This paper will discuss pancreatic cancer, statistics of the disease, different types, treatments, and how your everyday nutrition intake can attract it and vice versa. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth deadliest cancer in the world with very low survival rates depending on what stage you have. Over 95% of patients diagnosed will die from the disease, and most within one year of their diagnosis. There two main types of this disease being exocrine tumors (most commonly called adenocarcinoma) and endocrine
Cancer is a collection of diseases that are caused by the division of abnormal cells that spread to other areas and tissues of the body, growing uncontrollably and forming a mass of tissue called a tumor. It is a genetic disease, causing changes to our genes to control the way cells function, grow, and divide, and can be inherited from our parents as well as resulting from environmental exposures such as UV rays, radiation, and smoking. While there are many successful treatments to help treat and
Cancer is very large throughout the U.S. and Canada, it is said that one and a half million people will receive a new diagnosis of cancer each year (Ignatavicius & Workman, 2013).Many years back a diagnosis of cancer had a very poor outcome and you were basically considered dead. Technology and research have been focusing on cancer, and how to prevent it. This paper will review the diagnosis of cancer as well as the staging of cancer, as well as possible treatment options and side effects related
Short Summary Name Institution affiliation Cancer Over the years, cancer has proved to be a menace and a threat to livelihood. It is a class of diseases that have given doctors a hard time to manage. Cancer is characterized by cell growth that is out of control. The disease manifests itself in over 100 types, and each type is recognized with the type of cell it affected initially. The ugly aspect of cancer is that it causes wreckage to the body when cells divide uncontrollably
Cancer remains a major disease in the United States and causes a burden not just to individuals but also to the society in general. It was estimated more than 1.6 million new cases will be diagnosed in the United States in 2016, and approximately 600,000 patients will succumb to cancer1. Through the effort of screening (mammography for breast cancer, colonoscopy for colon cancer, to name a few) some cancers can now be detected early on when local resection is still feasible. However, many cancers
Bladder Cancer The article entitled “Bladder Cancer Treatment” discusses the causes, symptoms, and signs of bladder cancer. The article also discusses basic facts and information about the bladder and bladder cancer. The article states that the cancer is the overproduction and uncontrollable growth of irregular cells. Bladder cancer most commonly begins in the Transitional cell carcinoma, or the innermost bladder cells that allow to bladder to stretch and shrink depending on the amount of urine
her sexual condition after treatment who said ‘your ovaries are expired like an old lady’. At this point of the interview Asma cried because she felt different and experienced symptoms not associated with her age group. • Role Having breast cancer affected women in carrying out their roles as mother, wife, sister and employee. Azizah and Sahrah explained how their roles shifted from being caregiver for their family to care receiver. My sister had breast cancer, she was on the second cycle
While there are different types of bone cancers, the symptoms for each are generally about the same with the severity varying with the size and location of the tumor (Upstate Medical University, 2014). The most common symptom is pain, which, in the case of cancers such as osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and Ewing’s sarcoma, may occur in the arms, legs, and knees. The pain may start out as being infrequent and only occur at night or when the bone is in use. Over time, as the tumor grows, the pain
CANCER DRUG RESISTANCE Introduction: • Treatment of cancer varies person to person depending on the variety in individual factors because every cancer has specific pathological and molecular characteristics such as location, health and extent of disease. • The main part is to destroy the cancerous cells by least harming the normal tissue. Tumors can be present in the parts of the body where drug cannot easily penetrate or could be protected by the local environments due to increase tissue hydrostatic
Breast Cancer Treatment Only lung cancer kills more women each year in the United States than breast cancer does. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that over 184,000 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in women in 1996 (ACS Breast). Although these statistics are alarming, there are a number of treatment options available for those that are diagnosed with breast cancer. The best way to treat any disease is to prevent it