When diagnosing cancer a series of different tests are used. According to the ACS, “The signs and symptoms will depend on where the cancer is, how big it is, and how much it affects the organs or tissues. If a cancer has spread, signs or symptoms may appear in different parts of the body” (2012). That’s true for the most part, but sometimes cancer can be where it shows no signs or symptoms until it gets much bigger and in the later stages of the disease. The ACS goes on to say that, Cancers of the pancreas, for example, usually doesn’t cause symptoms until they grow large enough to press on nearby nerves or organs (this causes back or belly pain).
Cells grow and divide and form new cells as the body needs them. When cells become old they die so new ones can take their place. Cancer is when old cells do not die out and new ones are made when not needed. This buildup of cells causes tumors which most likely form into cancer. However there are usually only two different types of tumors when it comes to the stomach, one is a benign tumor which is usually not cancerous and the other is the malignant tumor which is the cancerous tumor.
Then there will be a biopsy to determine between a primary and a cancer that has spread from another organ. Chemotherapy may result in tumor shrinkage, but does not prolong survival. There are many investigational drugs, but you have to fit into a very tight fit of criteria to receive these drugs. While you are waiting, your liver is not functioning at full capacity due to the tumor taking up space. It pushes against the arteries in the liver.
Such damage can cause a fatal cancer to develop. If damage occurs to often in reproductive cells, it can actually cause genetic defects in later generations of offspring. When particles of rays penetrate a certain material, it often causes the delicately balanced economy of the cell to be greatly disturbed and is often disastrous. The individual cell affected may survive but has a chance of dying. However, if the cell is able to recover, it may begin to proliferate widely in the uncontrolled growth of cancer.
It can be caused by heavy alcohol use and infection. Roughly 75 percent of primary liver cancers begin in hepatocytes(liver cells). Unless a person has a preexisting liver condition, such as cirrhosis, which would cause the symptoms of liver cancer to appear more quickly and be more intense, they may not realize the symptoms are an indicator of a serious medical condition. It is for this reason that many people are not diagnosed until the
The news was out my dad was diagnosed with “Colon Cancer”, life changing for him as well as for our entire family. It was going to be tough but we all had to stick together. Colorectal cancer which is the same as colon cancer located in our large intestine walls. It remains the second most common cause of cancer death in the United States, although as much as 70% of cases taught to be preventable through moderate dietary and lifestyle modification. If the cancer is detected without any spread throughout any other organs it can be removed surgically.
Small Cell Cancer of the Lungs I am going to do my final research paper on Small Cell Cancer of the Lungs. I have chosen this topic because 8 years ago this December my father was diagnosed with and passed away. He passed away 3 weeks after he was diagnosed. It was a very tragic time for my mom and my entire family to have him fine one day and the next 3 weeks is fighting for his life. Although, researchers say that no one ever passes away from cancer it is the complications that the body goes thru with cancer taking over.
Although you are going through something that may seem like the end of the world it will eventually be okay. “Some people think about harming themselves, but not seriously that they would die… they might imagine killing themselves, even though they don’t really want to… These thoughts can also be treated successfully see a counselor” (Quacken). Quacken uses this quote to show that a lot of people actually think of hurting themselves; these feelings are normal and most people will have the thought of taking their own life at least once in their life. People contemplate suicide because they feel that all the worries will go away. Most people who have had a thought of suicide may not necessarily act upon that thought.
Many people believe that people shouldn’t take any kind of drug to get rid of depression. I disagree with those people, I believe people should be able to take antidepressants to help them better themselves and hopefully help them have a better life. There are many reasons why I think people should be able to take antidepressants. One major reason is because I take them and I believe that they have helped me a lot, maybe even to the extreme where they have saved my life. Before I started taking antidepressants I was very depressed, suffered from social anxiety and I felt that life didn’t really have a meaning for me.
Many of these patients were left with uncontrollable jerky movements, which, scientists believed, were caused because of the fetal cells. Although some patients had showed improvement, after a year, those patients also began to develop severe dyskinesia. During these processes people argued that it was unethical to destroy embryos to obtain stem cells to cure someone else. If this research would be allowed to be continued in the future, some questions that might come up include whether or not scientists should be allowed to killed fetuses to obtain the stem cells they need for the