Essays on: Cancer

Title: Essay on the Prevention of Gastrointestinal Cancer
Last modified: 30th Jun 2021
Introduction: The association between dietary modification and the prevention of gastric cancer is very high. Avoiding processed meat such as red meat which are high in n-nitroso compounds and food sources which are high in dietary salt can prevent damage to the mucosal lining of the stomach and prevent mutations....

Title: Essay on Leukemia
Last modified: 25th Jun 2021
Introduction: Leukemia is a common cancer of the bone marrow. In the United States it occurs mostly in the young and elderly and is associated with down syndrome. This research will go over the back-ground information on leukemia, types of leukemia, demographic, genetic links, and treatment for each types of leukemia....

Title: Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer Essay
Last modified: 14th Jun 2021
Introduction: The objective of the present research paper is to highlight the epidemiological facts related to pancreatic cancer (i.e frequency, distribution and determinants of health) and identify the public health authorities’ approaches towards management and control of this devastating health condition....

Title: Essay on Chernobyl and Thyroid Cancer
Last modified: 14th Jun 2021
Introduction: Papillary thyroid carcinoma is often observed in patients who were exposed to Chernobyl nuclear power accident. ...

Title: Screening in Breast and Prostate Cancers
Last modified: 9th Jun 2021
Introduction: Currently, people believe that the same level of screening for breast cancer in females should be done for malignancies in males since mortality rates are very similar....

Title: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Causing Breast Cancer
Last modified: 23rd Apr 2021
Introduction: The goal of this paper was to access the role of aromatic hydrocarbons in the genesis of breast cancer. It was previously known that epidemiological markers of breast cancer can include endocrine related phenomena, and the exposure of the breast to X-Radiation....

Title: Essay on Skin Cancer
Last modified: 22nd Apr 2021
Introduction: New Zealand has a lot of people with skin cancer. It has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world, in fact skin cancer is the most common cancer in New Zealand and it is on the rise in every year. ...

Title: Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumours in Children
Last modified: 21st Apr 2021
Introduction: I have looked into various treatments for malignant brain tumours in children, however, in order to determine which treatment is the most effective; I have explored other factors regarding this....

Title: Overview of Cancer in Children
Last modified: 19th Apr 2021
Introduction: The American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program state that cancer is the second leading cause of death in children under the age of 14, after accidents. Pediatric cancers make up less than 1% of all newly diagnosed cancers annually....

Title: Healthy People 2020 Goals of Cancer Essay
Last modified: 19th Apr 2021
Introduction: The focus of this essay is the current cancer population; explaining and discussing the targeted goals and objectives regarding cancer patients that were presented in Healthy People 2020. ...

Title: Biology of Prostate Cancer Essay
Last modified: 12th Apr 2021
Introduction: Prostate cancer is the current most prevalent male cancer, accounting for about 30% of all new cases and also for about 14% of all malignant deaths ...

Title: A Study on the Effect of Artesunate on HT-29-AK Cancer Cells
Last modified: 8th Apr 2021
Introduction: A study on the possible cytotoxic effect of Artesunate on the survival factors and the concentration of HT-29-AK cells over different incubation periods and its therapeutic implications....

Title: Review of Literature on Smoking and Urinary Bladder Carcinoma
Last modified: 8th Apr 2021
Introduction: Urinary bladder carcinoma is one of the most prevalent tumors worldwide and smoking is one of its major risk factors, studying the relationship between smoking and urinary bladder carcinoma is of great importance....

Title: Reflective Account: Ethical Dilemma Treating Cancer
Last modified: 29th Mar 2021
Introduction: This reflective account will discuss an ethical dilemma which arose during a placement within a community setting. To assist the reflection process, the Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle which encompasses...

Title: Palliative Care for Cancer Patients | Literature Review
Last modified: 24th Mar 2021
Introduction: Various researches have raised the need for palliative care for cancer patients besides the treatment that they receive from their respective hospitals....

