possible assumption that radiation of a localized area (e.g. radiotherapy) could result in systemic damages and even cause carcinogenesis events. A manisfestation of this can be seen in secondary cancer cases, which have incidence of lung cancer among people who have had radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer [5,6]. Understanding the mechanisms behind these effects can help better target radiotherapy and reduce phenomenon like secondary
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Tiana Jackson Essay 2-Short Essay September 29, 2014 “Fat is a Feminist Issue” Obesity is an increasing epidemic in the United States, in fact an estimated fifty percent of women are overweight (page 448). Being fat is not just a feminist issue, most women do not have control over their weight gain or inability to be fit. To say fat is a feminist issue is sexist and bias. However the pressures placed on women in American society to maintain a certain
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Henrietta Lacks (her friends called her “Hennie”) moved to Baltimore and died there in 1951. Right before she died, her cancer cells were taken from her body to help research and “conquer death.” Since then, her cells have been growing and multiplying since. There was a laboratory close to where Henrietta lived. In that laboratory was Dr. George Gey who wanted to rid the world of cancer. After a gynecologist appointment, abnormal, purple and cancerous tissue was given to Dr. Gey to study and from there
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proliferation of glandular tissues. Adenocarcinomas are carcinomas that develop from glandular cells which produce mucus in the endocervix. This type of cancer is found in the cells deeper into the tissues rather than just the lining of the cervix. 2. Papanicolaou test (Pap Smear) was introduced in the 1940’s as a screening test for cervical cancers. Pap Smear is a simple test in which a sample of cervical cells is examined under a microscope to detect cellular abnormalities 3. A karyotype
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There has been tremendous advancements in the realm of genetic testing, especially in the field of autosomal dominate diseases. Major breakthroughs in this field have produced ethical and moral dilemmas for physicians; conflicts between a patients’ autonomy vs. beneficence and nonmaleficence (doing what’s best for the patient), which has made counseling patients who have severe genetic disorders like Huntington’s disease very difficult. Do you tell a patient that he/she will likely die from a fatal
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Dwarfism Dwarfism is a medical condition that affects roughly one in every ten thousand children born in America. The Little People of America defines dwarfism as male or female adult to attain a height of four feet ten inches or shorter. The most common type of dwarfism is Achondroplasia. Dwarfs, or little people, still live fairly normal lives. Most dwarfism-related conditions are genetic disorder, but the causes of some are unknown. Most occurrences result from a random genetic mutation
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The biopsychosocial approach involves analyzing and diagnosing a patients ailments using information from the patients genetic material/history, psychological factors, social behavior, and social environment. In the video Phillip Zimbardo, Ph.D, speaks of biopsychosocial studies that are based on the relationship between the activities of the mind and those of the body. As described in the video, the Navajo believe that beauty, piece of mind, goodness, and health are all intertwined and any illness
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some of the consequences from smoking tobacco: Smoking tobacco has no healthy benefit due to the diseases it brings to the smoker. The continued smoking leads to high risk of lung cancer, heart attacks, blood clots, browning of teeth and makes the breath and clothes to stink. These diseases especially the lung cancer has led to so many deaths of the cigarettes smokers and hence the making of the smoking illegal should greatly help in the decrease of these deaths. The smokers also cause these effects
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Introduction There are over one hundred different types of cancer, and they all begin with the development and proliferation of abnormal cells. If untreated, cancer can cause illness, debilitation and death. In normal cell function, cells replicate and produce new cells as old cells are dying. Under normal circumstances out of control cellular reproduction does not occur. Cancer cells also grow in to other tissues invading their cellular structure. If the structural DNA of a cell is damaged, the
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Cancer as a Genetic Disease Summary Presented by: Charles Sawyers MD Cancer research has been transformed into a disease-focused examination, which allows medical investigators to find the causes for a specific cancer and treat the cancer in a more targeted way. This transformation into a disease oriented research was made a reality by advances in DNA sequencing technologies, which allow scientists to understand the underlying causes of cancer and develop cancer-specific drugs. These technologies
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