Pancreatic cancer

Imagine you have cancer and are undergoing chemotherapy, would you use marijuana if it could allow you to continue your treatment without the nausea and vomiting? Medically prescribed marijuana should be legalized because has a beneficial effect on patients who suffer from certain diseases, both by treating disease symptoms and by moderating the unpleasant side effects of the treatment, it has cut back on prescription painkiller overdoses in the states where it is already legal, and there have…

Cancer represents a heterogeneous group of diseases. It is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and a collapse of all multicellular co-operations (Zhang, et al., 2016; Zhang and Sun, 2015; Zhong, et al., 2016). Cancer promotes tumor development and metastasis (Ahmed, et al., 2013; Zhu, et al., 2016). Tumors are characterized by six essential alterations in cell physiology. These are self-sufficiency in growth signals, continued angiogenesis, insensitivity to growth inhibition signals,…

ABOUT CANCER Cancer can be everywhere and can be in anyone at the same time when no one knows it. Cancer affects people in different ways. Around the world today, there are many different types of cancer. All cancers have their own cause and treatments. Some of these treatments of cancer include chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. Some of the causes are smoking, drinking and sometimes eating certain foods. It is important to understand the different types, causes and treatments of cancer…

Pancreatic cancer. A horrible cancer with a grim prognosis. For those few diagnosed early enough, a Whipple procedure may be their only chance at survival. This potentially life-saving surgery is a lengthy, complex, and invasive procedure requiring great training and expertise. Be that as it may, it was this operation that I found myself scrubbed into on my first day in the OR. Although I had been considering a career in surgery before, this experience was the pivotal moment confirming it was…

and energy gives nothing away of the tragedy that lurks in her past. She has a loving father, mother, and two adorable little brothers. Her real father, however, was stolen from her by a disease that is more common than some would like to believe. Cancer is a deadly disease characterized by the tumors made of cells which are dividing uncontrollably due to the mutation in the DNA. In the fight to eradicate this worldwide issue, one of the leading forms of treatment uses radiation to target the…

gene fusions in prostate cancer was identified by cancer outlier profile analysis (COPA)43 using the gene expression microarray data. Given the unprecedented high prevalence of gene rearrangements and associated gene fusions in prostate cancer, we hypothesized that additional non-ETS gene fusions may occur in the ETS negative prostate cancer. This view is supported by the recent identification of RAF family gene rearrangements44 in a small subset of ETS negative prostate cancer. We have also…

anticancerogenic potential of vitamin C and other food nutrients: One of the important studies carried out to determine the effect of vitamin C on cancer is very significant since it finds the anticarcinogenic effect of the vitamin on prostate cancer with patients who do not use alcohol, but the same authors did not find any association between prostate cancer and the vitamin for the patients who drink alcohol regularly. It clearly shows that regular intake of alcohol is one of the crucial…

Cancer is an unfortunate mutation that may occur anywhere in the human body. Cancer is a result of cells growing out of control and taking over the body’s normal cells. Fortunately, if caught at an early stage, cancer is curable (“About Us”). American Cancer Society not only works towards curing cancer, but they also work to prevent and lessen the suffrage in any way possible(“American Cancer Society”). This charity tries its absolute best to help you stay well by providing you with an abundant…

are at fault in the way in which they are using the sun. Those who spend too much time outside may develop skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common cancer; about 3.5 million cases of basal and squamous cell skin cancer are diagnosed each year. Another 73,000 cases are caused by melanoma, a more dangerous but less common type of skin cancer. Basal cell, squamous cell and melanoma cancers tend to be found on parts of the body over exposed to the sun (“Sun and UV Exposure”). Our body’s main…

Pausch who grew up in Pittsburgh, but then had to move to Virginia because he found out he had pancreatic cancer. When Randy discovered that he had cancer his decisions no longer were only for him, but were also for his family. In this novel the readers learn really what Randy was about and what he lived for. Rather than Randy just making this novel because he wanted people to mourn over him having cancer, Randy made this novel because he wanted his kids and others to grow up achieving their…