Chemotherapy regimens

Many kids have died from leukemia. It was a case that had a major environmental issue and a lot of impact potential. Anne Anderson started the case where she wanted an apologize because her son died from leukemia. [1] “Anne Anderson son have died from Leukemia two years ago.” Anne asked Jan Schlichtmann to investigate about the case, because she wanted to get an apology. Anne did not wanted money, she wanted an apologize. Lauren was another person that had a son that died from leukemia, she was…

Ductal Carcinoma Cancer Cancer has been around for a longtime but breast cancer has become more prevalent in the past ten years. Although breast cancer is a more common factor for women, men can also have breast cancer. There are different types of breast cancer however; Ductal Carcinoma Cancer is the most common type of noninvasive breast cancer women experience. The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC), are two of the most knowledgeable…

The Brachytherapy procedure consists of radiation occurring inside the body. The materials that are injected into the area around the cancer in the prostate gland are known as “seeds”. The seeds are what cause the radiation to occur in the general area. The seeds are placed within a sterilized needle which then the needle is pushed through the skin between the scrotum and the rectum and ends within the prostate gland to begin radioactivity. There are two different types of doses for the therapy.…

Respected oncology rehabilitation physical therapist Kim Marshall, DPT, CLT and highly-regarded medical oncology professional Donna Valentine, a physicians assistant, are teaming up to provide coordinated care that addresses the specific and varied health needs of breast cancer survivors in Orange County. The duo having been personally touched by family members with breast cancer, have worked closely together for many years are looking to develop this niche to ensure survivors don’t fall…

People who are at risk should get tested earlier. Diagnosis rates for pancreatic cancer are not very high. Most people at risk do not get tested because they think they do not need to. Since the risk of getting pancreatic cancer is relatively small, people do not get tested because they think that they will not get it. For example, people who have close relatives who have had pancreatic cancer are at higher risk. “If you have two or more first-degree relatives who have had pancreatic cancer, a…

diagnosed with a specific form of cancer called Wilms’ tumor. It is a type of cancer that starts in the kidneys and is often found in children. I survived it by going through a surgical process that removed my right kidney and by going through chemotherapy. Growing up, I remember being afraid whenever it was time for my yearly check up. It was important to continuously check and monitor my body through the years in case the cancer came back. I wasn’t allowed to eat certain things, because my…

Ototoxicity may be defined as “damage to the structure and function of the inner ear (auditory, vestibular, or both) that results from exposure to toxins” (Campbell, 2007). Exposure to toxins is often the result of the administration of therapeutic agents or medications for the treatment of other primary diagnoses. These medications fall into several classes including: aminoglycoside antibiotics, antineoplastic drugs, other antibiotics, antimalarial drugs, loop diuretics, and salicylates. To…

Therapy can be applied one time in order to stop or make the progressive of cancer slowly, and the process of therapy could be working or not which is resulting in further efforts of treatment by applying a more aggressive type. Both radiation therapy and surgical elimination of the prostate (prostatectomy) are the most ordinary types of therapy that utilize for prostate cancer until now. Nonetheless, any kind of therapy has negative side effects which some of these effects are more serious than…

After surgery, they might have chemotherapy to lower the chance of the cancer coming back. If they cannot have surgery they might have one or more of these treatments radiotherapy, chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy (Cancer Research UK, 2017a). Stage 4 means the cancer has spread to the other lung or other parts of the body such as the liver or bones. The treatment aims to control the cancer for as long as possible and help the symptoms. The person might have chemotherapy, biological therapy and…

Surgery, which may include removing portions of the pancreas is the only treatment that can get rid of cancerous pancreatic tumors. Other treatment options include radiation,chemotherapy or alternative medications,any of which may be added with surgery. The survivor rate is 7 percent, when diagnosed in later stages the patient usually have only a few months to live. About 90 percent of pancreatic cancer patients are over the age…