Title: Literature Review On Cervical Cancer Health And Social Care Essay
Last modified: 24th Mar 2021
Introduction: In this chapter, the investigator has presented the available research studies and relevant literature from which the strength of the study was drawn....

Title: Review Of Literature On Cancer Pain Foot Massage Nursing Essay
Last modified: 24th Mar 2021
Introduction: The chapter deals with the literature review relevant to the present study. It is presented under the following headings. Review related to cancer pain and selected associated symptoms. Review related to foot massage, cancer pain and selected associated symptoms....

Title: Literature on Cancer Disparities in the LGBTQ Population
Last modified: 23rd Mar 2021
Introduction: A Review of the Scholarly Literature on Cancer Disparities in the LGBTQ Population. Abstract: The LGBTQ population represents an unfocused group of individuals that are known to be at an increased risk for many medical complications....

Title: Knowledge and Perception of Cervical Cancer - Research
Last modified: 23rd Mar 2021
Introduction: A cross-sectional study was conducted from May to June, 2015 among regular undergraduate female Debre Berhan University students. The university is found in Debre Berhan town which is 130 kilometer from Addis Ababa....

Title: Health Promotion Essay: Skin Cancer Awareness and Prevention
Last modified: 19th Mar 2021
Introduction: Health Promotion Essay about Skin Cancer Awareness and Prevention. Include group members were Lawrence Essilfie, Olufunmilayo Dawodu,Carla Gillard, Neil Brannigan, Niamh Greaney and Fiona Opoku throu...

Title: Cardiological Impacts of Cancer Treatments
Last modified: 27th Nov 2020
Introduction:  There are multiple types of cancer treatments such as radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, hormone therapy and immunotherapy...

Title: Impacts of Cancer on Mental Health
Last modified: 24th Sep 2020
Introduction: There are two articles that are going to be discussed in this paper. The research conducted by Fraser, Chapman, Brown, Whiteford, and Burton (2015) was qualitative. The research conducted by Millman, Galway, Santin, and Reid, (2016) was quantitative....

Title: Skin Cancer: Types, Causes and Treatments
Last modified: 21st Sep 2020
Introduction:   Skin is a phenomenal organ all over the body due to its massive size and functions. The integumentary systems’ functions are: to protect us from the external environment, excrete or sweat, blood reservoir, sensory reception, body temperature regulation, and metabolic functions....

Title: Evaluation of CAR T Cell Therapy
Last modified: 22nd Jun 2020
Introduction: CAR T Cell Therapy It is common knowledge that cancer has a major impact on societies around the world. In 2018, it was estimated that a total of 1.7 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the ...

Title: Recurring Pericardial Effusion in a Cancer Patient
Last modified: 16th Jun 2020
Introduction: ABSTRACT A 55 year old woman was admitted to hospital for symptoms of shortness of breath when bent over and a sloshing sensation in her chest. She has been treated with chemotherapy and radiation fo...

Title: Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Risk Factors and Treatments
Last modified: 10th Jun 2020
Introduction: Abstract Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes abnormal white blood cells, red blood cells or platelets. It is also known as acute myelogenous leukemia, acute...

Title: Clinical Presentation of Lung Cancer
Last modified: 9th Jun 2020
Introduction: Abstract Radiation therapy’s goal is to eliminate the tumor mass, while sparing the surrounding healthy organs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. This increase i...

Title: The Future of Cancer Treatment
Last modified: 8th Jun 2020
Introduction: ABSTRACT Cancer comprises several diseases that are characterized by abnormal cell growth. There are over one hundred varieties of cancer usually named for their cell or organ type. Cancer is the root...

Title: Significance of Drug Repurposing in the Future of AML Treatment
Last modified: 8th Jun 2020
Introduction: The significance of drug repurposing in the future of AML treatment A Layman’s Literature Review for the project “Characterisation of repurposed drugs as novel therapies in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia...

