BCC affects up to two million Americans each year. Those who are at high risk to get Basil Cell Carcinoma are people with fair skin, light-colored eyes, Blonde or red hair freckles and who are easily sunburned. Also if it runs in the family you are more likely to inherit it also. Patients that are diagnosed with this type of skin cancer, have a 35% chance of developing another tumor within three years, and a 50% chance within five years. Basil Cell Carcinoma can be associated with scars, vaccinations, or even Tattoos.
Katie Hill 19 January 2015 Mrs Gupta AP2530 Synopsis What genetic mutations produce the greatest risk of skin cancer? Are these gene mutations germ-line (passed from parent to child), or caused by exposure to UV light? What genes(s) control the color of skin, hair, and eyes? There are two basic types of genetic mutations: acquired and germline. Acquired mutations are the most common cause of cancer.
Communicable Disease- Communicable Disease- Human Papillomavirus For centuries sexually transmitted diseases and or infections have been a threat to public health and today still are far from being obsolete. One of the most common sexually transmitted infections is the human papillomavirus, also referred to as HPV. Described by the Mayo Clinic (2013) website, this communicable disease is infectious to both men and women the same shared through contact, infecting the genital areas, mouth, and throat. There are a number of health problems that infected individuals may suffer from; some including genital warts and certain cancers. In many cases the virus is fought off by the individual’s immune system prior to causing any serious health issues.
NMSC is the most common cancer in humans. UVB rays are absorbed into the skin, producing, burns, and eventually skin cancer. Recent surveys indicate that about 1 million new cases o f skin cancer are diagnosed every year in the US. 70% of which have resulted from overexposure to sunlight. Studies show that UVB rays are responsible for this effect.
One of the most common sources of metastatic liver cancer is from tumors of the colon and rectum. About 140,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with colon cancer each year, and roughly half of these patients will develop tumors in their liver at some time. About one in 10 of these patients will have a chance for a cure by having the liver tumors removed surgically. The exact cause of liver cancer is unknown. But there are certain things called risk factors that can increase your chance of getting the disease.
Being female, women are about twice as likely as men are to develop MS. Having certain infections, a variety of viruses have been linked to MS, currently the greatest interest is in the association of MS with Epstein-Barr virus, the virus that causes infectious mononucleosis. Having a family history, if one of your parents or siblings has had MS. you have a 1 to 3 percent chance of developing the disease as compared with the risk in the general population, which is just a tenth of
Jamie Robinson Ms. G Pink is the New Black Can - cer (n): the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells (malignant cells) in the body. The second most common type of cancer is breast cancer, which is when malignant cells grow in the breast. A scary fact about breast cancer is the tumors that may grow in the breast usually tend to grow slowly; by the time you actually feel a lump is large, the tumor may have been growing for as long as ten years. Nancy G. Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, is very familiar with this fact because it her sister, Susan G. Komen died from breast cancer. After Susan’s death, Nancy has put all of her focus into her foundation; fighting in honor of her sister’s dying wish, with the hope that when awareness is
The most common mode of transmission is through direct contact and it “is the most common sexually transmitted infection” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). It is estimated that nearly 20 million people in the US are infected at this time. Some individuals may not develop genital warts, the most common symptom, when infected with the virus. Most females will grow warts in or around the vagina and on the vulva (Cowan and Talaro). Warts
Michael Willbon Ms. Veach 25 September 2011 Chlamydia Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis. Chlamydia is one of the most common STDs in the world and is the most frequently reported bacterial STD in the US. In 2009 there was a reported 1,244,180 chlamydial infections but due to under-reporting, an estimated 2.8 million are infected each year in the US. Symptoms are often not noticeable or minimal so it is hard to detect if you have Chlamydia but serious complications can occur if it is not treated, so make sure to get regular check-ups by your doctor. Chlamydia can be transmitted during the act of vaginal, anal, or oral sex.
Griffin Hayes Mr. Guay English 10 Honors 11/7/14 Should Cigarette Smoking Be Banned? Meet Anna, a five year old girl who lost her father to lung cancer. Like Anna’s father, cigarette smoking is a known leading cause of lung cancer and death for about 159,260 people in the United States this year so far ("How Many People Get Lung Cancer?"). Lung cancer has caused about 27% of all cancer deaths but can be prevented if we ban the smoking of cigarettes. Cigarette smoking has caused lung cancer to many smokers and even non-smokers.