How To Treat Cancer

The nurse would have arranged for Mr. Thomas to receive training, so that he is able to transfer his wife safety from the bed to a chair. Educating Mr. Thomas to safely participate in his wife’s care will prevent caregiver and patient injuries and will help Mr. Thomas not rely on paid staff to

The caregiver works along side the health care team and has an important role in improving the elder cancer patient's health and QOL (Haley, 2003). Caregivers and cancer patients need support from healthcare professionals who understand the social outlook of living with cancer (Haley, 2003). Social workers are an integral part of care provided for cancer patients and their caregivers. Social workers perform many tasks like psychosocial interventions which include, coping with the diseases and issues with the family relationships, social interventions, such as legal support and housing issues, economic interventions, such as, pension benefits issues and social security, outpatient follow-up care, home care, assisted living,

As many patient´s illness beings to progress, many are left feeling “useless” as their health begins to deteriorate and they are unable to function as they used to. And from scheduled check-ups to surgeries, the hospital bill begins to rack up which may cause patients to feel like burdens to the family. According to a case study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a 56-year-old man with leukemia and his wife/caregiver were unemployed due to his condition and her efforts to care for him. She had many caregiving responsibilities such as “cleaning, driving, preparing meals, and coordinating medication, oxygen and other treatment-related activities”. From having no source of income, her finances were limited leading to her close watch on expenses. Meanwhile, as she focused on her husband’s health, she had failed to address her own health conditions. Lacking a support system, the intense and unpredictable future associated with shouldering the burden of her husband's outpatient care created a stressful atmosphere as she alternated her daily life schedule in order to meet his needs. In many instances of cancer, a patient's’ chances of becoming mentally and physically disabled increases. Resulting from such disabling illnesses often leaves the patient's feeling helpless as they begin to lose parts of their minds and bodies.

Some of main areas discussed in this chapter include: persons with cancer’s various experiences, their support networks, their comorbidities, and the social worker’s influence on the persons’ group experience. Each of these areas influences the persons and their loved ones in different ways. The social worker or the

In unit two, a few sources we have read consider the idea of an individual’s remission by incorporating their patient narrative to the medical field. Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life Writing by G. Thomas Couser explicitly discusses the idea of remission and the concept of a “remission society” (10) as a collection of people who feel the same negative way about their chronic conditions, and want to share their narratives with others. Susan Gubar also echoes these ideas in her blog titled “Living with Cancer: Truthiness,” when discussing how just because one is said to be put into remission, one is not completely cured. All the while, both writers discuss that personal narrative plays a significant role when recovering and

In this case study, we have an eight year old boy who has a malignant tumor. The young man was treated at a city hospital, but the treatment failed him. The physician recommended that he undergoes a surgical procedure, but his family is very religious and they believe in the power of prayer, they are also fearful of the procedure going wrong. The family then refuses the surgery. The surgeon stresses that the surgery is the best option for the little boy if they want him to live, so the hospital is thinking about going over the family’s head and getting a court order approved so they may do surgery and save the boy’s life.

In this case study we have an eight year old boy who has a malignant tumor. The young man was treated at a city hospital, but the treatment failed him. The physician recommended that he under goes a surgical procedure, but his family is very religious and they believe in the power of prayer, they are also fearful of the procedure going wrong. The family then refuses the surgery. The surgeon stresses that the surgery is the best option for the little boy if they want him to live, so the hospital is thinking about going over the family’s head and getting a court order approved so they may do surgery and save the boy’s life.

To date MSK has twenty-four facilities throughout New York and New Jersey providing a multitude of inpatient and outpatient services associated with the study, diagnosis and treatment of various forms of cancer. The Memorial hospital accommodates 471 beds, a 72,000-square-foot surgical center and state-of-the-art outpatient treatment center (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2015c). MSK houses more than 35 core facilities with research being conducted in over 120 laboratories. Core facilities are dedicated to the development of scientific technology that aids in the study and treatment of cancer. Additionally Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Weill Cornell Graduate School of

Cancer can go into remission, does mean that person is cured. My aunt had cancer, and has her breast removes. Therefore, sometime cancer can come back in another part of your body an develop tumor, this is a terrible disease just in remission. Finally, it important to have a nutritious diet, to keep you strong and give you the energy you need to