Title: Issue of Cervical Cancer in Developing Countries
Last modified: 28th May 2020
Introduction: Introduction Cervical cancer is the fourth most frequently occurring cancer in women and the eighth-most frequent cancer worldwide (World Cancer Research Fund International, 2019). According to the W...

Title: Application of Perspective of Health and Illness to Case Study
Last modified: 28th May 2020
Introduction: 1. How do the lenses provided by psychology, biology, sociology and the life course help you to understand your own healthcare practice in this case? 2. How did the multidisciplinary team working help...

Title: The Risk Factor of Age on Ovarian Cancer
Last modified: 26th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract This research paper explores one risk factor of ovarian cancer, expose the pathogenesis of age correlation with ovarian cancer, state the risk factors’ effects on epigenetics,  as well as ...

Title: Laryngeal Cancer: A Review of Treatments
Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction: Laryngeal Cancer: A Review Laryngeal cancer is one of the most common cancers of the head and neck in the United States (Baird, Sung, Beadle, & Divi, 2018; Mannelli, Lazio, Luparello, & Gallo,...

Title: Basal Cell Carcinoma: Causes, Risks and Treatment
Last modified: 25th May 2020
Introduction: Basal Cell Carcinoma Basal cell carcinoma is the least risky type of cancer that grows on areas on your skin that are overexposed to the sun. It usually starts as small, shiny, raised bumps that are c...

Title: Brain Cancer: Causes, Effects and Treatment Options
Last modified: 22nd May 2020
Introduction:  The medical diagnosis that will be discussed in this assessment is brain cancer, inclusive to all types of brain tumors and ones that also affect the central nervous system (CNS), that stem from...

Title: Health Issues in New Zealand: Cancer, Suicide and Cardiovascular Disease
Last modified: 20th May 2020
Introduction: TASK-1.1/1.2 Identify three health issues in New Zealand 1. Cancer 2. Suicide 3. Cardiovascular disease Cancer                         Cancer is a group of disease involving abn...

Title: Uterine Cancer (UC): Disease Process, Risk Factors and Treatments
Last modified: 19th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Uterine Cancer (UC) is the most common cancer in women in the United States. Both new cases and death increase yearly. In a normal uterus, the endometrium, or lining, thickens every month unl...

Title: Case Series for Same-Day Discharge for Minimally Invasive Surgery for Enometrial Cancer
Last modified: 14th May 2020
Introduction: Abstract Study Objective: Goal of this study is to present a cases series endorsing same-day discharge after minimally invasive robotic surgery for endometrial cancer and to determine factors that aff...

Title: A Systematic Review of Thyroid Cancer After the Chernobyl Accident
Last modified: 7th May 2020
Introduction: ABSTRACT Background: Following the immediate fallout of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, many epidemiologic studies were conducted to ascertain the effects of ionizing radiation on cancer incidence and...

Title: What Are the Primary Different Types of Cancer, and in What Ways Are They Related?
Last modified: 5th May 2020
Introduction: Executive Summary My research was done to basically learn about the different types of cancer. It is also to know about the similarities in which they cause. During the time of the research I did a su...

Title: Patient Case Study: Mandibular Tumour
Last modified: 4th May 2020
Introduction: This presentation is focused on Mr Brown, a 72-year-old adult male patient who was admitted in an East of England hospital. He was diagnosed with mandibular tumour which is a type of oral cancer. Pseu...

Title: Case Study of Palliative Care for Bowel Cancer
Last modified: 13th Feb 2020
Introduction: Mrs Cheng has a 2 years history of bowel cancer recently being complicated by liver metastases. Doctors had given her a prognosis of about one month left to live. She is admitted to the medical ward f...

Title: Healthcare Internship Reflection | Cancer Center
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Crystal Mullen Last month I received the privilege of being hired to work as a secretary for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. As the name implies their sole focu...

Title: Nutrition and Genetics in Colorectal Cancer
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: BACKGROUND Historically colorectal cancer (CRC) is diagnosed very often among men and women in the United States. Many studies have investigated the role of gene-diet interactions in the...

