Chemotherapy

According to Canadian institute of health information “Advance care planning or advance directives are associated with better patient experience and lower costs for the health system (2016, p.11). Health care providers hold the accountability to educate and inform the patient to scrutinize treatment options and to help them to make preferences by “engaging patient and families to reflect on their values, understand their disease process and progression, and develop a palliative care plan”…

throughout the battle he is rigorously fighting. Jimmy was diagnosed with Leukemia a few years ago, and he is still waiting for a bone marrow transplant. With cancer, you never know the outcome. You never know if the chemotherapy will work, or if there will be any complications. When the chemotherapy didn't work for my uncle, he began to lose hope.…

increased awareness, and continually improving treatment options. Today, there are over 2.8 million breast cancer survivors alive in the United States.2 With improvements in the treatment options to eradicate breast cancer including various forms of chemotherapy, the survival rate has increased. Along…

Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that is formed by malignant plasma cells. To explain what a plasma cell is, let’s start by talking about lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are one of the main types of cells that make up the immune system. A lymphocyte further differentiates into B cells and T cells. B cells mature and transform into plasma cells. This type of cell makes antibodies (immunoglobulins) that respond to infection by attacking and killing germs. Unlike lymphocytes that are found in many…

Another illness is Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome in which divalent IgG antibodies cross link the presynaptic voltage-gated calcium channels, disrupting the normal parallel architecture of the channels, and reducing the number of active zone complexes (Shillito et al., 2004). This ultimately results in the amount of Acetylcholine released into the synapase. This syndrome usually occurs in middle-aged patients , and it is reported as rare in children(Hirsch,2007). According to Neuromuscular…

That was the problem that I faced for nearly a year. Lance, my dear brother, had to undergo intense chemotherapy, as well as several major surgeries. Meanwhile, I was supposed to carry on with my life as if nothing had changed. In the midst of it all, I began to feel forgotten about. Most people would ask about Lance, checking to see how he was doing, though…

Aplastic anemia is a disease that originates from the bone marrow. Thousands of people worldwide are diagnosed with this disease each year. What is Aplastic anemia? To answer this, we must first establish a commonality in language: namely, what causes this disease? Aplastic anemia is a life threatening condition that causes a deficiency of all types of blood cells in the body by a failure of the bone marrow development. The symptoms of this disorder is very similar to a type of cancer known as…

cancer, the stage of the cancer and health status (National Cancer Institute 2017). Usually, there is no single treatment for cancer. Patients receive a combination of therapies and palliative care. The main lung cancer treatments are surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation (National Cancer Institute 2017). • Surgery: During surgery, the surgeon works to remove the tumor and the surrounding margin of tissue, surgeon may also remove nearby lymph nodes in order to check them for signs of cancer…

above the age of 10 and are under the age of 1 are more likely to die due to the lack of gene expression as well as the lack of an immune system (in infants) and the high abundance of cell production (in adolescents). With this stated, the cost of chemotherapy and medications for ALL is expensive making it difficult for families to determine what is the best method of treatment. As such, some families resort to enrolling their child in a clinical trial as a form of financial assistance to pay…

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…