As the world continues to suffer from these devastating diseases, researchers continue to find alternative therapeutic ways of addressing cancer treatment. It is on this premise that various immunotherapeutic alternatives have emerged and currently garnering the greatest level of attention and already raising hope throughout the world in addressing the treatment of NSCLC. However, this can no longer be viewed as a discovery but a wave in the medicine world that began in the 20th century. Various researchers have found the importance of the role of immune systems in fighting the growth of tumor caused by cancer cells. A study by Huncharek (2000) stated that specific immune boosters are capable of eliminating preclinical cancers. In contrast, Jermal et al. (2011) found that immunotherapy is an effective approach for the treatment of tumors that have already turned into solid. Similarly, the researchers highlighted that immunotherapy can be an effective approach to the treatment of melanoma as well as renal cell cancers (Lasalvia-Prisco, 2008). However, Jemal et al. (2011) noted that immunotherapy cannot achieve much in cancer treatment due to limitation brought about by the emission of immunosuppressive cytokines and subsequent loss of antigen expressions. Recent development in research studies on the immunotherapy approach to cancer treatment continues to elicit mixed reactions among researchers of medicinal ecology (Jadad et al., 1996). However, recent development in

“The emotional stress of living with the diagnosis of cancer and its treatment, and the distress imposed by living with the day-to-day physical problems described above can create new or worsen preexisting psychological distress for people living with cancer, their families, and caregivers” (Adler, 19). Not only do the patients have to deal with the worries and stress, but also friends and relatives who are involved with the patient battle mental effects. However, the patient may feel as if they are lonely and depressed. In addition, one may experience anxiety and concerns about how cancer might be in their future and can bring about feelings of fear, sadness, and confusion. Moreover, body image can be an issue due to one’s changing of appearance constantly. Often in society, they are treated differently because of physical changes, which can lead to the individual becoming self-conscious about their body image. Nonetheless, these psychological problems can produce stress from financial problems such as low income, lack of health insurance, and costs of health care. Not to mention that these cancer patients can develop an overall feeling of worry, uncertainty, a sense of vulnerability, and worries about acquiring a second cancer. The diagnosis of this life-threatening illness with a combination of mental and emotional stress causes suffering undoubtedly with the lingering thoughts of death running through their

Today, many psychologists feel that psychological therapy can give cancer patients’ a longer life. The first to take this stance was Psychiatrist David Spiegel M.D., of Stanford University School of Medicine, in a 1989 study Spiegel gathered patients once a week to discuss there feelings about the cancer and here they received support from other cancer sufferers. “When Spiegel followed up a decade later, he discovered that patients who had participated in the sessions had survived an average of 18 months longer than those in the control group” (Clay,2000). It is felt that if you can tap into a patients mind and help them deal with the cancer by dealing in the mental aspect of it that it will be

There are hundreds of types of cancers that are known of; anyone can get any kind of cancer. Cancer is an illness in where cells multiply nonstop. This multiplication of cells may lead to death (Insel and Roth 279). Ewing 's Sarcoma is a cancer that occurs in the bones which usually happens to younger people, but can still affect anyone. Tumors- an unusual growth in the body that can be cancerous- form on the bone. This is one of the most common bone cancers; however, not the most common cancer overall. It can occur in any bones in the human body- arms, legs, the spinal cord, chest bones. This cancer is no hereditary; it does not occur while in the womb and it is detectable after birth. Again, it usually affects children and teens but not when they are born (WebMD). A mutation on the twenty-second and eleventh chromosomes occurs; the genes on these chromosomes fuse together causing a mutation. This, again, is not hereditary. This cancer can be diagnosed through a physical examination- to check any prominent symptoms, blood test- to check the blood cell count, x-rays, or a biopsy. Testing for changes in the actual DNA makeup are also done to be sure that the cancer is present (Genetics Home Reference). This cancer usually happens more to white people than African American people, or any Pacific Islander. The risk factors are not exact but children ten or older and teenagers usually are most likely to get Ewing’s Sarcoma. Furthermore, this cancer is more prominent in males

Cancer has many different symptoms, it really depends on where the cancer is located and how your body reacts to it. Sometimes there aren’t any distinct signs that directly point to cancer. Oftentimes a patient simply thinks he or she has a bad cough; it isn’t until the symptom persist when they get a re-evaluation and learn that it is much worse. Common symptoms for cancer are as follows: (1) persistent cough or blood-tinged saliva. This symptom often correlates with neck, head, or lung cancer. (2) Blood in stool. Although this is a symptom of many other healthcare problems, it could also be an indication of anal, or colon cancers. (3) Unexplained Anemia. Anemia can be the sign of many cancers, but the intestinal

The different treatment options available for cancer vary depending on which cancer has been diagnosed. Pancreatic cancer which affects the pancreas and surrounding lymph nodes and tissue, is the 4th leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States (pancreatic.org) and when compared to the other leading cancers in mortality rates, 94% of pancreatic cancer patients will die within five years of diagnoses and only 7% will survive more than five years. According to the Hirschberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, 74% of patients will die within the first year of diagnoses of pancreatic cancer and the chances of recovering depend on which stage a patient has been diagnosed with (cancer.gov).