Five-year survival rate

The second leading cause of death for women is Breast Cancer. Knowing what causes this cancer can further understand how to diagnosis and for treatment. There are five stages on the chances to survive and how far along the cancer is. There are different symptoms that may be an indicator to watch closely. The prognosis’s on the outcomes depends how early the cancer is caught. That one in eight women is diagnosed with breast cancer. As of today over 2.9 million are survivors of breast cancer in…

bacterial infections. If SCID is not treated immediately, it is almost always fatal within the first year of life. Stem cells have been used to treat SCID with great effectiveness with over 240 documented cases. After the transplant was carried out, over 73% of the patients were still alive 5 years later. Although the survival rate after a transplant is not 100%, it provides new hope as the survival rate after a transplant is greater than that of patients who did not receive…

Even though stomach cancer is about ¼ as common as it was 70 years ago, there are 24,000 new cases which are diagnosed annually in the United States. If it’s caught early, the five-year survival rate is 90%, yet, unfortunately, symptoms rarely occur until the disease spreads through the stomach and to some other organs. When it comes in this advanced stage, the cancer is no longer treatable, and the five-year survival rate is only 3%. So, here is the million-dollar question – how can you stop…

lungs, recent studies of shown the correlation of cigarettes and colon cancer are increasing, almost to that of cigarettes and lung cancer. Inheritance plays a major role of colon cancer likelihood. Approximately five percent of colon cancer is a result of inheritance. The majority of the five percent are affected by Lynch Syndrome. This syndrome causes a hereditary mutation of the genes, causing colon cancer to develop. If one is affected by Lynch Syndrome, colon cancer is virtually inevitable…

When a person has pancreatic cancer, their alkaline phosphate, glucose, and bilirubin levels may be elevated. For a definite diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, a pancreatic biopsy is necessary. If the cancer causes a secondary pancreatitis, the patient’s lipase and amylase levels are also elevated. They may look at a patient’s blood clotting time because thrombophlebitis is a possible symptom. CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen test, may be done to confirm the presence of cancer as the normal levels…

Adenocarcinomas has a ninety-five perfect of being the leading cause of the cancer. Ampullary cancer is another type of exocrine cancer. This cancer is where the bile duct and pancreatic duct come together and empty into the small intestine. Ampullary cancer is not technically a pancreatic cancer but it is very similar so it is put into this category. (cancer.org) The tumors for pancreatic cancer are called pancreatic endocrine tumors. These tumors are so uncommon to where they less than five…

The average as approximately twenty two years of age, and this group consisted of nineteen men. A small financial compensation about was given to the participants who were tested. Each individual was tested in their own room at the university for approximately thirty minutes. This experiment used a list of words that are semantically related to each other. These words were adopted by a paradigm known as Deese-Roediger-McDermott which was known to induce false memories in children and adults…

Chris Grecious, was a seven year old boy with leukemia. More than anything he wished to become a police officer. In the spring of 1980, with the help of U.S. Customs Agent Tommy Austin and the Arizona Department of Public Safety Chris’ wish was able to come true. Unfortunately, the boy was not able to stop criminals at the age of seven but he did receive a his own DPS uniform, a “Smokey Bear” hat, some badges, and he earned a set of motorcycle officer wings. When the officers returned to present…

consumption”; Tobacco purchases began to decline for men during the 1960’s, but remained a common purchase for females until the 1980’s (Canadian Cancer, 2011, p. 37). In Canada today, the estimated morbidity rate of lung cancer is one in every 11 men, and one in every 15 women; with a mortality rate of one in every 13 men and, one in every 17 women. These statistics prove that the leading cancerous death for both men and women is lung cancer (Canadian Cancer, 2011, p. 57). Acute and…

The prognosis for stage four Melanoma is about one month to live. The average five year survival rate is about 15-20%. While the 10 year survival rate is about 10-15%. There are 3 treatment options for melanoma, chemotherapy, radiation, interleukin 2. These three treatment options come with multiple side effects. Side effects of chemotherapy are are fatigue, hair loss, easy bruising and bleeding, infection, anemia, vomiting, nausea, constipation, and diarrhea, etc. The main side effects of…