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Breast Cancer Chemoprevention

to raloxifene, which, as a "promising agent" (pp. 7-15), falls far behind tamoxifen in any use other than clinical trials. When d...

Cancer and Homes with Unacceptable Radon Gas Levels

types of rock may have higher concentrations of uranium and may produce higher levels of radon, elevated radon levels can also be ...

Postmenopausal Women, Breast Cancer Risk, and Raloxifene

of cancer and that women with high concentrations of estradiol in their blood stream are at the greatest risk of developing breast...

An Exploration of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans

total nine hundred and two patients were men and the remaining forty-three percent were women (Chen, 2003). DFSP typically develo...

Evaluating the Impacts of a Vegetarian Diet Proposal

health and that any perceived quality of life benefits are more related to ideology than scientifically demonstrable benefits deri...

How to Cope with Breast Cancer

women cope with this diagnosis. The following examination of this body of research demonstrates that while some studies are inform...

More Negative Than Positive Effects of Anabolic Steroids

with normal hormone production, causing a kind of drug-induced sex change -- men can become feminized, with shrunken testicles and...

Pathology and Treatment of Liver Cancer

Cancer, 2003). Of course the disease is serious, but it is potentially curable with the surgical intervention not accessible to m...

Uninsured Assistance

are intended to be marketing efforts for a variety of health services providers in the area. For a nominal fee, visitors can have...

Daily Lives and Work's Role

Does this job provide you with sufficient income and the opportunity for advancement? As a retail manager I have almost reached ...

Rural Southwest Queensland Australia and Developing a Breast Cancer Screening Program

2002). Finally, the paper notes that there should be an adequate screening test that is "capable of detecting the susceptibility, ...

A Cancer Constellation Overview

and the average person will be able to view them simply by peering into the sky and seeking a noticeable cluster of stars (2004). ...

Australia Focus on Breast Cancer

carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...

Cervical and Breast Cancer and Nutrition's Effects

of cell cycle progression change when cells become cancerous. One of these aspects is the proto-oncoprotein c-Src (Taylor and Sha...

Comparing Alcohol Abuse in Heterosexuals and Lesbians

alcohol and drugs (McDaniel, 2001, 86). Abuse is a part of the lesbian experience as it is for all areas of society, but...

Urban Legend or Zeitgeist Myths

still believe that they will get cancer by overuse of their cell phones. By and large, this is not a bad urban legend in that it m...

Nursing Journal Critique Upon Cancer Patient Treatment Through Therapeutic Massage

using similar tests and with mixed variables such as aromatherapy and hypnosis. All of the studies mentioned concluded that massag...

'Retrovirus' Research and its Impact

In six pages the 1970s' cancer research studies and their effects are examined in a consideration of the contributions of Temin, R...

Cancer Cells and Increased Mitotic Division Stimulation

In five pages this paper examines stimulating cancer cell division in this consideration of mitosis. Eight sources are cited in t...

Global Work Groups vs. Local Work Groups

In two pages these types of work groups are contrasted based upon such issues as access and sharing information, consistency, and ...

Cancer Detection and Breast Self Examination

In an analysis of the study, throughout 1994, doctors had diagnosed breast cancer in 144 of the women getting regular screenings a...

Christians and Cancer

In a paper consisting of five pages the Christian faith is considered with regards to cancer and the prospect of a prolonged death...

1991 Film The Doctor

This reaction paper consists of 6 pages and examines the film based upon surgeon Dr. Edward Rosenbaum's real life story of how his...

Children and the Impacts of Working Mothers versus Non Working Mothers Proposal

In seven pages this research study proposal seeks to assess the effects of children with mothers who work as opposed to mothers wh...

Genetics and Cancer

In seven pages this paper provides professional and personal views regarding the possibility of a genetic predisposition towards c...

Cancer and Genetic Expression

In twelve pages this paper considers cancer control through the implications and actions associated with the telomerase enzyme and...

The Effectiveness of Bone Marrow Transplants as a Cancer Treatment

The writer examines the effectiveness of various cancer treatments, including bovine cartilage transplants. The paper is twelve pa...

Prostate Cancer Treatment Through TURP and Seed Implantation or Brachytherapy

the first person to use the Northern Territorys voluntary euthanasia law. Dent was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1991...

Overview of Prostate Cancer

In six pages this paper discusses prostate cancer in an overview of its epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment options. Seven sou...

The BRCA1 Gene

The writer discusses the BRCA1 gene and its putative links to ovarian and breast cancer. The paper is seven pages long and there a...