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    When someone’s wife is diagnosed with cancer‚ it not only affects her but also her other half. The spouse plays a significant role in his wife’s care. He finds out very quickly on how to be a caregiver for his ailing wife. The spouse learns new responsibilities and tasks that can often be overwhelming to him. Educational groups are formed by the medical community that are dedicated in helping teach the spouse on how to be a cancer caregiver . However‚ not every spouse stands beside his wife during

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    Holland‚ when the understanding of the psychological support to those who was cancer- diagnosed. The meaning of psychooncology or sometimes they call it oncopsychology‚ originally was started from telling the cancer- diagnosis to the patient. In USA special stuff was assigned who would tell the diagnosis initially to the patient. However there are lots of other cases that should be dealt with‚ in the process of the cancer treatment. Oncopatient is going through lots of kinds of treatments‚ such as

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    Breast cancer is a disease that devastates so many women in our society each year. The catastrophic toll that it had on women in the 1800’s was much more traumatizing than it is today. Robert Shadle and James S. Olson give us a vivid picture of what breast cancer in the 1800’s was like in their essay entitled‚ “Dying of Breast Cancer in the 1800s.” The authors of this incredible essay describe the life of “Nabby” Adams‚ the daughter of John and Abigail Adams. The essay gives us a detailed account

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    1.What Is Cancer? CANCER‚ a 6 letter word that makes our world upside down. Cancer is not just one disease‚ but a large group of almost 100 diseases. Its two main characteristics are uncontrolled growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to migrate from the original site and spread to distant sites. If the spread is not controlled‚ cancer can result in death. 2.How does cancer occur? The body is made up of trillions of living cells. These cells grow‚ divide‚ and die in

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    Endometrial cancer is the most prevalent gynecologic malignancy in the Unites States. Even though the cancer occurs most frequently in postmenopauasal women‚ 5% of the total number cases are found in women 40 years and younger. These women usually have specific risk factors such as morbid obesity‚ chronic anovulation‚ and hereditary syndromes (Schuiling & Likis‚ 2013). As future providers‚ it will be vital to know and understand the risk factors for endometrial cancer and the signs and symptoms

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    e number of deaths from cancer continues to increase each year. Cancer is a disease has touched every family at least once. It is a disease that can kill you in a matter of years or months. There are several different types of cancer‚ some of which both men and women can be diagnosed with and some of which only one sex can actually be diagnosed with. Today researchers are finding more and more advances into what causes cancer. I myself am a cancer survivor and my treatment at the time in 1992 was

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    Liver Cancer‚ each year about 700‚000 people worldwide will be diagnosed; 600‚000 will die. Cancer is very serious‚ although liver cancer is not the leading most fatal cancer. Malignant tumors in the liver are usually hepatomas. Hepatomas are also known hepatocellular carcinomas or HCC. These HCC’s are only responsible for two to four percent of cancer. HCC’s are also not common in the U.S. They are found mostly in the Asia region of the world. Liver cancer is also found in children but is commonly

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    Cancer Cancer is one of the top causes of death in the world today. Studies show that one in three people will go through some form of cancer in their lifetime. There are various different kinds of cancer that effect different parts of the body. Cancer is treated in many different ways. Some forms of cancer are treatable‚ and some are not. Cancer usually comes from the development of a tumor. Tumors form in the body when cells are produced without cause. New cells are formed when they are not needed

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    The word cancer is a word that has negativity written all over it. It’s a word with no positive upside and often makes most of us cringe. The word cancer is a Greek word and was first used by Hippocrates who used the words carcinos and carcinoma to describe tumors‚ later deeming the word “cancer”. Cancer is a condition in which relates to the cells within the human body‚ cells make up all living things. They grow‚ expand‚ divide

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    Cancer‚ by definition‚ is a mutation or abnormal cell growth caused by internal and/or external factors that act together to form carcinogenesis (1). Cancer cells are able to continue to grow‚ and mutate‚ spreading in to other tissues which is not a function of normal cells. Cancer cells also have the unique quality of avoiding apoptosis‚ cell death‚ which allows for the continuation and growth of the cancer. Cancer will be a diagnosis received by an estimated 1.5 million people in the United

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