Testicular cancer

Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, it happens when the cells function irregularly and turn itself into the malignant neoplasm. From the biological perspective, human body mechanism will automatically produce the new cells from old cell when an old cell becomes obsolete. In other word, the old cell will die by dividing itself into two new cells. Furthermore, the new cells will take over previous cell’s position to make sure the human body function regularly, and this processing…

Genetic engineering is known for it 's potential of saving lives in situations doctors have no control over and with recent developments in has made its way toward saving children before birth. It also allows people a cost effective way to be able to help increase a child 's circumstances at birth while they are still an embryo but at what cost. Just like any new technological breakthrough there are people who are taking advantage of this new technology that should require the government to…

Chemoradiotherapy: harmful or beneficial? There are many treatment suggestions for those who have been diagnosed for cancer. Some could be chemotherapy, radiation, or both, which is chemoradiotherapy. While studying and researching the affect these treatments have on cancerous cells and tumors, a major question is asked about the future health of the cancer patients. Is the combination of chemotherapy and radiation, also known as chemoradiotherapy, more beneficial or harmful to patients? Some…

Biology 1A The Biology of Disease Thyroid Cancer Cancer is a disease that plagues many people word-wide and can prove to be extremely deadly with a high mortality rate, or not as much so with a high survival rate. This is because some cancers prove to be more difficult to manage and remove while others do not require to be removed and may just cause minor complications. Thyroid cancer happens to have characteristics from both these types of cancers; it can be subtle and cured easily if caught…

Did you know that there are 100 different types of cancers? Cancer is a disease by which is caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. (Cancer) According to WHO, this is true and any part of the body can be affected by it. In fact there were an exceptional amount of 7.6 million people who have died from cancer and 13% of deaths around the world. (WHO) Cancer is a deadly disease and is one of the leading health concerns for humans, "Dr. Denise McAloose, a…

Research question “What is an appropriate time for referring hospice care for solid cancer patients could enhance their quality of life?” From other research studies, we can see the result that hospice care could enhance cancer patient’ quality of life (Tsubamoto, 2014). However, most of the hospice care will be referred to patients when the condition turned critical. In addition, people often talked about that “wish can enter hospice care earlier.” Therefore, the research study would like…

The Bodies exhibition showcases preserved human bodies dissected to display bodily system. The exhibit is set up so that one started at the skeletal system. The skeletal system showed the skeletal, the whole body bone include the ribs, large bone call femur and small bone call fibula, adult skull and infant skull. They also showed the prone bone that showed the bone disease as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. Second system I learn is muscular system, the muscular system showed the muscular…

Is it ethical to withhold the truth from terminally ill patients? What would you do if you were to be given an close “expiration date” due to a disease such as cancer or HIV? Would it be better to be living in ignorance and bliss or be in sorrow and in a state of confusion? Like many doctors agree it is unethical to withhold medical information from a dying or terminally ill patient.By defining the importance of having candor and speaking the truth to the patient, by refuting those who claim…

Invasive cancer is the cancer that spreads beyond the layer of tissue which developed and is growing into surrounding, healthy tissues. A lot of physicians try to detect and prevent the invasive cancers. Ductal carcinoma in situ is a non-invasive breast cancer. It does not spread beyond the milk duct into surrounding breast tissue. However, it can increase the risk of having invasive breast cancer later. Heterogeneity is a word that means diversity. It signifies the quality of state of being…

This statement is somewhat misleading because marijuana smoking has not yet been found to be a factor in causing cancer; however, cannabis has been linked to respiratory issues such as bronchitis and other more serious problems including cell mutilation mirroring pre-cancerous conditions. There is conflicting information in medical research studies on whether or not marijuana and cancer have a relationship. This is due to the chemical compound of…