Title: Improving men’s awareness of the early symptoms of prostate cancer
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Question What can nurses do improve men’s awareness of the early symptoms of prostate cancer? Answer The actor Ben Stiller has revealed in an article in The Daily Telegraph (The Daily Telegraph, 201...

Title: Evaluating foot massage minimizing pain among cancer patients
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: But to you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness Shall arise with healing in his wings. – Mal.4:2 Cancer is a disease that poses a threat to many aspects of life. Caring for clients with c...

Title: Mouth Cancer Causes
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases known to the world. There are various causes which are responsible for different types of cancer in different parts of the body. Mouth cancer is one of them. ...

Title: Health Assessment Care plan for Bladder Cancer Patient
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Theresa is a 37 year old; who was diagnosed with bladder cancer. She recently commenced her course of chemotherapy .She rushes to the Emergency Room at 11.45pm complaining of having a fever. Introduct...

Title: Can Neutropenic Cancer Patients Be Nursed Effectively Nursing Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: On my clinical rotation I have observed that oncology patients are being nursed in wards which have patients with other conditions. Some of the oncology patients were severely neutropenic. This poses ...

Title: Comparative study of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Cancer patients
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: In this research, the depression, anxiety and stress levels among Cancer patients in their initial and final stages are being measured and compared. For this the patients are divided into two groups: ...

Title: Disclosure Of Cancer Diagnosis To Patients Nursing Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: -Disclosure of cancer diagnosis to patients is an ethical, sensitive and controversial issue in health care practice. There have been several studies focusing on merits and shortcomings of informing p...

Title: The benefits of palliative care cancer/chronic ill patients
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction; Nursing care for ill patient as a holistic and encompasses all aspects of physical, psychological and social needs. Therefore, patients and their families are the center on nursing care ...

Title: End of life care - child
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Care of a child with end of life During my clinical rotation at children cancer hospital, I encountered a child of 6 years old who was going through relapse of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Th...

Title: Effect of Nursing on Stress Levels of Cancer Patients
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Does good nursing management can influence the nursing care to reduce stress, anxiety and difficult behaviour in cancer patients as compare to ineffective management plan to achieve better therapeuti...

Title: Leukemia: An overview
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: What Is Leukemia? Leukemia is the general term used to describe four different disease-types called: Acute Myelogenous (AML), Acute Lymphocytic (ALL), Chronic Myleogenous (CML), and Chronic Lymphoc...

Title: Detection and Classification of Leukaemia Cells
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Leukemia is one of the many types of cancers. Leukemia is caused in the white blood cells near the bone marrow region of our body. In this the WBCs which get infected turns blue. Like any other cance...

Title: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatments
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction:  Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia is a type of cancer that arises in the lymphoid kind of blood cells in bones.1 In this type of cancer, there are a large number of immature lymphocytes, which a...

Title: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia In Children Health And Social Care Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Leukemia, a form of blood and bone marrow cancer, is caused by the production of abnormal blood cells, especially the white blood cells. Myeloid blast, monoblast and lymphoblast are the three deformed...

Title: Cervical Cancer Major Public Health Issue Health And Social Care Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction Cervical cancer is a major public health issue; it is the second most common cancer among women in the world, and one of leading cause of death by gynaecologic malignant tumour in develop...

Title: Research Paper On Leukemia Health And Social Care Essay
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: I decided to write my research paper on Leukemia because my uncle who lived in Bend, OR found out that he had Leukemia. This news was devastating for our family including my uncle. His health started ...

Title: St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital located in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee. It is an internationally recognized hospital that pioneered research finding cures...

Title: How does Smoking effect human lungs, causes cancer and even death
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Scientific Research Skills Assignments How does Smoking effect human lungs, causes cancer and even death? Literature Review Smoking stands for intake of tobacco or other related substances either ...

Title: History of Cancer Theories
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Defining Cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving out-of-control growth of abnormal cell growth in a part of the body. Ancient Evidence of Cancer The world’s first recorded case of cance...

