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Margaret Edson's Wit and Ovarian Cancer

die, as well as informing us that humor is a large part of her inherent nature in terms of dealing with the fatal realities. In...

Physical Effects of Smoking

is interesting to note that the increase of smoking in America has steadily correlated with the increasing incidence of lung cance...

Literature Review on a Cancer Patient's Emotional Needs

It seems that within the context of the work, there is little compassion shown for the protagonist with the exception of one oncol...

Cancer and Proto Oncogenes

specific tumor viruses. According to Lander (2001), more than half of all human tumors are associated with defects in the p53 g...

Nutritional Needs of Critically Ill Cancer Patients and Cachexia

positive outcomes. However, researchers and clinicians are constantly seeking new means of therapeutic intervention for treatment ...

Incidences of Prostate Cancer

are about 50 percent more likely than white men to get this kind of cancer. Black men also have the highest mortality rate from pr...

Overview of Monoclonal Antibody

key to the cure for cancer (2002). As the twentieth century progressed, there seemed to be more and more cancer, and the cure for ...

Screening for Colon and Rectal Cancer

100,000 population (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1997). Survival rate is dependent upon the stage of the disease w...

Characteristics of Bladder Cancer Cells

as either low-stage (superficial) or high-stage (muscle invasive). In industrialized countries (the US, Canada, France), more than...

Lung Cancer in Men and Pain Management Through Narcotics

the 5 year mark after diagnosis (Kreamer, 2003). Tobacco use is the leading risk factor in regards to developing lung cancer and 8...

Overview of Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma affects mainly the men who worked in construction trades including shipbuilding, where asbestos was most often used. ...

Chemotherapy and Side Effects

it may be used to reduce tumors ("What is Chemotherapy"). The chemotherapy drugs used in this way destroy the cancer cells "by st...

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...

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). ...

Emotions Effects on Cancer

system to destroy abnormal cells. Hormone production is directly connected to psychological states. Countless women can attest to ...

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...

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...

Cancer Support Groups and Remedial Model Usage

in groups created by the reciprocal model and attention is given to both ideas and feelings (1990). The needs of the group members...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Complications and Side Effects from Chemotherapy

and chemotherapeutic agents are classified depending on which phase in the cell cycle they are active. Some chemotherapeutic agent...

A Quantitative Research Report Analysis

Smith, et al. (2002) do not highlight a specific problem statement, but rather present a research question used to establish a fra...

Quitting the Cigarette Habit and The Role of Health Psychologists

Genetic Association for Cigarette Smoking Behavior". Research in smoking addiction have revealed that along with several social fa...

Student Supplied Case Study on Moral Pastoral Practice

worries that God is angry with her, that maybe He hates her. She feels she has destroyed her relationship with God. She even asks ...

Case Study on Toxic Waste Exporting and Ethics

of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...

Skin Cancer Literature Review

when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...