INTRODUCTION
What is Cancer?
A common misconception about cancer is that it is a relatively new disease. Cancer, like many diseases have been prevalent in the populations of many species, not just humans, for millennia. In fact it was a Roman doctor who translated the Greek word “carcinos” into “cancer”, a Latin word meaning “crab”. The reason why cancer is referred to as a crab is because a cancer “adheres to any part that it seizes upon in an obstinate manner like a crab” (Ramzi S. Cotran et al. Robbins- Pathologic Basis of Disease, 1999). Cancer or neoplasm is any new abnormal growth that is growing in a very fast and uncoordinated way compared to normal tissues. What we refer to as a tumour is in fact the same as a neoplasm and any non-neoplastic usage of the term tumour has passed into limbo. A neoplasm can be benign or malignant whereas cancer refers to malignant neoplasm.
Cancer Today
Cancer is one of the most well-known and most talked about disease in today’s world. This is because the incidence of the disease has never been higher. It is estimated that around 2.5 million people in the UK today, have been diagnosed with cancer. This figure has increased by around 500,000 in the last five years, and it is said that by the end of 2016 over a thousand people will be diagnosed with cancer every day in the UK. According to Cancer Research UK, 1 in 2 people today will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetime.
The reason why the incidence of cancer has
In women, one of the most common cancers of course is breast cancer, in men prostate cancer and in men and women, lung cancer and colon cancer are common cancers. It is important to understand that the cancer that occurs in one individual is very different from the cancer that occurs in another. Everyone is different; a lung tumor in one person will be different from a lung tumor in another person. Once a diagnosis of cancer is made, the next obvious question is what do you do? There are several things that are really relevant, for example, the stage of the cancer which is information about where is the cancer?
The CDC estimates that each year, more than eight million people are diagnosed, and consequently died from cancer, and this statistic was even higher in the 1950s. During this period, little was known of cancer’s effects on the
Throughout life, many individuals experience difficulties due to growing up in everyday life. While going in depth of the human life, it is discovered that there are many diseases and disorders that affect humans’ everyday functions. A very popular disease that has traumatically affected the human body is cancer. Cancer is a disease that spreads throughout your body in many ways. The purpose of cancer is to attach to a blood cell in your body and cause a plague within itself, causing the body to initially shut down and die. This disease contains many forms and have many causes to it. However its main goal is to destroy the human body.
Cancer affects everyone – the young and old, the rich and poor, men, women and children – and represents a tremendous burden on patients, families and societies. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world, particularly in developing countries.
With cancer requiring colossal amounts of money from society to attempt to treat and cure the disease, it has become an important and relevant social issue in the United States. In 2016 alone, there will be an estimated 1,685,210 cancer diagnoses along with approximately 595,690 deaths in correlation with cancer in the United States (Cancer). Although with the United States having a population around 318 million, only approximately 5% of the population will be affected by cancer. With this only affecting a small portion of the total population, the topic of cancer can create a social issue and source for debate
The white paper provided the guidelines and framework to tackle cancer at every stages and prevention. The health initiative ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ is only the beginning to get people aware of the signs and symptoms of cancer, so that patients are encouraged come in for cancer screening. In the UK, cancer treatment or the referral to a
It is said to be the leading cause of illness and death globally with an estimated 14 million new cases reported in 2012 with concerns about this number increasing in the next two decades (WHO 2017). It is the second common cause of death with a reported number of 8.8 million deaths in 2015 that is nearly 1 in 6 deaths due to cancer (WHO 2017). Cancer also has a significant impact on the economy as in 2010 alone $1.6 trillion dollars was estimated to be the total cost of cancer (WHO 2017). It is important that these mortality rates due to cancer are decreased in the near future to improve Australian as well as the global health. One way is by providing population-based cancer screening (AIHW 2017).
Cancer has been one of the biggest killers in the world for the past 100 years. Previously, before science advanced to the point that it’s at today; no one really understand where cancer came from or why it would suddenly generate inside a human’s body. But, since finding out the reasons behind all of the hundreds of different cancers, there’s almost always a cause/health defect.
Cancer is still one of the scariest words you can hear in a diagnosis and almost 40 percent of adult are diagnosed. But because of research, today patients have much better chance of survival than before.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the understanding of cancer in the Hmong community, in Fresno. If there is limited access to resources or is it just lack of understanding or a barrier between the cultures. What is preventing them to be screen. Providing Prevention methods would be the first step. Early detection with screening for those who are high risk for gastric cancer, with familial history. Since Helicobacter Pylori infection is more common in Asian population. The focus would be to try using the same screening method that is being done in Japan and Korea. Educating the Hmong community on Gastric cancer, the signs and symptoms and screening workups that are done specifically for gastric cancer. Providing information on risk factors like lifestyle, diet and etc. Cultural belief would be incorporated as well.
Cancers can be awful, it is one of the worst killers in Britain today. There is an estimate of 38.5% of getting cancer in Britain today. Some cancers can be treated and a lot can be healed. But unfortunately some cancers cannot be treated. Different types of cancers can include: skin cancer, testicular, breast and blood
Cancer can easily be explained by regarding it as the uncharacteristic and incontrollable growth of cells that were previously normal. A cell transforms as it DNA alters over a longer period of time and it is eventually no longer able to complete its
Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with approximately 14 million new cases in 2012.2 The amount of new cases is expected to rise by about 70% over the next 2 decades. Cancer which causes nearly 1 in 6 deaths, is the second leading cause of death globally, and was responsible for 8.8 million deaths in 2015. Approximately 70% of deaths from cancer occur in low- and middle-income countries. In 2012 about 14.1 million new cases of cancer occurred globally (not including skin cancer other than melanoma).3 The most common types of cancer in males are lung cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and stomach cancer.
Tumors are one of the most feared diseases of our time. Many people upon hearing the word “tumor” immediately resonate to the conclusion of it being cancer, which is not necessarily true. Tumors fall into to two main types, benign and malignant. Although they are considerably different in tissue invasion, their nature that makes them distinct and symptoms, they are also quite similar in the way they recur in the same location, growth size and their health risks.