Cancer staging

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…

colon cancer? It is never quite known who gets colon cancer but there are risk factors for it. Colon cancer does kill about “…40,000 in America annually” (Adrouny, Richard 1). It has become the fourth most frequent type of cancer. Men will probably get it more than women but even though colon cancer is more prevalent in men than women it still has a high percent in women. Women still tend to get breast cancer and lung cancer before colon cancer though. The biggest risk factor of colon cancer is…

While working with wood there are health hazards that can come from dust in the air. Presently in any shop there should be some form of dust venting because if there is no venting several health hazards can be present such as, cancers, allergies, and skin irritants. While most industries have state of the art venting is it really enough to prevent what most employees and most health care professionals really fear when it comes to cancerous diseases and other health born issues. Whether working…

Additional crucial factors influenced by SES include racial differences in screening rates and cancer stage at diagnosis. Estimates revealed that nearly 60% of deaths attributed to CRC may be avoidable through regular screening [2]. However, in 2008, only 64.5% of adults between the ages of 50–75 reported being up to date with CRC screening tests [8]. Patients with higher SES are seen to have increased health care utilization rates thus higher CRC screening rates, making diagnosis at an earlier…

relatively a consistently high number of white blood cells are a symptom of leukemia. Leukemia is a cancer of the blood where the patient has about 50,000 white blood cells in a single drop of blood. Normally, a drop of a blood can contain anywhere from 7,000 to 25,000 white blood cells at a time. The blood platelet or thrombocytes are the smallest blood cells. Their number ranges from 20,000 to 500,000 per cubic millimeter of blood. Platelets are useful to the body because they contain…

Ovarian Cancer is an adult onset genetic disease that is often fatal. This type of cancer occurs when cells in a female’s ovaries grow abnormally and too many cells are produced. The cancer cells can then spread to other parts of a woman’s body (Cancer.net, 2016). The ovaries, located on either side of the uterus, are two small almond shaped glands that produce the female hormones, estrogen and progesterone. The ovaries also release eggs during a woman’s years of reproduction, starting with her…

diagnosed by lung cancer in The United States in 2005, only fifteen percent will survive for five years. Lung Cancer is the third most common form of cancer but is the number one killer among cancer patients. Lung Cancer claims more lives than colon cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, and breast cancer combined. Cancer is an ancient disease. Mummies, some even 2,500 years old, were discovered in Peru with lumps that clearly suggest cancer as the cause of death . Lung cancer is the carcinoma…

and the main reasoning for that would be breast cancer. During the 1970s-1980s breast cancer mortality increased as oppose to the 1990s-2013 when breast cancer mortality decreased by 37 percent due to early detection and mammography screening1. It is advised that women should perform their own exam at home daily, going along the breast extending into the armpits pressing firmly for any lumps or changes in the breast. Often times, at first, breast cancer could be asymptomatic, meaning showing no…

are about 40,000 cases of oral cancers diagnosed in the United States every year and it will cause over 8,650 deaths. The death rate for oral cancer is greater than cervical and endocrine cancers. Of those 40,000 cases, only slightly more than half will be alive in 5 years. Oral cancer is a cancer that begins in the mouth or the throat at the back of the mouth. There is an uncontrollable growth of cells that invade and cause damage to tissues. Mouth cancer or Oral cancer may arise as a primary…

for childhood cancer research. The National Cancer Institute only gives 3.7% of the funding and research to childhood cancer. The kids that I have met and have gotten close to, have inspired me to write this poem. The strength those kids have, the way they smile and laugh through the pain inspired me. Children are our future. The challenge that I had to face while writing this poem was writing the poem itself. I have been through many things with kids that I am close to who have cancer. My…