CANCER CARE TEAM This team is quite a complex one. The services of skilled and experienced specialist doctors are often required in the team. Oncologists are doctors that treat cancer patients from the beginning of the diagnosis. Working as a multidisciplinary team has its many benefits as diagnosing and treating often come with many complexities. Cancer patients are often treated by a team of medicals practitioners from various fields of oncology. One can classify oncology into three main parts:
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Cancer has affected the lives of people for the past few centuries. As cancer can develop from any cell in the body‚ the situation may vary depending on the speed and type. There are over one hundred different types of cancer; however‚ not all of them have cures. Cancer is a disease where cells continue to grow out of control‚ attacking other tissues in the human body. There is one type of cancer in particular‚ located in the respiratory system‚ called Mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a rare type of
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Throughout Breaking Bad‚ the portrayal of Walter White gains consistent sympathetic support for his past and present situations. This coerces viewers into giving generous amounts of empathy‚ even among the transition from protagonist to antagonist. In the beginning of season one‚ Walter White‚ a mild-mannered‚ innocent high school chemistry teacher‚ supports himself‚ his disabled son‚ and his wife‚ who is carrying their unborn child‚ on a teacher based salary of $45‚000 a year. As flashbacks are
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they are thus referred to as high-risk types and these who are associated with condylomas are rarely found in cancers thus their called low-risk types. Moreover‚ Cervical Cancer is the most common HPV –related diseases. There is an accelerating increasing body of evidence linking to the Papilloma Virus with cancers linked to body parts such as the vagina‚ anus‚ penis and more… Cervical Cancer arises from the cervix while the Papilloma Virus infects the
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mostly in form of clumps‚ leaving with partials and sometimes complete bald patches. Other than the scalp hair‚ eyebrows‚ eyelashes and body hair may also shed. Common causes of this condition are intake of cytostatic drugs usually recommended for cancer patients. In case of chemotherapy‚ this hair loss process happens shockingly fast. This might also occur due to radiation therapy‚ autoimmune disease‚ ingestion of toxic drugs for instance rat poison‚ or an infection like fungal hair infection.
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Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is a cancer that affects the white blood cells. This cancer attacks lymphocytes which are a vital part of the body’s immune system‚ which helps the body to fight infections and diseases. Patients with this type of cancer will typically have painless swelling of the lymph nodes. Hodgkin patients will experience this in lymph nodes in the neck‚ underarms and chest where as non-Hodgkin patients will have lymph nodes affects throughout the body. Both types of patients
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will eventually weaken the immune system‚ Myeloma abnormal cells tend to stay in the bones. When there are gathered too close together‚ they create the tumor‚ whereas lymphoma just stays in the lymphatic system. “Metastatic bone disease occurs when cancer spreads from a primary organ site to bone. The spine is the most common location of metastatic disease.” It is slightly different from Myeloma‚ in the way that it starts straight from the organs‚ not because of overproduction of plasma
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colon cancer or colon polyps. • Are older than 50 or older than 45 if you are African American. • Have inflammatory bowel disease‚ such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease. • Are overweight. • Smoke cigarettes. • Do not get enough exercise. •
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Adam Marcus`s presentation on cancer research fits into what we are currently learning about in many ways. We are currently learning about mutations and how they can affect an individual or population and Dr. Marcus kept talking about mutations. Dr. Marcus also talked about sequencing DNA‚ which we have also been learning about. Dr. Marcus and his team are researching a cure for cancer. Cancer is not just caused by one mutation‚ but by multiple mutations stacking on top of one another. If you can
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leukemia? Leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children. All cancers begin in cells of the body‚ and leukemia is a cancer that begins in blood cells. Normally‚ cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When cells grow old‚ they die and new cells take their place. Sometimes‚ this process does not work right. In cancer‚ new cells form when the body does not need them‚ and old cells do not die when they should. Leukemia is a cancer that involves the blood-forming tissues of
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