simply treatments. And yes I used the word diseases and not cancer nor types of cancer. Chemo is used for more than cancer even though it actually cures nothing. One of the most well known diseases that chemo is used to treat (aside from cancers) is an autoimmune disease called lupus. Chemo being used to treat Lupus is better know due to Selena Gomez being diagnosed with Lupus an Autoimmune disease, though some people think Lupus is a try of cancer due to the chemo( it’s not) but I digress. Chemo may not
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the long term health of that individual. The first interviewee, Jerry, is a 76 year old male currently suffering from his second occurrence of lung cancer. Jerry was a habitual smoker of four packs of cigarettes a day for over 20 years. Although he quit more than 20 years before his first occurrence of cancer, doctors believe that his cancer was a direct result of his smoking. Jerry started smoking in the fifties and may have been a victim of cultural beliefs and traditions because the traditions
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persons will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime. However, up to 70 per cent of cancers can be prevented through a healthy lifestyle, proper diet, sport and exercise and the avoidance of risk factors such as over-exposure to the sun and tobacco use. Despite the possible escape from this terminal disease, however, many individuals carry on through life with the common mentality of "it's not going to happen to me." Such was the case of 55-year-old cancer survivor Violet Galloway, a Canadian
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Sunshine Hospital is proud of our achievements in Cancer research programs. The oncology program is of high quality with state of the art equipment. The Center opened in early 2009 with high energy VMAT capable linacs and a high resolution imaging, a state of the art CT scanner and two linear accelerators that would detect the most common cancers found in the region such as breast, lung, bowel and prostate cancer and other types of uncommon cancers. Accreditation Accreditation is a voluntary process
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side effects varying from slight discomfort to, in some instances, potential death. This book does a very good job of explaining how often people are over-diagnosed with common every day diseases and illnesses. Breast cancer, cervical cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, melanoma, hypertension, overweight, gastroesophageal reflux disease, benign prostatic hyperplasia, degenerative joint disease, Raynaud’s disease, early cognitive impairment, obsessive compulsive disorder, diabetes
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disease if they have a big waist and a high level of fats in their blood than their healthy female counterparts (Davis, 2014). Women are at 33% higher risk of breast cancer if they have surplus abdomen fat. Additionally, several types of cancer like breast cancer, uterine cancer, cervix cancer, colon cancer, kidney cancer, and pancreas cancer have all been linked with obesity (Davis,
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What is cancer? Cancer is basically the roof that houses many diseases. It is a general name for all the different types of diseases that fall under the category of the true definition of cancer. Cancer: a malignant tumor of potentially unlimited growth that expands locally by invasion and systemically by metastasis or an abnormal bodily state marked by such tumors. Statistically, half of all male population and one third of women will develop cancer in their lifetime. New drugs for Cancer are being
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possible price a cancer patient may pay while a new cancer drugs are being produced. Why do cancer drugs cost so much for the patients that need the drug to cure or prolong their life? We have all this technology, but why does all the Corporations that handle the product have to put a high price on what saves a life? Who has the last word on if the drug meets the standard to cure the cancer and why does it take so long to find out if it works or not? “A number of innovative cancer treatments have
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Abstract Gleevec is heralded as a savior drug for cancer research. Created by the rational drug design model, Gleevec targets the tyrosine kinase enzyme in CML patients.[10] By targeting and binding to the active sites of the cancerous cells, Gleevec denaturizes them, preventing the spread of the disease.[10] Gleevec has been FDA approved to be administered to patients diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia and also patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.[6] Although, this treatment
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Research Paper Diet and Cancer: The Fascinating Connection What’s on your plate? That seems to be the overwhelming question in today’s society filled with both health food conscious people and those individuals who do not care and eat junk food most of the time. However what most of these people do not realize is that they are not only jeopardizing their health and decreasing their life expectancy but they are also increasing their chances of getting some form of cancer in their lifetime. The
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