Sarcoma

Analysis of the Cancer Experience in 50/50 The film 50/50 (2011), directed by Jonathan Levine and produced by Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, and Ben Karlin, presents an accurate depiction of cancer through the diagnosis and treatment of a cancer patient named Adam. However, the diagnosis of a disease is not enough to view an individual’s experience as a cohesive whole, as personal and environmental factors play vital roles in an individual’s quality of life with an illness (World Health Organization…

The United States Armed Forces and veterans have sacrificed their entire lives to protect those of civilians, and because of that they deserve to be treated with dignity, respect, and care. Unfortunately, many veterans never fully recover from their military careers, and are left either partially or completely disabled due to physical and/or mental injury. This leaves them unable to work and provide for themselves and their families. An even smaller portion of these veterans were left disabled…

Welcome to the Beautiful World of Aids In 2013, 26,688 people were diagnosed with AIDS. What is AIDS? And when did it start? If you have never heard of AIDS, please stick around and read this. You may think AIDS is a simple 4 letter word but it stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. But then again anything about this syndrome is not simple at all: treatment, medication, lifestyle, and history. So welcome to the beautiful world of aids. What is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)…

Osteosarcoma is an aggressive form of cancer that affects the bone growth locations in the body known as epiphyseal plate. Cancer occurs when the body’s cells being to divide at an astounding rate, but in the case of Osteogenic Sarcoma the cells are multiplying rapidly and creating a weak bone matrix replacing the healthy bone matrix. This disease affects young adults because bone growth is quicker in their bodies. It especially targets bones like the femur, tibia, humerus, but is not limited to…

“ I keep myself busy with things to do, but everytime I pause, I still think of you, by anonymous.” His beautiful bright big hazel eyes staring into space shining like diamonds. I will never forget the day they closed forever. It was a cold Tuesday morning on May 7, 2013 where my world came crashing down. My world was changed forever……… It was a cold spring morning at about 5am when my parents came to wake all the kids up to tell us to come downstairs to the living room. When we all got…

Mesothelioma is a rare cancer that is made of mesothelial tissue, associated especially with exposure to asbestos that went misdiagnosed for years. Mesothelioma assaults the lungs and stomach and was extremely rare until industrial and enterprise companies developed the use of asbestos during the twentieth century (www.asbestos.com). In nineteen forty three Dr.H.W Wedler examined some autopsy documentation that came from victims of asbestosis (www.asbestos.com). While searching through those…

KRAS: So far three human Ras genes have been identified. Actually Ras homolog to the oncogene from Kristen Ras Sarcoma (KRAS). HRas homologous to the oncogene from Harvey Rat Sarcoma virus(HRAS) and NRas first isolated from the human neuroblastoma. These three different Ras genes are highly homologous but functionally different. However the degree of redundancy remains topic of investigation (Pylayeva-Gupta et al. 2011). Ras are central mediators of downstream of growth factor receptor…

Both types of HIV, type 1 and 2, are believed to have been transmitted to humans from primates in the West-central Africa region early in the 20th century. It seems that HIV-1 originated from southern Cameroon through the emergence of a simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV, that infects wild chimpanzees. On the other hand, the closest relative of HIV-2 is a different viral strain of SIV that infects the sooty mangabey, an Old World monkey native to forests in West Africa coastal regions. HIV…

lesions comparable to those of Hutchinson's original patient. However, unlike Hutchinson's original patient, this one did not suffer from gout. In Norway, C. Boeck (the nephew of C. W. Boeck) created the term "sarkoid" as the lesions resembled sarcoma, though benign. Shortly preceding his death, he published a considerable study of 24 cases of "benign, miliary lupoids". Out of these cases, some exhibited involvement in the lungs, conjunctiva, bone, lymph nodes, spleen, and nasal mucous…

Cancer can be divided into various different types and it is named differently depending on its location in the body. The cancer which occurs in muscles, cartilages and connective tissues are known as sarcoma. Additionally, Carcinoma is a type of cancer which appears in cells that line the internal organs and the skin. Also, lymphoma is the cancer of the lymph glands and nodes, and lastly leukaemia is the cancer which occurs in the blood forming organs…