Chemotherapy regimens

Cancer has many forms of treatment, but the two that are known to most are chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Chemotherapy is the use of drugs like cytotoxic and others, where as radiation therapy is the use of x-rays or other similar forms of radiation to cure cancer. Arguments can and more than likely always arise that one form of the two treatments is more beneficial and effective than the other. Considering this, the type of treatment that may be used can differ for each type of cancer,…

Decontextualization—removing the patient/patient’s concerns from the medical context (Whelan, 2015a) was the last voice of medicine displayed in the film. This was shown when Kelekian and the fellow students were trying to guess early signs of chemotherapy treatment. The students would think of great ideas from textbooks, but completely forgot about looking at the individual patient in front of them who was experience alopecia (hair loss) (Nichols & Brokaw, 2002). By having the voice of medicine…

Thompson’s book is a self-professed attempt to offer, “a story about talking faith in the midst of cancer and talking cancer in light of faith” (pg xiv). As a professor of religion and as a cancer patient Thompson is well equipped to articulate the ups and downs, hopes and despairs that is faith and cancer. She begins her memoir recalling her first MRI that revealed a fractured spine in spite of the examinations results that showed her bone density to be healthy for age. Unbeknownst to her,…

Most people can tell you the exact time and date something significant happen to them. Whether it is your sixteenth birthday and you get your first car, or it is the time you little brother was born and you got to hold him for the first time. Considering those are both good things, in reality those significant things are not always so good. People always like to enjoy reminiscing on the good things instead of the bad, but sometimes the bad overpowers the good. My significant time and date is…

There are a multitude of treatment options to treat neuroblastoma. The most commonly known treatments are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, but there are many more including retinoid therapy, immunotherapy, and clinical trials. The type of treatment chosen is often times specific to the child and their circumstances. Most patients undergo a series or combination of treatments in hopes of destroying the cancer. Surgery is usually the first treatment for a neuroblastoma patient. Surgery can be…

his wishes and include him in his care. This plays a big role in how to handle this situation but not only thinking about Mike’s wishes, it’s important for the healthcare team and nurses must respect the parents wants for Mike’s to continue his chemotherapy treatments. Mike is 15 years old and his parents and nurses need to see him as one person. Only Mike knows his body the best and being able to listen to both sides and picking the best outcome for…

Death or 2149 I was a normal average young adult until a horrific change happened in my life. I have been diagnosed with cancer, this is a big shock for me and especially for my family. All hope seemed lost until, my mom came back one day with a flyer I didn’t think much of this flyer at first, I thought it was just some random flyer you get in the mail very so often, but it turned out to be one of the most important flyers in my whole life. It was a flyer to go see a doctor who apparently…

Helen Nguyen Mr. McLoskey IB English SL1 9 August 2017 AHWOSG Chapter 1 Questions Dave’s mother is diagnosed with stomach cancer at the beginning of the story. What else is wrong with Dave’s mother at the beginning of Chapter 1? Eggers begins his story with a narration of his mother’s many symptoms and effects of her stomach cancer. Because of her illness and her lack of a functioning stomach, Dave’s mother tends to throw up and spit up a green mucus into a container. His mother also has the…

Love Your Melon Research Question: How does Love Your Melon’s mission to improve the lives of children battling cancer imply the members are compassionate and selfless? Each year, fifteen thousand children are diagnosed with cancer, a devastating disease that strikes children indiscriminately, leaving families emotionally and financially exhausted. The organization, Love Your Melon, helps ease these burdens by promoting this organization to the local community through social media and promo…

In When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi was a prominent neurosurgeon that had been diagnosed with cancer. Forced to face mortality, Kalanithi’s life changed completely. Initially, when he found out about his illness, he did not have the intentions to carry on with his career and life. However, with the help of his family and friends, Kalanithi decided that he wanted to pursue his life and strive. In Kalanithi’s story, family relations and the doctor-patient relationship played an important…