#:304034 Date: 21/04/2014 Topic: CANCER General Purpose: To inform for audience about cancer Specific Purpose: To provide bad effect to anyone and how to prevent it Central idea: Cancer is a serious disease that may be preventable and curable. INTRODUCTION: I. Attention getter: More than 1/2 million people are expected to die of cancer in a year That ’s more than 1‚500 a day An average of 1/2 of men and 1/3 of women will develop cancer II. Reason to listen: Cancer can affect anyone‚ so from
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CANCER : CAUSES AND WAYS TO OVERCOME Introduction * Cancer is a term used for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues (Source: Cancer Free‚ Philip Bashe‚ Simon & Schuster‚ 1994). * Cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems (Source: Cancer Free‚ Philip Bashe‚ Simon & Schuster‚ 1994). * There are many types of cancers such as prostate cancer‚ breast cancer‚ lung cancer‚ stomach
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TRIXIE 1. A 25 year old patient is inquiring about the methods or ways to detect cancer Wearlier. The nurse least likely identify this method by stating: A. Annual chest x-ray. B. Annual Pap smear for sexually active women only. C. Annual digital rectal examination for persons over age 40. D. Yearly physical and blood examination 2. The removal of entire breast‚ pectoralis major and minor muscles and neck lymph nodes which is followed by skin grafting is a procedure called: A. Simple mastectomy
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Cancer Right now‚ cancer is one of the most feared diseases in the world. In the early 1990s almost 6 million new cancer cases developed and more than 4 million deaths from cancers occurred. Also more than one-fifth of all deaths were caused by cancer and it has been predicted‚ by the American Cancer Society‚ that about 33% of Americans will eventually develop this disease. This is a huge disease that is killing people all over the world. The field of cancer study is called Oncology. The government
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*Cancer* Cancer (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display ’’uncontrolled growth’’ (division beyond the normal limits)‚ ’’invasion’’ (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues)‚ and sometimes ’’metastasis’’ (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). There are over 150 types of cancers. Cancers in teens:- 1. Osteosarcoma (Pronounced: os-tee-oh-sar-koh-muh) is the most common type of bone cancer.
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Prostate Cancer There are many health issues that are considered critical for men. Prostate Cancer is considered a rising health issue for men; it is the third leading cause of death from cancer in men of every age and is the most common cause of death from cancer in men over the age of seventy-five. Prostate cancer is cancer that begins in the prostate gland. The prostate is a small‚ walnut-sized formation that consists of part of a man’s reproductive system. It drapes in the region of the urethra
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the disease called Prostate Cancer? __ Very familiar __ Unfamiliar __ Moderately familiar __ I don’t care 2. Is it important to have knowledge about Prostate Cancer? __ Strongly agree __ Disagree __ Agree __ Strongly disagree __ Not really 3. Where did you get information about the disease? __Television __ Books __ Knowledgeable people __ Radio __ Internet Other answer: ____________ 4. In what age‚ males are affected by Prostate Cancer? __ 13-19 yrs. old
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Printed in U.S.A. DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg040 Use of Agricultural Pesticides and Prostate Cancer Risk in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort Michael C. R. Alavanja1‚ Claudine Samanic1‚ Mustafa Dosemeci1‚ Jay Lubin1‚ Robert Tarone1‚ Charles F. Lynch2‚ Charles Knott3‚ Kent Thomas4‚ Jane A. Hoppin5‚ Joseph Barker6‚ Joseph Coble1‚ Dale P. Sandler5‚ and Aaron Blair1 1 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics‚ National Cancer Institute‚ Rockville‚ MD. Department of Epidemiology‚ University of Iowa‚ Iowa
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JAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING ORIGINAL RESEARCH Symptom clusters and experiences of patients with cancer ¨ ¨ Neziha Karabulu‚ Behice Erci‚ Nadiye Ozer & Sureyya Ozdemir ¨ Accepted for publication 11 December 2009 Correspondence to B. Erci: e-mail: behiceerci@hotmail.com Neziha Karabulu PhD Assistant Professor Surgical Nursing Department‚ School of Nursing‚ Ataturk University‚ Erzurum‚ ¨ Turkey Behice Erci PhD RN Professor Department of Public Health Nursing‚ School of
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Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to shrink tumors and kill cancer cells. X-rays‚ gamma rays‚ and charged particles are types of radiation used for cancer treatment. The radiation may be delivered by a machine outside the body called a linear accelerator to focus x-rays directly on the tumor or tumor bed (external-beam radiation therapy)‚ or it may come from radioactive material placed in the body near cancer cells (internal radiation therapy‚ also called brachytherapy). Systemic
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