Early detection can provide the patient with a better…
Affected individuals do not necessarily start showing signs of the disease until around 30 years of…
This article agrees with the other that this disease is hard to detect and is misunderstood by many doctors (Monhey,…
then treatment of that disease should be performed. After the disease is cleared…
Cancer Medicine (Oncology) Cancer cells arise from different normal cells, thus when the normal cells become abnormal, it allows the cancer cells to grow out of control. Cancers can start almost anywhere in the human body, it can occur in any tissue and at any time of life, but mostly, elders have the highest risk. Cancers are called neoplasm because neoplasm is new growths that arise from normal tissue. Furthermore, there are two different characteristics of neoplasm: benign and malignant.…
Bowel cancer is the term used for a cancerous tumour that presents itself in the large bowel and can go by other names such as colon or rectal cancer depending on where it starts from, it also includes rectal cancer. It can also present itself in the small intestine. Around 1 in 20 people residing in the United Kingdom will develop a form of bowel cancer and about 40,000 cases of bowel cancer are diagnosed each year. There are four sections to the bowel in which cancer can develop in any of them. The four sections are the ascending colon which is connected to the small intestine, the traverse colon which is located under the stomach, the descending colon, on the left side of the abdomen and the sigmoid colon which joins the descending colon to the rectum.…
If the progressing can be prevented earlier, patients…
What Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease? Inflammatory Bowel Disease is a term used to describe disorders in which the intestines become red and swollen, or inflamed. The two major types of Inflammatory Bowel Disease are Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. They are very similar, but the main difference in the two are the parts of the digestive tract each type affects. Crohn’s Disease is often found in the ileum of the small intestine, but can occur anywhere in the digestive tract (from the mouth to the anus).…
Pancreatic cancer begins in the pancreas which is located behind the lower part of the stomach. The pancreas secretes an enzyme important for breaking down and aiding hormones that regulate metabolism of sugars. Even though the…
EVALUATING THE EXPRESSION 15-HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASE IN COLON CANCER TREATED WITH ASPIRIN According to the World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF) men (black men more specifically) in the United States have the highest incidence of colorectal cancer as compared to women. Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum due to the abnormal cell proliferation caused by Prostaglandin E2(PGE2). PGE2 is increased or stimulated by cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and COX-1 is responsible for the baseline levels of prostaglandlins. In normal colonic epithelium 15-PGDH activity is up-regulated but in colon cancer its decreased.…
Have you ever lost someone abruptly due to Cancer? Colon Cancer kills one person every ten minutes. Also, 20% of colon cancers are found after the disease has spread to other organs. My Aunt Jenyi was diagnosed with stage four Colon Cancer October 27, 2013. She passed away May 3, 2014 leaving behind her husband, Ben, and her three daughters, Abby (17), Ally (14), and Avary (7).…
Health Issue that is affected by a social condition Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the 3rd most common cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States for both men and women (Steele, et al. 2013). Most colorectal cancers develop slowly over several years from a growth tissue often referred as “polyps” which are benign and non-cancerous in nature. Because of this relatively slow growth, CRC is one of the cancers that can be effectively screened for. A colonoscopy is considered the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening and is the preferred modality of colorectal screening by the American College of Gastroenterology (Geiger, et al. 2008). It is a procedure where physicians use a flexible and lighted tube known…
It is crucial for mother to get diagnosed immediately so the symptoms do not…
(Wikimedia Foundation, 2015). Every year 4,000 to 5,000 adult in the U.S are diagnosed with a Gastrointestinal tumor (Cancer. Net, 2014). Colon cancer is a type of Gastrointestinal cancer found in the lower part of the digestive system: large intestine.…
Understanding of the subjective illness experience of bowel cancer (also known as colorectal cancer) is crucial in managing the illness and coping with patients (Johansson, Axelsson, Berndtsson& Brink, 2014). The subjective experience of illness is largely shaped by the social understanding of cancer, economic burdens and relationship between family members. It various among patients and their family members. My grandma was diagnosed with stage III (curable) bowel cancer 13 years ago at the age of 80, however my family withheld the diagnosis of cancer to my grandma and told her that she was just having a curable disease. I did not really realise why my family chose not to disclosure the fact to my grandma and what is the value of this action.…