Oncology

Our paper is about sunscreen, oncology, and cancer and how it relates to chemistry. It tells you what sunscreen is, how it affects the body, and what cancer and oncology are. The purpose of this paper is to show what we know and understand about chemistry. We show that we know how chemistry is used in everyday life and how it is in things we use on a daily basis, such as sunscreen. Studies have shown that sunscreen, cancer, and oncology are all related. When using sunscreen daily, you can easily…

Such a deadly illness exists, constantly ripping the life away from countless loved ones, which is exactly what happened to me. My inspiration refused to strike until years later; however, it slightly began with my aunt’s fearsome battle against cervical and lymphatic cancer. Everything I have overcome has inspired me to become a doctor, so I can heal others; more specifically, watching others experiencing overcome similar obstacles encouraged me to become a surgical oncologist. I applied to…

calling- nursing. Unlike any other profession, this blends my love of learning, dedication to caring for others, determination to make a positive impact on my community, and fascination with virtually every aspect of medical science, particularly oncology and genetic mutation. Pursing a broad field of knowledge with constantly…

1 You are now all too familiar with the constant, humming noise of the machine keeping you alive. It is not a heart monitor, bypass machine, or a defibrillator. The noise you hear is the slow drip of chemotherapy medication into your bloodstream. You look around at the other visitors and recognize the characteristic hair loss, pale skin, dull stares, and labored breathing. You then painfully notice that just about everyone around you is 65 or older, making you the youngest patient in the room.…

current oncology centre ,we follow the London cancer guideline (June 2014) which advocate when managing stage IIIA NSCLC the use of concurrent chemo radiotherapy with dose 60-66 Gy in 30-33 fractions or 55 Gy in 20 fractions, however if unable to deliver chemotherapy, patient should be referred for CHART which gives equivalent survival benefit comparing to concurrent CRT, In my experience CHART isn’t frequently adopted due to practicalities issues such patient traveling to specific oncology…

Monnet E. Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery. 1st ed. Danvers, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013;573-576. 10. Traslavina RP, Aleman M, et al. Vet Med Today: Pathology in Practice. JAVMA 2013; Vol 242, No 12. 11. Withrow SJ, Vail DM. Small Animal Clinical Oncology. 5th ed. St Louis, Missouri: Saunders Elsevier; 2013. Tumors of the urinary system; p…

Lynn Gerig, RN, BSN, OCN, CBCN has over twenty-six years’ experience in oncology, with the last fourteen years as a Breast Navigator. Gerig discusses the necessity for change in breast cancer education to alleviate the misconceptions about screening and cancer to increase compliance with these both. These misconceptions can…

has always been my biggest hero. She raised three children all on her own, and created an amazing life for all of us. I am praying that I am allowed to follow in her footsteps as I raise two boys of my own. My biggest dream is to become a pediatric oncology nurse, and to help the families and patients that are living the nightmare that cancer brings with it. I have lost several of my loved ones to the devastating battle against cancer. Three years ago, I was sitting in a hospital room with my…

The Myths and Facts of Prostate Cancer Today Cancer is one disease that is dreaded by all. The word itself instils the feeling of no return. The media, the general public all have been fascinated with the causes and the prevention aspects related to cancer. One fortnight of excessive coffee, junk food or tea may instil the fear of prostate cancer in men. Prostate Cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers affecting men in India. 1 in 6 men are said to suffer from some prostate complication in…

The symptoms of multiple myeloma consist of pain from a pinched nerve or a collapsed vertebrae, anemia and fatigue associated with anemia, hypercalcemia (too much calcium in the blood) and blood clots. Multiple myeloma can cause the patient to have a weakened immune system depending on the stage of the cancer. This then causes additional complications related to a feeble immune system such as fever, weight loss, thirst, infections, bleeding gums, mental confusion and kidney failure. Usually the…