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  • Foods Rich In Omega 3 Fatty Acids
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    Topic: Cancer General End: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that cancer is bad and they should eat a healthy diet. Central Idea: Cancer can be caused by smoking, drinking, sunburns, eat... and there are foods that can help stop cancer. I. What we eat really affects our risk of cancer. A. 35% of all cancers have a nutritional connection. 1. When lifestyle factors such as smoking and sunbathing are included the risk can be as high as 85%. a. What we eat makes a big difference ...
  • Cause Skin Cancer
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    Introduction: What is the first thing you all think about when you are on spring break and you re about to run down to the beach and soak in the sun for hours How you look in your bathing suit Who you re going to see at the beach If you remembered your Frisbee or your cooler I certainly hope not. The first thing everyone in this room should be thinking about is where is the sunscreen. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in America. About half of you in this classroom today will eventua...
  • Increased Risk For Breast Cancer
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    Breast Cancer and New Treatments Breast Cancer affects one in eight of American women, and is the second most common cause of cancer death in America. I chose to write my term paper on breast cancer because it is a disease that has effected some members of my family. Due to this possibly inherited condition, I felt that researching the topic would help me learn ways to prevent the disease and educate myself to perform self-exams that may result in early detection. Breast cancer is a malignant tu...
  • Best Chance For Prevention Of Lung Cancer
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    Lung disease (in general) is the number three killer in America, responsible for one in seven deaths. Lung disease and other breathing problems is the number one killer of babies younger than one year old. "Lung cancer claims more lives each year than breast, prostate and colorectal cancer combined, but somehow the statistics fail to capture the enormous toll taken by this disease", says Diane Blum. You may ask, Is there a cure The answer to this question is yes and no. Yes some are cured of can...
  • Treatment Of Cancer With Radiation
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    Cancer. Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. If the spread of these abnormal cells is not controlled, cancer can cause death. Most cancers take the form of tumors, although not all tumors are cancers. A tumor is simply a mass of new tissue that serves no physiological purpose. It can be benign, like a wart, or malignant, like cancer. Benign tumors are made up of cells similar to the surrounding normal cells and are enclosed in a membrane that p...
  • Individuals With Non Melanoma Skin Cancers
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    Skin Cancer Gone are the days when people sent children outside to play to get a little color in their cheeks. They know too much about the dangers of unprotected sun exposure and the threat of skin cancer. Or do they? Despite the fact that 58%of parents remembered hearing about the importance of protecting their children from the sun, children are still playing in the sun without sunscreen or protective clothing (3., p 1). Sunburn is the most preventable risk factor of skin cancer. Skin type an...
  • 30 Percent Of Pancreatic Cancer
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    The pancreas is located in the middle of the abdomen. It's surrounded by the stomach, small intestine, liver and spleen. It's about six inches long and shaped like a thin pear, wide at one end. It has three sections: wider right end is the head, the middle is the body and the left end is the tail. The pancreas has two functions; to make enzymes that help digest fats and proteins and the other, to produce insulin that controls the blood sugar level called glucose. It consists of Islet cells (1 of...
  • Lower The Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer
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    CANCER All living things are made up of cells. They are the smallest things that are capable of basic life-they take in nutrients when needed, they put out waste and they reproduce. Cells divide (reproduce) at least once during their life, sometimes dozens of times. Organisms rely on this, this is how they grow or repair themselves when they are damaged. A normal body has around 30 trillion cells. Permanent gene mutations are what cause cells to malfunction. When this happens several times to th...
  • Cancer Cells
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    Cancer, new growth of tissue resulting from a continuous growth of abnormal cells that have the ability to enter and destroy other tissues. Cancer, which may arise from any type of cell and in any type of body tissue, is not a single disease but a large number of diseases classified according to the tissue and type of cell of origin. Several hundred such classes exist, constituting three major subtypes: Sarcomas - from connective and supportive tissue, such as bone, cartilage, nerve, blood vesse...
  • First Stage Of Melanoma The Cancer
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    What is melanoma Melanoma is a skin disease in which cancer cells are found in the cells that color the skin. It occurs mainly in adults but it does occur in children and adolescents. More women get melanoma than men. It is sometimes called cutaneous melanoma or malignant melanoma. Melanoma is a more serious type of cancer than the more common skins cancers. People most at risk from melanoma include those (1) with a high number of moles, (2) with read or fair hair, blue eyes, fair skin, and frec...
