Testicular cancer

Chemotherapy is considered to be one of the most important treatment modalities for treating cancers (Turgay et al 2008). It is a systemic treatment, which involves the use of cytotoxic drugs circulating in the blood to eliminate cancer cells. This treatment modality can be used both for cure and palliation and, in some tumours, as adjuvant therapy with radiotherapy or surgery, pre- ceding or succeeding the initial local treatment (the report NCI Fact sheet, 2009). Adjuvant chemotherapy involves

of hormone excess 40-60% of cases) - Signs of hypercortisolism c Plethora c Muscle weakness and/or atrophy c Hypertension - Signs of adrenal androgen hypersecretion c Rapid-onset male pattern baldness c Hirsutism c Virilization c Gynecomastia c Testicular atrophy - Signs of hyperaldosteronism c Hypertension o NonspeciAc symptoms attributable to local tumor growth (30% of cases) - Abdominal mass o Incidental Anding of an adrenal mass on high-resolution imaging of the abdomen for other reasons (20-30%

Why do so many men fail to perform regular testicular self-examinations? I think men fall under the same reasoning as women. Many men fail to perform regular testicular self-examination because either they are not informed of how to perform one or they think if they are not in pain then they are healthy. If they get it done by the doctor once then they might

in the lab animals, the experiments were moved to humans to see if the effects were the same (ABC Health & Wellbeing). Those exposed to and living within a close proximity to processing plants showed an increased rate of acquiring testicular, thyroid, and kidney cancer (Teflon and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA). To take measures about its harmfulness to the environment, in 2006, the EPA and the 8 manufacturers who used PFOA at the time agreed to a certain program called a “stewardship program.” The

Cancer has been ruining families for over the past decades.On the other hand now more people are beating cancer. The way they diagnose and treat patients has changed phenomenally since the last twenty-five years. With todays technology they can have a higher chance of living longer. Age is the biggest risk factor for cancer and as we are all living longer more of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives.In an article Hard Eveidence: Are WeBeating Cancer?byPeter Johnson, Ph.D from theconversation

units and improved at discharge to 105 (IQR 96, 112) units, the cognitive FIM sub-score showed no improvement pre- and post-discharge whilst the motor FIM sub-score had a modest improvement of 12 (IQR 3, 14) units (Table 2). Elderly patients with cancer demonstrated a median increase in total FIM score, pre- to post-discharge from the GEM unit (p=0.005), of 12, which was driven by

tumours of Swiss white mice. The complexes showed effective anticancer activity. The large solid tumours were shrunk and the mice lived and they were healthy. The study was so successful the mice even lived another 6 months without any signs of the cancer. This study was the basis in which cisplatin entered clinical trials and have now become one of the most successful anticancer drugs in medicine. 1.2

Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer share a few similarities, elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Along with enlargement of prostate gland that causes urinary symptoms such as, frequent urination, hesitancy, dribbling, and frequent nighttime urination. However, they are quite different which is why more tests need to be done to confirm one or the other condition. These two diseases are also similar in the fact that they both cause an enlargement of the prostate. However with

Ebony Brown Unit 6 Cancer Paper Discuss two primary roles for health professionals in cancer prevention. Two types of primary roles for healthcare workers is one prevention and the second one being the need to be aware of the cardinal symptoms of cancer in children. Prevention begins with teaching and educating the parents and children about the different hazard of known carcinogens, such as cigarette smoking and the effects of it and being exposed to sunlight in an excessive manner. Children

stroma, referred to as desmoplasia. Some tumours e.g. some cancers of breast are stony hard or scirrhous. Sarcomas have little connective tissue stroma and so are fleshy. Pseudo tumours: i) An ectopic rest of normal tissue is sometimes called a choristoma e.g a rest of adrenal cells under the kidney capsule or a pancreatic nodular rest in the mucosa of the small intestine may mimic neoplasm.