American Society of Clinical Oncology

incidence rates out of 1,000,000 for ages 0-19 in 2006-2010 for sex and race/ethnicity; 38.4 for boys, 30.2 for girls, 34.2 for non-hispanic white, 18.3 for non-hispanic black, 44.9 for hispanic, and 28.7 for asian american/pacific islander” (American Cancer Society, 2014). Pediatric oncology is something that I would like to go to school for and specialize in. Cancer is a very aggressive disease, there is no way to cure or prevent it. Trying to fight the cancer could be very arduous, which…

Adolescence is generally a stressful life stage for most individuals. An adolescent typically has a wide variety of issues to consider during this time period in their life- friends, family, school, etc. However, throw an illness such as cancer or diabetes into this already tumultuous period, and this life stage becomes even more complicated than most people ever think possible. In this paper, I will begin by introducing the specific illness that I will be discussing throughout the essay, and I…

Doctors treat people: this is a crucial statement which I believe should be at the centre of all decisions made by doctors regarding a patient’s health and wellbeing. Over the last number of years medical practitioners all over the world are beginning to turn away from the biomedical model for practicing medicine and towards treating each patient as an individual. This involves considering how best to treat the whole person, not just the injury they present with. In the past physicians were…