The management of patients with spinal cord astrocytoma remains controversial, and there are currently no universally accepted treatment guidelines. As described in previous studies, the most significant predictor of survival in patients with SCA is the pathological grade of this disorder [4, 5, 12]. In the present study, similarly, patients who had low-grade SCA had a significantly better prognosis than those with high-grade SCA. Additionally, the role of surgical resection remains unclear,…
family suffered from cancer? (Carolyn, 2015) Early diagnosis: It would help in controlling the cancer and decreases the mortality rate Treatment: Adequate and appropriate treatment is desired. The treatment may be ranging from surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immune therapy, and targeted therapy (drugs that specifically interfere with cancer cell…
Early research has shown that marijuana helps stop cancer from spreading and may even help kill cancer cells. Many people smoke weed who is going through chemotherapy to help relieve nausea and stimulate their appetite. Other research has also shown that marijuana can slow down the spread of Alzheimer’s disease. Cannabis has also been allowed to treat PTSD in some states which largely helps veterans who are…
of their lives. In the film Wit, Vivian Bearing learned a great deal about herself and the human experience while she was in her most vulnerable state, battling stage four ovarian cancer. She was urged into accepting a rigorous and debilitating chemotherapy trial by her physician, Harvey Kelekian. The insensitivity and coldness she received from Kelekian and his team of doctors left her yearning for human kindness, something she never applied to her own career. Degraded and scared, it led her to…
methods consume lots of toxic medication that are unsafe to other organs in the human body (Eidinger& Schapira, 2014). There are no side effects with non-medical cancer treatment compared to many medications that come along with radiation and chemotherapy. There are some cancer patients who have success stories from the non-medical cancer treatments. Conclusion People who have a higher income, who are well-educated, who are healthier and who live in the West and Pacific regions of the…
Typically, when people hear the phrase “cancer treatment”, they think of chemotherapy, tumor removal surgery, or radiology. Many people don’t realize what other options are now available or being researched and studied. Treatment of this disease is rapidly growing and changing due to the development of new scientific technology. Advances in cancer research have led to the development of new types of therapies used to treat cancer. One of these treatment methods is called immunotherapy, which…
Introduction A cancer diagnosis can be very traumatic and disrupt an individual’s life in a number of ways. There are many challenges that tend to arise for most individuals with cancer, such as altered interpersonal relationships, a struggle for independence, disruption in achievements, body image issues, and existential issues. However, because cancer can affect anyone, the ways individuals with cancer experience their journeys vary based on their developmental stage, intrapersonal style,…
There is one opportunity you have to survive cancer; this challenge of survival is called XPTL life game. Established in 2044 by the United States classified cancer treatment office in Honolulu, Hawaii. Cancer is a chronic illness that kills and harms families every day. Many people expect there to be a “cure for cancer”, but there will never be one. You really think the government would just hand out a pass to cure cancer? Humans have to fight to survive and work to live. There has never been…
As alluded to earlier in this paper, Marijuana has both health and non-medicinal benefits to the users of the plant. This paper will start by analyzing the health benefits and will conclude by outlining the non-medicinal benefits of the drug. Medical Marijuana can be used to prevent and treat glaucoma in patients. Glaucoma is a disease that increases pressure in the eyeball and causes loss of vision as it often damages the optical nerve. In a study conducted in 1970 by the National Eye Institute…
To us, you are and always will be but a scholarly specimen in a research jar. This may sound harsh, but the puzzle must be solved, and only with your participation, will the puzzle pieces merge as one. So goes the life of the patient with a most unfortunate diagnosis of cancer that marks precious life with a timeline. The scholarly specimen in the play, Wit, is Dr. Vivian Bearing. The story walks us through stages of her life, starting with the day she received a diagnosis of Stage 4 ovarian…