Carcinoma

1. Why did you choose this specialty/profession? My four years of JROTC in high school combined with public health research, sparked my interest in becoming a Public Health Officer in the U.S Air Force. 2. What do you believe are your most significant accomplishments? Pursuing two degrees (B.S and MSPH) after high school without taking a break. 3. Identify any significant awards, scholarships or other recognition's you have received. Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities &…

Cancer is the term for when abnormal cells divide and invade other tissues. A specific type of cancer is dependent on the area of the body or organ where is starts, what type of tissue it forms on, and how progressive the cancer is. For example, carcinomas begin with the skin or tissue-surrounding organs while Leukemia begins in blood forming tissues, such as in a bone marrow. A tumor can also be a form of cancer, which can either be benign or malignant. A benign tumor is typically harmless, but…

The patient has been diagnosed with Pancoast tumor located in the apex of his right lung. Here, the carcinoma can invade, apply pressure and damage the neighboring structures and cause many different symptoms. Ptosis, anisocoria and hemifacial anhidrosis are symptoms related to the abnormal function of the oculosympathetic pathway of the autonomic nervous system. This tract consists of a three-neuron arc that runs from the hypothalamus to the eye and the sweat glands of face and neck. If it is…

The First Therapeutic Vaccine VG-1000 is especially beneficial in patients with carcinoma or the typical types of cancer such as prostate, lung and breast cancer. The vaccine is also helpful in treating melanomas, sarcomas and leukemia. However, patients who underwent radiation and chemotherapy have slow progress when using VG-1000 since they have a depressed immune system compared to those who don’t have either of the two treatments. Hence VG-1000 is apparently should be a fist-line treatment…

ducts within the vicinity surrounds the breast. There are many forms neoplasms in the breast varying from IDC, which is short for Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, invading the area where the milk is on or around the ducts of the breast, ceasing or limiting production of milk. The other types of breast neoplasms involve ILC, short for Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, ceasing milk to pass through the…

extremely rare, because of the fact that most men do not normally have lobules which are glands in the breast that produce milk. (NBCF) There are also only four stages of breast cancer. The most common type of breast cancer is infiltrating ductal carcinoma. There are five stages of breast cancer. Stage 0 is when the cancer cells have not yet spread out of the ducts of milk glands. Males have these, despite the fact that they do not have the lobules on the end. Stages I through III are…

When it comes to the male reproductive process, steroids can lead to decreased reproductive hormones, testicular atrophy, oligospermia, impotence, priapism, gynecomastia, prostatic hypertrophy, and prostatic carcinoma. Steroid use in men drops the level of luteinizing hormones and follicle-stimulating hormones which causes a decrease in testosterone production, spermatogenesis, and testicular atrophy (Maravelias, 2005) Steroids also affect the female reproductive…

The Effects of Caffeine on the Human Body By Gilary Lozano Lopez Worldwide, 70 to 76 mg of caffeine is consumed per person daily from food items such as coffee, soda, tea, and chocolate (Millerand Gilbert 1981). Caffeine generates a feeling of energy in the consumer after ingestion, accelerates the heartbeat and causes alterations in perception, mood, and consciousness. These alterations are caused by the blockage of adenosine, a chemical found in all cells in the body that promotes…

The enrichment of Role of Deleted in Colorectal Carcinoma (DCC) in regulating apoptosis signal transduction pathway was an important finding that indicated the role of Dapk1 in colorectal carcinoma through regulation of ligand-independent caspase activation (Forcet, et al., 2001). The pathways related to Notch signaling were the next significantly enriched biological pathways…

Curiosity to the cause of disease and desire to helping people living in a healthy life are the main reasons for me to enter medicine/public health field. I have strong education background in both medicine and public health fields and have extensive research experiences in basic and clinic research. Due to some personal experiences, I’m specifically interested in cancer related research, such as evaluation of genetic risk factors of cancer, cancer prevention/early detection as well as…