Pancreatic cancer

Thank goodness for me. I cured cancer…Pancreatic cancer. I was leading the Defenders of Wildlife in Canada to combat the recent decline in the black furred mink population. I traveled to upper Ontario to obtain samples of the native Phragmites australis, an invasive reed I thought might be threatening the mink’s aquatic food sources. There, a mink nipped my left pinkie and I contracted a puzzling pancreatic infection. Back in the U.S., I dedicated my recovery time to research. Was there a link…

Hunter routine medical exam she had complained about a backache the she believed to be a pinched nerve we would find out later does she had stage 3 pancreatic cancers. from the time of their diagnosis until she was laid to rest was only 89 days it was a shock from the time she was diagnosed until 89 days when I laid her to rest. still in shock and really over the unexpected and untimely death of my mother…

1. What are Phil’s abnormal test results? His anion gap was low on both days with 5.0 mmol/L (normal being 10-20 mmol/L); his BUN was high with 53 mg/dL on day 1 and 49 mg/dL on day 2 (normal being 7-24 mg/dL); and his creatinine was high with 2.0 mg/dL on day 1 and 1.8 mg/dL on day 2 (normal being 0.5-1.2 mg/dL). 2. Do the laboratory results rule out a myocardial infarction? According to Lewandrowski, Chen, and Januzzi (2002), blood testing for cardiac biomarkers plays a vital role in…

Alex DeVinny, a Wisconsin high school running champion, died from cardiac arrest related to anorexia. At the time of her death, at the age of 20, she was 5’8” and weighed only 70 pounds. Like Alex, so many other people from around the world are struggling with their bodies. Many have blamed it on the media as others think it’s from the family and how their personal lives are. The topic of if the media and pop culture cause eating disorders has a deep history to consider, and there will always be…

Genetic Relations to Pancreatic Cancer Bree Busch Baker University School of Nursing Pathophysiology The pancreas is an organ located in the upper left quadrant of your abdomen behind the stomach. It helps to digest food by producing enzymes that are excreted into the pancreatic duct. The pancreatic duct runs the length of the pancreas and drains fluid to the duodenum to the intestines. The second function of the pancreas is to release hormones such as insulin and glucagon from the…

turning boiling hot. Out of the blue, I hear “it’s pancreatic cancer”. I sat there anxiously tapping my feet on the hospital floor. I see my mom talking to the doctors with a perturbed face. Shocked and horrified as I am sitting there thinking “there has got to be something I could do to help”. My father was going through one of the top four dangerous cancers in the world. After hearing the news all my father cared about was fighting cancer. His energy and willpower got him to start the…

male with no previous significant past medical history, he presented with epigastric pain, weight loss and lethargy. After multiple investigations including CT chest abdomen pelvis, MRCP, ERCP, he was diagnosed with locally advanced pancreatic cancer T4N1M0, the pancreatic mass was encasing the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), his case was discussed at the gastroenterology MDT. In view of the patient’s good performance status(PS), the initial management was for induction chemotherapy with…

Significance Pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) is a rare but aggressive tumor, with higher metastatic potential and an even worse prognosis than pancreatic adenocarcinoma[1, 2]. A major hindrance towards development of therapies against pancreatic ASC is that the molecular mechanisms underlying its pathogenesis remain poorly characterized. In this proposal I will take advantage of the expertise on RNA biochemistry and molecular biology that I have acquired during my doctoral training and…

Use of Whipple Pancreaticoduodenectomy in a 54-Year-Old Male with Pancreatic Cancer Alex McColloster UNTHSC TEXAS COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE CASE REPORT SURGERY CORE CLINICAL CLERKSHIP Introduction Pancreatic cancer remains a highly lethal malignancy due to its clinically silent nature. Patients most often present with jaundice due to compression of the common bile duct, pain that develops insidiously and weight loss. Treatment is accomplished surgically;…

contamination protein), where the amounts of exosome protein were still uncertain. To solve this issue, we tested 10% of each tag-labeled sample using LC-MS/MS before mixing, and obtained the amount of exosome protein by a label-free method. High-abundance contamination proteins including all forms of IgG and FN were deleted from the list of identified proteins. The remaining proteins were assumed to be derived from exosomes. Then, all peptide intensities of exosome proteins were log2…