Leukemia

Introduction Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia is a type of cancer that occurs when bone marrow produces too many leucocytes (white blood cells) . This over production of leucocytes occurs when they grow uncontrollably by overcoming the cell regulation cycle. Cells not undergoing the regulation cycle continue to divide without dying ,causing an overcrowding of cells, hence, forming a tumour in bone marrow. The tumour can become an even more serious issue when the cancer cells from a tumour spreads to…

Did you know that cervical cells go through 250 stages as they develop from healthy to cancerous cells, or that there are more than 200,000 cases of Parkinson’s disease per year? Elizabeth Stern discovered how many stages cells go through and James Parkinson is the man who discovered ‘shaking palsy’, which is now known as Parkinson’s disease. Elizabeth Stern and James Parkinson are similar in ways, but also very different form one another. Stern made a very huge impact of cancer research and…

Abstract Adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) is the most efficiently used treatment for patients with metastatic melanoma. It is a therapy where a patient’s T cells are collected and proliferated to a very huge number in the laboratory to be reinserted again into his body to be able to recognize and kill these tumor cells. In recently conducted clinical trials, the use of increasing concentration of lymphodepletion before infusion of autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) displayed response…

Jackie (Xiting) Lin Helping Man and His Best Friend Together Comparative oncology is the study of naturally occurring cancer in animals. Mike and Lois Writel support comparative oncology because it gave their dog a chance to live longer. There are specific genes related to cancer, which means some species are more susceptible to cancer than others; dogs fall in the former. Thus, dogs are potential models, and they share much of our genetic material. Mice are less preferred because their cancer…

Let me ask you something; How would you feel if a family member had any type of cancer? The family member is very close to you. How do you think a 14 year old would feel? This is one of the questions they ask in DRUMS, GIRLS+DANGEROUS PIE, by Jordan Sonnenblick. The protagonist is Steven Alper. Imagine everyday thinking, will your little brother die today? That’s what Steven Alper feels everyday. He wants his brother to get better, because he knows his life will change forever. Steven is a…

As cancer incidence rates rise internationally, a larger percent of patients require research through clinical trials and treatments to cure their cancer. The National Cancer Institute, the primary federal agency for cancer research in the United States, defines cancer as “a collection of related diseases… [in which] some of the body’s cells begin to divide without stopping and spread into surrounding tissues” (“What Is Cancer?”). Cancer is the leading cause of death for children ages 0 to 19 in…

The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green, is a fascinating book that chronicles the hardships of two teenagers battling cancer and how they find meaning in their lives despite their disease. The book is about Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters. Both are fighting cancer and together they learn to cope with their circumstances and support each other through difficult times. In the end, Augustus dies from osteosarcoma, but not without leaving a very positive impact on the people who knew him.…

Capecitabine, an oral 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) analogue, is a commonly used chemotherapeutic agent (antimetabolite) of the pyrimidine analogue family. It is a basic cytostatic agent used in therapy of solid gastrointestinal cancers (as adjuvant therapy as well as in treatment of metastatic disease); besides, it is also widely used in therapy of metastatic breast cancer. Myocardial infarction is a rare adverse effect related to capecitabine therapy. We present case report of a female patient with no…

<<>> “Medicines cure diseases, but only doctors can cure patients.” Carl Jung Personalized Cancer Treatment EuroMed’s medical staff has been treating cancer since 1991, and they’ve adopted an integrative medical approach, combining conventional and alternative treatments. Their principal belief is that cancer treatment must not be used at the expense of the patient’s immune system, so EuroMed Foundation utilizes an integrative treatment philosophy with an emphasis on maintaining…

Human infected with many diseases that are difficult to overcome and these diseases is cancer. Cancer is a human body cells grow abnormally and kills the cell manufacturing to places in the body. The change of the composition and multiply and spread in the body. In this paper we will address to the type of cancer is skin cancer, skin cancer is a common cases, especially after age, where the risk rose to infection types of skin cancer in the elderly. The skin cancer affects men more than women.…