Esophageal cancer

Cancer is a person’s worst nightmare because most people decide just to give up on life. Sometimes when people find out that they have cancer when it is in stage four, which is the final stage of all types of cancer. Most of the time, cancer patients want to take treatments, but some of them say that there is no reason to take treatments because they know that it will not help. Doctors try to get patients to take treatments in hopes of them living longer and possibly having more time to spend…

There are many unique bodies in the world. No one 's body are the same because we all have been through different experiences in our lifetime. Whether we have a different colored skin, looks, sizes, or where we got our scars. There is no such thing as a perfect body, but through social media, they portray on how men and women are suppose to look like. Supposedly by having a tone tanned body with a six pack is the "Perfect Body". Or by being this specific race is better than the other. In today…

Vinorelbine also known as Navelbine® is an anti-cancer chemotherapy drug. It belongs to a class of chemotherapy drugs called vinca-alkaloids; which can be categorised as spindle poisons1. Vinorelbine and Vindesine are semi-synthetic derivatives from the first generation of vinca-alkaloids; Vinblastine and Vincristine2. These original vinca-alkaloids were derived from dried leaves of the Madagascan periwinkle (vinca rosea) plant1. Madagascar periwinkle is also used in the treatment for diabetes,…

Detailed focus question: What is the process of self-renewal and duplication in breast cancer stem cells through E113, the Wnt-beta catenin signaling pathways and the tumor regulator p53? I. Introduction: To explain the cellular and molecular features of my focus question I will provide background on cancer stem cells, some of the various signaling pathways and breast cancer specifically. A. Cancer Stem Cells (Tumor-initiating cells) 1. Basic Features: Have the capacity to self renew and the…

It was recorded that 12 out of 35 patients, suffered from extrahepatic tumour. This was revealed by PET/CT combined and by CT scan single-handedly. The extrahepatic tumours in two of the patients were not detected by PET and PET/CT; those were recorded to have node of 2 –cm lymph in the hepatoduodenal ligament. It is furthermore, true that both forms of the scans (CT and PET/CT) reported extrahepatic tumour in patients that did not have it at all. The CT scan reported it in 3 out of 23 patients,…

Along with lung and throat cancer, smoking can also age skin and cause gum disease. Both commercials take place in a gas station where two young adults are trying to buy cigarettes. They are informed by the cashier that they don’t have enough money to which they end up paying him…

The Therac-25 machine was a third-generation machine produced by the company AECL which specialized in manufacturing machines which provided radiation therapy to cancer patients. This machine accomplished this by emitting a beam of electrons or x-rays to the cancerous area. This amount of radiation interferes with the cancerous tissue’s ability to grow by disabling the genetic material in the cell. However, since cancerous cells are not the only cells in the body that grow very quickly, skin and…

Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, it happens when the cells function irregularly and turn itself into the malignant neoplasm. From the biological perspective, human body mechanism will automatically produce the new cells from old cell when an old cell becomes obsolete. In other word, the old cell will die by dividing itself into two new cells. Furthermore, the new cells will take over previous cell’s position to make sure the human body function regularly, and this processing…

Genetic engineering is known for it 's potential of saving lives in situations doctors have no control over and with recent developments in has made its way toward saving children before birth. It also allows people a cost effective way to be able to help increase a child 's circumstances at birth while they are still an embryo but at what cost. Just like any new technological breakthrough there are people who are taking advantage of this new technology that should require the government to…

Chemoradiotherapy: harmful or beneficial? There are many treatment suggestions for those who have been diagnosed for cancer. Some could be chemotherapy, radiation, or both, which is chemoradiotherapy. While studying and researching the affect these treatments have on cancerous cells and tumors, a major question is asked about the future health of the cancer patients. Is the combination of chemotherapy and radiation, also known as chemoradiotherapy, more beneficial or harmful to patients? Some…