Carcinoma

et al., 2014). Overall, only fourteen subjects were able to complete the full study over a three month period. Of the fourteen subjects, nine were male and five were female from ages 38-68. Types of cancer included breast, colorectal, renal cell carcinoma, hepatobiliary, ovarian, head and neck, lung, and prostate. Conclusively, the researchers were able to obtain enough information to determine that it is achievable that oncology patients can be concurrently treated in a clinical trial and with…

Chronic liver disease including hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the main cause for the development of hepatic angiogenesis and thereby plays a critical role in the modulation of hepatic angiogenesis that finally leads to hepatocellular carcinoma progression and…

Erdheim-Chester Disease is a fatal and an extremely rare disorder that can affect many different organs of the body. It is characterized by excessive production and accumulation of specific cells whose normal function is to fight infections. These cells, which are called histiocytes, infiltrate the loose connective tissue (lipid-laden macrophages) of the body. As a result this tissue becomes thickened, dense and fibrotic. Multiple different organs can be affected. Unless successful…

Humans become sick for many reasons. Poor eating habits, lack of exercise, and stress can lead to illness. Stress and worry can wear the human body down. “Worried Sick” by: Nortin M. Hadler, M.D., describes the effects of unhealthy habits, cancers, and cardiovascular disorders of octogenarians have changed over the course years. The human species are expected to live approximately to the age of eighty-five. Unfortunately not every person will live to see their eighty-fifth birthday. The human…

Sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder that affects red blood cells. The sickle cell gene inherited form both parents causes the production of structurally abnormal hemoglobin, clinical known as hemoglobin S, which cluster together, causing red blood cells to become rigid and develop a crescent shape. These sickled cells become trapped in small blood vessel and block them, reducing blood and oxygen flow in many parts of the body, and leading to tissue and organ damage.…

Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog is also known as PTEN, it is a phosphates encoding gene. PTEN gene is located on the long arm of chromosome 10 at the position 23.3. PTEN was first discovered in 1997, and it is a tumour suppressor gene (Li & Sun 1997, Li et al. 1997, Steck et al. 1997) it helps to regulate cell division. They function as a lipid phosphates to regulate signal transduction pathways, such as the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3k), protein kinase B (AKT) . The activity of its lipid…

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) – the most common form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia – is a chronic, progressive fibrotic lung disease that affects older adults. IPF is characterized by a continuing decline in lung function, poor survival, and limited therapeutic options. The invasive proliferation of fibrous tissue and scarring of the interstitium lead to a decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) (Richeldi et al. 2014). IPF has a poor prognosis; the median survival for the disease is…

The objective of this assignment is to discuss the implementation, management, and treatment carried out for the patient (Roto Scan 14717). Patient X was first presented to me back in 2014 as she was referred from the dental department for a comprehensive periodontal treatment. The hygiene care was deferred to 2015 due to work commitment. A complete dental hygiene assessment was performed again this year as patient 's condition may have changed drastically since last appointment and thus…

anywhere throughout the body. The deadliest type of skin cancer is melanoma because it is very fast growing and can spread through the body quickly. Every 50 seconds one person will die from melanoma. Some other ones are cancerous, pre-cancerous,carcinoma, basal cells, and you can even get tumors. You can tell when you have skin cancer by looking at your body. If you see skin growth, bumps or sores that do not go away, brown spots, tenderness, pain, and even sickness. Some of the symptoms you…

Case Study #2 - Hematuria. 1. Why did this patient require a retrograde pyelography and an antegrade pyelography? Retrograde pyelography is an invasive inspection of the kidneys from a distal way through the ureters. It has been used as a primary method infrequently, but it has a few probable signals when it can be a secondary method. Retrograde pyelography is mostly used to examine lacerations of the ureter. It generally necessitates a universal painkilling, and may end in the introduction of…