Ovarian cancer can develop from the epithelial cells surrounding the ovary‚ the germ cells‚ or stromal cells within it. Epithelial ovarian carcinomas account for 85-90% of ovarian cancers‚ and will be the focus of this essay. Most symptoms of epithelial ovarian cancer are due to the fact that it often spreads to the lining of and organs in the abdominal cavity. These symptoms include bloating‚ pelvic or abdominal pain‚ urinary urgency or frequency‚ and trouble eating associated with feeling of fullness
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Cancer Introduction Attention Getter: More than ½ million people are expected to die of cancer this year. That’s more than 1‚500 a day. An average of ½ of men and 1/3 of women will develop cancer. Purpose: To inform my audience about cancer. Importance to Audience: Cancer can affect anyone‚ so you can gain something from this speech by being informed about cancer‚ and how to prevent it. Thesis Statement: Cancer is a serious disease that may be preventable and curable. Preview: I will discuss
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3.2. How do the therapeutic cancer vaccines work? Therapeutic vaccines do not directly kill cancer cells. Their aim is to activate and instruct the dendritic cells‚ by making them capable of inducing a specific anti-tumour immune response. In particular‚ the aim of therapeutic cancer vaccination is to activate cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)‚ which are the main soldiers of the immune system against cancer cells. 3.2.1 What are dendritic cells and why are they important? Dendritic cells are a family
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Stomach Cancer in China Stomach Cancer can also be known as gastric cancer‚ but this is a type of cancer that starts in the stomach. There are about four different types of stomach cancer‚ Adenocarcinoma‚ Lymphoma‚ Gastrointestinal stromal tumor‚ and Carcinoid tumor. The most common kind of stomach cancer is Adenocarcinoma. Stomach cancer mostly affects older males. According to Luan in his article “China’s gastric cancer cases on rise”‚ about two-thirds of people diagnosed with stomach cancer
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there is so much cancer now yet when you look at who’s getting cancer and where it is predominately a problem it is not difficult to find the reasons why. Today the food we eat has changed and so has the rate of cancer in western developed countries where it is highest. Today we suffer from a different set of health problems than 50 to 60 years ago and cancer is one of the main ones. What we eat determines our state of health. Most patients who are successful in healing cancer make significant changes
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DERMATITIS 05/19/12 By: Melissa Garcia The skin is the heaviest organ in the human body. It is also very vulnerable to injury. One of the main risks to the skin is dermatitis. Dermatitis means inflammation of the skin. It is sometimes called eczema. The main symptoms can include itching‚ cracking‚ blistering and ulceration. If someone has dermatitis the skin often looks red‚ sore and scaly. There are many different types of dermatitis but one of the main causes of the illness developing
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that currently do not have cures‚ for example cancer‚ or my disease which is Neurosarcoidosis! There are some treatments that can help the disease but those treatments do not cure the patient. There are many other diseases that do not have cures as well. Why is that you ask? Well because scientists do not have enough real examples of the disease or enough examples of healthy people that could potentially help find the cure to all the different types of diseases! II. These uncured diseases are a serious
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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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Cancer is a subject of small interest as I am currently heading to the medical field. Where knowing at least the concept of cancer would be beneficiary towards my knowledge heading into stage two of becoming a pharmacist. I’ve decided to go with the topic of cancer as I felt that many people may “nudge” off the idea of cancer as the main population of the United States is of young age. The idea of cancer was presented as a way to enlighten the young generation‚ or the younger population‚ that cancer
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In this thesis I am going to write about my own personality and the associated traits which come with my personality type. I’m going to consider if also if I’m type A‚ B‚ or C. also if I’m extrovert or introvert‚ plus the traits which come in between those levels of personality. I also need to consider if I have an abnormal personality and its origins i.e) psychodynamic‚ behavioural‚ cognitive or humanistic. Personality A is a very strong and bold personality to own. This is typically related
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