Title: History of Chemotherapy and Cancer Treatment Research
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: An Early Victory A few doors from Freireich’s office at the NCI, Min Chiu Li and Roy Hertz had been studying choriocarcinoma, a cancer of the placenta, which often metastasizes rapidly into th...

Title: Theories of Genes and Cancer
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The Wind in the Trees In the late 1950s, Peter Nowell and David Hungerford, two pathologists from Philadelphia had found an unusual chromosomal pattern in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cells. I...

Title: Treatments for Patients with Prostate Cancer
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER TO ACHIEVE A BIOCHEMICAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL Mariam O. Akinwale   MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS Mentor: Dr. Akintola Odutola Manuscri...

Title: Colorectal Cancer Screening - Importance and Strategies
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The transformation of the United States healthcare system aims to advance and enhance the quality of healthcare delivery and patients’ health (Krist). Preventive care is a significant aspect o...

Title: Geoffrey Keynes' Research on Cancer Treatment
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: In God We Trust. All Others Must Have Data Radical surgery had undergone an astonishing boom in the 1950s and 1960s. William Halsted had become the patron saint of cancer surgery in the United State...

Title: Problems of Pancreatic Cancer
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Audrey J Gunawan Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic cancer is a very lethal form of cancer that takes place in the pancreas of a human body. Cancer tissues and tumors are first formed inside the pancreas....

Title: Relay for Life - a Cancer Charity
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: By Michelle Springer My paper will start with the history of Relay for Life and how it started up. Then talk about places that help to fundraiser money for cancer research. Also about how cancer affe...

Title: Zinc Molybdenum in Development of Esophageal Cancer
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Authors: S S Ray,1D Das,2 T Ghosh3 and A K Ghosh2 ** Abstract Purpose There are several hot spots of esophageal cancer (EC) throughout the world. The deficiencies of Zn & Mo in human system play...

Title: Lung Cancer: History, Causes, Types and Treatments
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Lung Cancer Introduction Lung cancer is a kind of cancer that begins in the lungs. Lungs are the spongy organs in the chest that are responsible for taking in oxygen when one inhales and releases car...

Title: End of Life Care: Cancer Patients' Right to Die
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction Recently, the concept of patient autonomy has become more prevalent within the healthcare field with the government and the NHS promoting patient choice and providing assurance that indiv...

Title: Pulmonary Rehabilitation and QoL in Lung Cancer Patients
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: PULMONARY REHABILITATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS (Abstract):The quality of life in patients with lung cancer is determined both by factors related to the patient (stage of disease...

Title: Portrayals and Presentation of Cancer in Cinema
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: INTRODUCTION Through years, many movies have been released for public viewing regarding cancers of all types. Depictions might include the nature of cancers, patients’ response, care-givers’ resp...

Title: Effect of Diet on Colorectal Cancer
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: CHAPTER – 1 1.1 Introduction Colorectal cancer is considered to be a major cause of cancer morbidity and mortality. It accounts for over 9% of all cancer incidences; this makes it the third mos...

Title: Responses to Cancer: Behavioural, Emotional and Physical
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Behavioural, Emotional, Physical and Cognitive Responses Cancer is a deadly disease cause by uncontrolled division of abnormal cells and as a group, accounts for more than 14% of all deaths each year...

Title: Cancer: its Risk Factors, Treatments and Diagnosis
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Cancer is a disease in which irregular cells multiply uncontrollably and inhabit the surrounding tissues. These cells can metastasize to different parts of the body via bodily fluids such as the lymp...

Title: Ireland Cancer Screening Programmes
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The National Screening Programmes in Ireland. There are a number of national screening programmes in Ireland for cancer. The purpose of a screening programme for cancer is to detect the...

Title: Reflection on Genetics and Cancer
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Genetics Reflection Essay – Cancer  Nowadays, cancer has great repercussions in the society of the United States and throughout the world as it is one of the leading causes of de...