Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

are diagnosed with this disease are mostly flabbergasted with pain of the heart and disbelief. The

First, we must understand what cancer is and how it forms, cancer is “a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.”1 it is when normal cells mutate and begin to reproduce at such an accelerated rate that body does not have time to get rid of these bad cells and a mass begins to grow creating a problem for the body.

This fact is often over looked by people undergoing cancer treatment. Studies repeatedly show that stress will act as a fuel, causing cancer cells to grow due to a combination of endocrin, immune and hormone changes. Learning to manage stress, developing good social relationships and preventing depression improve overall survival.

Superior mediastinal syndrome (SMS) and SVCS frequently manifest in patients with large anterior mediastinal tumors; with HD and NHL being the most common tumors in this compartment. SMS refers to compression of the trachea or mainstem bronchi by a mediastinal mass. Tracheal compression may cause cough, stridor, dyspnea, or orthopnea. Tracheal compression may not apparent until the patient becomes unable to lie in a supine position due to increased dyspnea, and should be considered at high risk for total airway collapse. SVCS occurs because of obstruction of circulation through superior vena cava resulting in increased vein pressure. The increased vein pressure of the upper part of the body will cause edema of the head, neck and arms. In severe

Distress is an unpleasant emotional experience of a psychological, social and/or spiritual nature that might interfere with the ability to cope effectively with cancer, its physical symptoms and the treatment that occurs, before, during and/or after the diagnosis (NCCN, 2003). In the Psychosocial aspect of cancer patients and their diagnosis, the distress thermometer is a tool that can help both the patients and staff in beginning a conversation with each other about difficulty going on before or after a cancer diagnosis. People who are at a higher risk of heightened distress, are people with subordinate cancer diagnosis, in reoccurring cancer patients, in younger patients, and in married people.

Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters are medical devices implanted in the veins of a patient to prevent blood clots from moving to the lungs. Former patients who had IVC filters have been injured by the device which is known to have punctured veins, as well as fracture and migrate to other parts of the body causing serious medical issues and even death.

Cancer is often conceived as a single disease. The general idea of cancer deals with the proliferation of cell division amounting into tumors. The cause of cancer and how it’s treated is what scientists have spent decades trying to understand. In recent decades, scientists have been effective in characterizing the “hallmarks” of cancer and better understanding the disease through the use of molecular biology techniques. Additionally, scientists have been successful in understanding the influence that environmental factors and genetics play in the progression of cancer. Cancer is now understood to be caused by the mutation of genes leading to the activation/inactivation

If you have been diagnosed with cancer or you know somebody with cancer, then you know what it is like to cope with it being in your life. When you are first diagnosed with cancer, most people need time to adjust to the fact that they have cancer. They are going to need support from the people that they love. This is very important because they need to know that everything is going to be okay. According to the American Cancer Society some ways of coping can include “ Taking care of yourself, exercise, trying to focus on what you can control and what you can’t, and simply learning as much about your disease and their treatments”. Taking care of yourself and exercising as you would normally do is very important because even though you have a disease, you still need to take care of your body. While having cancer, if you are taking care of your body, you have a better chance of beating your disease. You should not focus on what you can’t control because you simply can’t control what happens. Learn as much as you can about your disease because you need to understand what it is happening in your body. Many people go through depression when they first learn that they have cancer because they don’t understand why this is happening to them. Also, according to the American Cancer Society, “About 1 in 4 people with cancer become truly depressed.” When you are truly depressed, this can make your cancer treatments harder to keep up with. Every person copes with cancer differently and how they do that is their decision. You should just always support them in what they decide even if you do not

Many psychologists feel that psychological treatment is also a good way to teach patients how to endure their physical treatments. Many of these treatments present physical problems, but the treatments are almost more taxing on the mind. “Research clearly shows that unrelieved pain can slow recovery, create burdens for patients and their families and increase costs to the health care system.” (Rabasca, 1999). In overcoming anything whether it is a task for work, school or anything that can be physically and mentally draining like cancer, it is important to keep a strong mind and a positive outlook no matter how rough it is. Most patients of cancer are so far

Cancer consists of group of diseases that share common characteristics. The continuous division and proliferation of cancer cells to other parts of the body and tissues surrounding it is a common trait shared by all types of cancer. Cancer cells is made up of billions and billions cells which could state anywhere in the human body and spread to any other part of the body As new cells emerge, the old ones dies, this process allows the new ones to grow again to replace the old or dead cells. Cancer results due to the abnormality of the cells, these abnormal cells are known as malignant cells, and these abnormal cells grow and multiply in the human body uncontrollably. These cells grow as rapidly as they overgrow and destroy the normal cells and tissues, allowing more room for the malignant cells to grow. The cells continuously break off and migrate to other parts of the body with the use of human body and the lymph system. The cancer usually travel to the vital organs like the brain, brain, lung, and the liver.

According to The National Cancer Institute, cancer is the name given to a collection of related diseases. In all types of cancer, some of the body’s cells begin to divide without stopping

Introduction: Cancer, which is also known as malignant tumor, is a big threat to the humans. As the development of medical science and technology, many terrible diseases in the history have been eradicated or controlled such as smallpox, cholera, and phthisis. But why cancer is still threatening human, making people suffering so much? The reason is that people still don’t know the mechanism of cell canceration.

The human body is composed of trillions of living cells. Normal body cells develop, split to make new cells, and perish in a systematized manner. During the course of a human’s primary years, they are still developing and normal cells divide more rapidly. When a child grows into an adult, majority of cells divide for the sole purpose of replacing exhausted, impaired, or dying cells. Cancer originates in cells that are part of the body that starts to grow out of control (Lockhart, Rothenberg, & Berlin 2005). There are various types of cancer, and they all develop in the body due to the exponential growth of abnormal cells. Cancer cell growth differs from normal cell growth. As an alternative of dying, cancer cells continue to grow and create new cancer cells. In a lot of cases, the cancer cells form a tumor. Cancer cells can furthermore develop into other tissues by invading, which normal cells cannot do (Lockhart et al. 2005). This is how Cancer explores to other parts of the body such as the pancreas which what I will be focusing on in this paper.

The initial psychological response often takes the form of physical impact. This is directly correlated to the arrival of anxiety and depression (Madhukar & Trivedi, 2005) which are linked to the decline in physical health (Halford & Brown, 2009). This response may become more prevalent overtime as the individual processes the complications the poor prognosis given may have on their life. Furthermore this will trigger physical manifestations of anxiety and depression such as pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, self-harm and poor mobility either consciously or subconsciously. Recent studies conducted on dealing will

Cancer is what happens when the normal cells making up a part of a person’s body start to grow faster than usual, take an odd shape, and stop their part of the body from doing its work.