Prostate Cancer 1. Natural history of prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men at an estimated 24% of all new cancer cases. Even though the 5-year survival rate of localized disease is close to 100%‚ the 5-year survival rate of metastatic disease is still very low at 30%. In advanced prostate cancer‚ metastasis occurs in distant organs such as the brain‚ liver‚ lungs‚ lymph nodes‚ and bone. Particularly‚ 90% of patients with advanced prostate cancer present metastasis
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RATIONALE FOR CERVICAL SCREENING 2.1 Cervical carcinoma‚ which is largely preventable‚ still affects 376 women and causes the death of 126 women in Hong Kong in the year of 2005 according to Hong Kong Cancer Registry. It is the 9th commonest malignancy in females and ranks 9th as a cause of cancer death in females in the year of 2005. 2.2 Cervical cytology screening
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Introduction Cancer‚ while one of the biggest fears in many people’s minds‚ is excessively prevalent today especially in a world where it seems as if everything is or could possibly be a carcinogen. Though knowledge is rather limited when it comes to the causes of cancer and why it appears in some people but not others‚ it is known that “cancer occurs when a cell is genetically altered and unable to control its own growth and proliferation” (MacDonald‚ 2010‚ p. 176). Unfortunately no one‚ including
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The Effects of Radiation on Cancer There are both negative and positive effects of radiation on cancer. Scientists have discovered that radiation can lessen or increase the chance of obtaining cancer. Radio therapy is a treatment for cancer in which X-rays employ controlled exposure to radiation. Radiation also can save lives. The negative effects on humans are that if over exposed to it‚ it can cause migraines‚ seizures‚ and ultimately‚ death. Firstly‚ external beam radiation therapy used on
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Breast Cancer in Women As most of us look ahead into what we expect for our future‚ we will envision a life of good health‚ success and family. What if the health factor was not good? What if the woman in the family became ill with one of the most uprising and terminal illnesses. Breast cancer is a type of cancer which develops from a mutated gene. "One in 10 American women who live to be 70 develop breast cancer‚ with more than 180‚000new cases diagnosed each year." (Predicting breast-cancer
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Colon cancer symptoms: The cancer of colon and rectum can cause many different symptoms. You may be completely asymptomatic also. It is important to seek medical help if you develop the following symptoms‚ Rectal bleeding: You may notice large amount of bleeding in the rectum or blood mixed with the stools. Many a times‚ people mistake it for “haemorrhoids” thus averting early diagnosis. This rectal bleeding may be hidden and chronic showing up as “iron deficiency anaemia” which in turn causes pale
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Palliative treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer is important. Patients should be monitored closely for depression and treated when it arises. Other complications that require palliative intervention include pain; gastric outlet or duodenal obstruction; and bile duct obstruction and subsequent jaundice‚ cachexia‚ hypercoagulability and malabsorption caused by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (Yim et al; 2001). Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and subsequent malabsorption should be
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Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer Many women do not take breast cancer or cervical cancer serious‚ by getting screened‚ until the disease has begun to develop or has spread. Cervical cancer use to be the main cause of deaths caused by cancer for women‚ but over the past forty or fifty years‚ the number of cases of cervical cancer and the number of deaths from this disease has decreased significantly‚ leaving another horrible disease in its place. Now breast cancer is the second major cause of
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KILLER: PANCREATIC CANCER Background of Personal Experience with Pancreatic Cancer My family never knew that pancreatic cancer was such a deadly disease that can creep up on you‚ until my aunt‚ Cathy L. Usey‚ was diagnosed with it in Aug.2008. My aunt Cathy better known as Big Mama was a 13 year breast cancer survivor when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I know you’re probably thinking the same thing my family was thinking "how could someone who had already survived a cancer be diagnosed with
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Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in women‚ and over the last decade‚ treatments toward a cure have achieved remarkable results. One of the best non –medical treatments is the support group for cancer survivors. I feel that groups like the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition provide a critical service to women undergoing the challenges of fighting cancer because they help support their emotional needs‚ which sometimes get overlooked during medical procedures. The Delaware
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