease or to improve the quality of life. With such a
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Imagine how painful it was for someone to witness a close person to their heart in pain‚ and to hold the responsibility for taking their own father to these procedures for his treatment. Cancer nowadays is the most diagnosed disease all around the world. I experienced cancer when my father was diagnosed with Liver Cancer in 2013. It was easy for my family and I to provide him with support to alleviate the emotional pain‚ however‚ we weren’t always able to alleviate the physical pain he went through. Fortunately
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MRI of Breast Cancer Abstract: Currently there are about 120 million women worldwide each year diagnosed with breast cancer‚ and there are 50 million women die of breast cancer. Therefore early diagnosis of breast cancer is very important. Then‚ how the breast MRI is the imaging. And what is the application of MRI in the diagnosis of breast cancer. Further more‚ I will talk about what are the advantages of MRI breast imaging compared with conventional imaging methods? Also ‚ the limitations
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