Lymphoma

Living with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is like being in a club nobody wants to join. Going in for blood work twice a month and being on the “watch and wait” list thinking, “This shouldn’t be happing”, “I am only forty years old”, “This generally happens to people sixty years and older” (D. Wilcox, personal communication, October 6, 2015). What is Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia? Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells and the lymphatic system that are formed in the bone…

Secondhand smoke has the identical damaging chemicals that those who smoke breathe in. There’s no secure point of contact for secondhand smoke. “Secondhand smoke is in addition called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)” (American Cancer Society, 2016). It’s a combination of multiple types of smoke that appear from very strong tobacco. These are ordinary smoke which is smoke breathe out by the person smoking and smoke which we intake from the cigarette, pipe, or cigar where it is lighted from.…

Today, in a society full of advanced technology, people think our country is perfect. With water resistant phones, 3-D holographic advancements, and cars equipped with automatic braking systems, it is no wonder Americans have this perceived idea of perfection. However, our country is suffering from a problem that we thought only third world countries suffered from, and our carelessness about this issue is not helping our increasingly dangerous situation. Water is everything; water is everywhere.…

The Power of Mother Nature According to the experts at the World Health Organization, “Global cancer rates could increase by 50% to 15 million by the year 2020” (para 1). For anyone who is familiar with cancer, it is the uncontrollable mutated cell growth that can either be malignant (bad) or benign (no effect), but also know how hard cancer is to treat. Since cancer rates are predicted to increase dramatically within the next ten years, how on earth are oncologists and scientists going to…

Medicine is constantly changing and evolving as we grow in our advancement with technology and our understand of the body. For decades, however, there has been a general agreement that some diseases will never be cured - like cancer or Alzheimer’s. Thanks to an important discovery made only a century ago, the curability of these diseases, and other future diseases, is being challenged by a new cure all called stem cells. The term “stem cell” has been around for a quite some time, even though the…

“If you look at the evolution and leap forward to 11 years from now, I think we will be using all the knowledge in molecular biology, and cancer biology combined with imaging, It will be images, combined with genes, tumor markers and patient data.” (Liselotte Hojgaard, MD, professor of medicine and technology at the University of Copenhagen) The science of radioactivity has existed for many decades since it’s discovery. While often perceived as a risky and dangerous practice, artificial…

Cancer is an unusual growth of cells, also referred to as malignancy. Breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, and lymphoma are among the different types of cancer and symptoms may vary according to type. Tobacco use, aging, heredity, alcohol use, poor nutrition, obesity, and radiation or chemical exposure are the most common risk factors of developing cancer. Some of these causes are preventable, but others such as aging and heredity are not. Over time, several…

reason why it can be harder for treatments is because of where the prostate is located and how it has been took care of. Some of the treatments listed above can affect how they behave after it is done. Prostate cancer is sometimes hard to live with Lymphoma treatment includes chemotherapy, medications, radiation therapy, and rarely stem cell transplant. For stem cell transplant treatment is mostly if needed for the patient. Breast cancer treatment is basically chemotherapy, surgery, and…

Almost twenty American naval vessels, eight large battleships and over three hundred airplanes were destroyed by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. That devastating day lead the United states into joining the World War two. The nuclear research quickly began after the war took place. President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Manhattan project after gathering information that the Germans attempted to build an atomic bomb. Unsatisfied, the U.S took an even greater look into their research, in…

Ever since I entered high school, it has been a wish of mine to be inducted into the National Honor Society. I am very honored to be recognized amidst the outstanding students who are also being considered for this group. The qualities that one must display are remarkable grades, character, leadership and service. I believe that I deserve this opportunity because I demonstrate all of the traits necessary and have worked exceedingly hard to get here. Throughout this essay, I aim to prove that I…