Even though Chemotherapy is used to kill all the cancer’s cells, it also kills the red and white cells in process, giving side effects like, bleeding (nose bleeds) , hair loss, and vomiting (Patlak 21). In cases of only having a small stage of NHL or when Chemotherapy is out of the picture due to the damage Chemo does to the heart, Radiation therapy is a second choice. In some cases, however, both Chemo and Radiation therapy is used simultaneously. Radiation therapy is a high energy x-ray that is used to damage cancer cells and stop them from growing. With NHL doctors often not only aim the radiation to the one site but to the other lymph nodes in the region to make sure the cancer is not hiding in another node.
They become very weak and sick through these treatments because they kill not only malignant cells but healthy ones as well. Both radiation and chemotherapy yield mixed results. After the lesion is removed it is taken to a lab for microscopic evaluation. Following treatment, there is routine check ups to your doctor for monitoring. Nodular melanoma has a poor prognosis due to the aggressive metastasis of the cancer.
Prognosis * The size and location of the osteosarcoma * Whether the cancer is localized, metastatic, or recurrent * How long the patient has had symptoms * The patient's blood test results (and other test results) * How much of the cancer is taken out by surgery or killed by chemotherapy * The patient's age and general health. How does Osteosarcoma affect * Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer, and the sixth most common type of cancer in children. Although other types of cancer can eventually spread to parts of the skeleton, osteosarcoma is one of the few that actually begin in bones and sometimes spread (or metastasize) elsewhere, usually to the lungs or other bones. * Because osteosarcoma usually develops from osteoblasts (the cells that make growing bone), it most commonly affects teens who are experiencing a growth spurt. Boys are more likely to have osteosarcoma than girls, and most cases of osteosarcoma involve the knee.
Kaposi’s Sarcoma is a tumor of the blood vessel walls. Karposi’s Sarcoma is very rare in people who do not have HIV. Most people who have pink, red or purple lesions on their skin may be suffering from Kaposi’s Sarcoma. Lymphomas is another type of cancer common to people infected with HIV or AIDS
Adequate rest can relive it. Client may also experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation due to the cancer treatment. Client may experience mild complications like itchy skin, lymphedema, erectile dysfunction, and sleep disorder, hair loss, anemia etc. One of the major complication of cancer is metastasis and it one of the primary reason for death due to cancer. Care approach with cancer
The first is Basal Cell Carcinoma. Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer. My dad had a basil cell carcinoma removed from his neck and is now fine. The second form of skin cancer is squamous cell carcinoma. Squamous cell carcinomas can look like basal cell cancers, but it is usually more scaly and rough.
Basal cell cancer comes from the lowest layer of the epidermis, and is the most common but least dangerous skin cancer. Squamous cell cancer originates from the middle layer, and is less common but more likely to spread and, if untreated, become fatal. Melanoma, which originates in the melanocytes, is the least common, but most aggressive, most likely to spread and, if untreated, become fatal. In biology and genetics, the germline of a mature or developing individual is the line of germ cells that have genetic material that may be passed to a child. Gametes such as the sperm or the egg are part of the germline.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can occur at any age, but the incidence increases with age, especially after the age of sixty. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma makes up four percent of new cancer cases each year, and there is a one in forty-five lifetime chance of having this type of cancer. (Retrieved from: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/non-hodgkins-lymphoma/ds00350/dsection=causes) Symptoms of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma The type of symptoms experienced with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma depends on where the lymphoma is located. Swollen glands in the neck, armpit, or groin are the first symptoms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Other possible symptoms include unexplained fever, night sweats, weight loss, and stomach or intestinal pain.
Severity of pain depends on many aspects – the site and stage of the disease, a patient’s age, personality, pain threshold and past experiences of pain (Sabino et al. 2005). For many patients pain is the first sign of cancer. According to (Sabino et al. 2005) 30-50% of all cancer patients will experience moderate to severe pain.
All About Lupus There are so many diseases without a cure. Most people associate lupus as a type of cancer, its actually an autoimmune disease where the bodys immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks normal healthy tissue, cells, and many of your organs. (Ferenken-Koroma, 2012). The parts of your body that is affected by this are the right upper quadrant, and the left upper quadrant. In these quadrants your heart, lungs and kidneys are the main organs that’s are affected and will have the most damage.