Cancer research

Project: Pancreatic Cancer Symptoms of pancreatic cancer are rarely visible until the disease reaches an advanced stage, which contributes to the low survival rate (six percent). When symptoms are present, they include body pain (specifically in the torso or middle back), nausea, fatigue, blood clotting, dark urine, weight loss, and yellowing on the skin and eyes. This disease very rarely afflicts people under the age of forty-five, although it is possible. Although pancreatic cancer is barely…

Colon cancer is a type of cancer that attacks the large intestine walls or the lower part of your digestive system. Colon cancer usually attacks in the sides or in the innermost layer part of the large intestine and then it starts to grow. At first colon cancer is detected; small and then it progressively get bigger and bigger. One of the worst things about colon cancer is that you can not really detect it because there are no symptoms whatsoever, if colon cancer symptoms are detected it is…

the risk of getting Cancer. First and foremost, there are several ways and life styles that can greatly prevent the risk of cancer. One example is to realize how important it is to remain away from the use of tobacco. Smoking tobacco sets yourself up on for a departure to cancerville. It is true that smoking is one major factor to cause multiple types of cancer, including lung cancer, bladder, cervix, and kidney cancers. On the other hand, chewing tobacco can cause oral cancers. Even if you…

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death amongst men in the United States. One in six men is estimated to be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lives. Similar trends are found worldwide to mirror those of the United States. However, the progression of prostate cancer is typically slow and does not metastasize all that often. Due to this, treatments can typically be life saving and prostate cancer deaths have declined ~35% from 1997 to 2007. This can…

word survivor and was first linked to the diagnosis of cancer. Specifically, a cancer survivor is a person living with, through, and beyond cancer. According to the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) states “a cancer survivorship begins at diagnosis and includes people who continue to have treatment over the long term, to either reduce the risk of recurrence or to manage chronic disease”. The number of people with a history of cancer in the United States has gone up greatly over…

Skin cancer is a major skin disorder that heavily effects the human body from the integumentary system to the immune system. There are three main types of skin cancer that is caused by the abnormal growth of cells within the skin. There is the basal cell carcinoma that starts off in the basal cells, squamous cell carcinoma that forms in the epidermis, and the malignant melanoma which happens when the melanin has become cancerous. Many people around the world have been diagnosed with one of these…

Causes of Cancer Cancer is one of the top leading deaths in the world today. It contains many diseases in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue. Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, and will continue to grow further. There are more than a hundred types of cancer. These types have many leading causes, some of them being radiation, air pollution, and genetics. One cause of cancer is radiation. Most people think of radiation as nuclear bombs or cancer…

Skin Cancer Skin cancer is caused by damage to DNA. DNA gets damaged by ultraviolet rays, the sun. Skin cancer forms when cells divide quickly and unevenly. Skin cancer risks get higher when you have exposure to ultraviolet rays. There are 3 types of cancer: Basal Cell Carcinoma which is the most common type of skin cancer, it is the least harmful of the three. Squamous Cell Carcinoma is a more serious cancer than Basal Cell Carcinoma, this types of cancer can grow and spread all over the…

Lung cancer is caused by smoking but I will say don't smoke cause to really bad for you and then you get cancer then it becomes a habbit. that you don't even know that you're smoking it's like it's not even immune to you. And before you know it you have Lung cancer and you're fighting and then you think to yourself why did I even do that? Kinda dumb isn't it? You're just putting yourself up for it. When you smoke you're exhaling the smoke and it gets back into you're lung and then makes them…

There is a very common type of cancer that affects 80% of Americans. It is the most common form of cancer in the US and the least malignant. This cancer is known as Basal cell carcinoma. Basal cell carcinoma also known as (BCC) is a type of skin cancer that effects the basal cells that line the epidermis. Basal cells duplicate and increase to the point where they penetrate the dermis (top layer of the skin). What causes the basal cells to react this way is usually being exposed to excessive…