National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Children under the age of five and elderly adults are most susceptible to cisplatin ototoxicity (Rybak et al. 2007b) and approximately 60% of patients ages 8 months to 20 years will incur irreversible hearing loss after cisplatin treatment (Knight et al 05, 07, integrated view….). In addition to high cumulative doses and age, renal insufficiency, additional head and neck radiation therapy and pre-existing hearing…

Therapy can be applied one time in order to stop or make the progressive of cancer slowly, and the process of therapy could be working or not which is resulting in further efforts of treatment by applying a more aggressive type. Both radiation therapy and surgical elimination of the prostate (prostatectomy) are the most ordinary types of therapy that utilize for prostate cancer until now. Nonetheless, any kind of therapy has negative side effects which some of these effects are more serious than…

the cancer is in more than one lobe of the lung or it has spread to lymph nodes or nearby areas in the chest. The patient may have surgery if the surgeon can remove all of the cancer or they are well enough. This may require having to remove part or the whole of the lung. After surgery, they might have chemotherapy to lower the chance of the cancer coming back. If they cannot have surgery they might have one or more of these treatments radiotherapy, chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy (Cancer…

Pap smear is a quick and simple test used to screen women for cervical cancer. Pap smear screening is recommended starting around 21 years of age if you are sexually active and then every 3 years. Routine Pap testing can be stopped in women who have had a total hysterectomy for benign conditions (non cancerous). But if the hysterectomy was done as a treatment for cervical pre-cancer (or cancer) or you had undergone supracervical hysterectomy (hysterectomy without removal of the cervix) then you…

I believe the use of media is an effective way to spread the message of any behaviors related to health, in this case getting your HPV shot. Media allows for any health behavior to reach a wide variety of individuals across the United States and across the country to encourage, support and promote behaviors of health. The most effective way this documentary did that is by telling the stories of five women who have had different experiences with contracting the HPV virus. The documentary…

Pancreatic Cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the form of a tumor, most commonly found in the exocrine tissues of the pancreas. These tumors which are mostly abnormal may lead to the spread of cancer cell growth in other tissues and organs. The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system located deep in the abdomen behind the stomach. The location is one reason pancreatic diseases are difficult to diagnose. It is a silent disease because signs or symptoms may not occur, and when they…

is to encourage women to relax, restore, and rejuvenate which results in a positive impact on mind, body and spirit. For the month of October, Reprieve wants to be able to give memberships to breast cancer survives regardless of what stage. Reprieve Founder Culeta Hendricks explained, “Our goal is to provide 10 who have experience or currently experiencing breast cancer membership, which include a 30-minute massage monthly, spiritual counseling, and individual therapy. Members have access to…

Breast cancer evaluation begins with symptoms and a general clinical history. This is followed by a triple assessment, which includes the following components: Clinical examination Imaging (usually mammography, ultrasonography, or both) Needle biopsy This approach naturally lends itself to a gradually increasing degree of invasiveness, so that a diagnosis can be obtained with the minimum degree of invasiveness and, consequently, the minimum amount of discomfort to the patient. Because the more…

In many recent years, the termed “lupus” typical known as autoimmune disorder with a wide spectrum of manifestations ranging from minor cutaneous involvement to severe major organ damage. Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) previously a rare disease now seem to be relatively common in certain groups. SLE defined as chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease where the immune system becomes overactive and starts making antibodies against its own cells. Chronic means the signs and symptoms tend to…

Alzheimer’s disease and cancer are known to be very serious disorders that can cause death especially in the elderly. The prevalence of cancer is dramatically increased with age, and in contrast, Alzheimer’s disease is an age-dependent neurodegenerative disorder. Cancer is defined as a disease whereby a collection of abnormal cells divides uncontrollably by ignoring the normal principles of cell division (Hejmadi, 2010). There is known to be more than 200 types of cancers and its two main…