  • Cancer Cells
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    Classification of cancer determines appropriate treatment and helps determine the prognosis. Cancer develops progressively from an alteration in a cell's genetic structure due to mutations, to cells with uncontrolled growth patterns. Classification is me according to the site of origin, histology (or cell analysis; called grading), and the extent of the disease (called staging). Site of Origin This classification describes the type of tissue in which the cancer cells begin to develop. Here are s...
  • Lung Cancer Deaths
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    Cancer INTRODUCTION In the American society, cancer is the disease most feared by the majority of people within the U.S. Cancer has been known and described throughout history. In the early 1990's nearly 6 million cancer cases and more than 4 million deaths have been reported worldwide, every year. The most fatal cancer in the world is lung cancer, which has grown drastically since the spread of cigarette smoking in growing countries. Stomach cancer is the second leading form of cancer in men, a...
  • Cancerous For Tumour Growth
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    A tumour is a mass of new tissue growth that does not react to normal controls or the organizing influence of other tissues, and it has no useful function in the body. This applies to both types of tumours, malignant and benign. Malignant, also known as, cancerous tumours, are additionally defined by their invasion of local tissue and their ability to spread to other parts of the body. Benign Tumours A benign tumour which is not cancerous, is less serious than malignant tumours because they do n...
  • Lives Of Cancer Patients
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    During a shower one-day, you notice a lump that was not otherwise there. The next day you see a doctor. The lump you have identified is diagnosed as cancer. Now you need to figure out what to do. There is no absolute cure for cancer, but there are different ways to treat it. Doctors use according methods like radiation, chemotherapy or drugs to treat various types of cancer. Another way of treating cancer is with alternative forms of medicine by using acupuncture and natural herbal remedies. The...
  • Common In Cancer Cells
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    I. The Basics A. "Transformation" from a normal to a cancerous state occurs at the level of individual cells... metastatic cancer cells resemble the primary cancer. cancers are usually clonal in origin (X-inactivation studies in females; unique Ig or TCR rearrangements in lymphoid cancers). single cell transformation can be observed in culture systems (decreased adherence, anchorage independence for growth, loss of contact inhibition, decreased growth factor requirement, increased nutrient uptak...
  • High Risk Of Stomach Cancer
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    Introduction Cancer develops when certain body cells grow uncontrollably. Normal body cells grow, divide, and die in an orderly, systematic way. In an adult stage body, while most body cells divide to replace dying cells and to repair injuries, cancer cells continue to grow and divide instead of dying. They continue to live and to form new abnormal cells. There are many kinds of cancers, but they all start the same way, by out-of control growth of abnormal cells ("What is Cancer?" ). According t...
  • Combat Breast Cancer
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    BROCCOLI How it combats cancer: Research has revealed that a chemical component called indole-3-carbinol can combat breast cancer by converting a cancer-promoting estrogen into a more protective rity. The phytochemical sulforaphane raises the levels of certain cancer-fighting enzymes that defend the body from cigarette smoke, fumes, pesticides & other known carcinogens. Diet tips: Broccoli leaves actually contain more beta-carotene (i.e. pre-Vitamin A) than the florets - use leaves in purees, so...
  • Ovarian Cancer In Carriers Of Brca 1
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    Genetics and the Predisposition to Breast Cancer: BRCA 1 & BRCA 2 I.A. The genetics of Cancer a. Some Interesting Facts i. Cancer is one of the most common and severe diseases on earth ii. It is responsible for 20% of all deaths. One-third of the world's population will develop some form of cancer iv. Cancer is responsible for more than 10% of the total cost of all medical care in developed countries b. Cancer is a virulent form of neoplasia, or uncontrolled cellular proliferation leading to a m...
  • Adjuvant Therapy And Breast Cancer Treatment
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    A Journey with Breast Cancer What is Cancer The body is made up of many types of cells. Normally, cells grow and divide to produce more cells only when the body needs them. This is an orderly process which keeps the body healthy. Sometimes cells keep dividing when new cells are not needed. They may form a mass of extra tissue called a growth or tumor. Benign tumors are not a threat to life but malignant tumors are cancer. Cells in these tumors can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs. The...
  • Cells With Damaged Genes
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    When we gain control of the gene responsible for the phenomenon of apoptosis, we will be in control of aging. We are finding more evidence every day, indicating genetic links to all sorts of factors in the human being. We are just now beginning to scratch the surface of our own genetics. A landmark discover has just been unveiled: In February [2001], the two groups charting the human genome published their results– the entire 3 billion base pair sequence. The only definitive conclusion so ...

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