My Body, My Choice The United States have been arguing the ethics of abortion for decades. The woman’s right to choose what she does with her body by either carrying a pregnancy to full term or terminating her pregnancy is always a hot topic in the political world. If you add in the biological father’s […]
Describe the Structure and Functions of Microtubules – Why Can Drugs That Interfere With Microtubule Assembly Be Used as Cancer Therapy? Introduction Microtubules form as a highly organised network of polarised tube filaments from a protein called tubulin. Its regulation is needed for processes such as mitosis, cell migration, cell signalling and cell trafficking. The […]
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Get startedDIAGNOSTICS (METHODS AND APPROACHES) Diagnostics is an expression that is derived from the word diagnosis. During the diagnosis process, it is advisable for a patient to seek multidisciplinary management so as to get accurate results and analysis. In a lay man’s language, multidisciplinary management is a form of patient care that entails the use of […]
Knowing the pathophysiology of breast cancer is important. Breast cancer is a very popular disease in women and is also apparent in men. As a nurse it’s important to know what causes breast cancer, the signs and symptoms of this cancer, different treatment options and risk factors. It’s also important to know preventative measures in […]
Introduction: Chemotherapy is group of cytotoxic drugs able to kill neoplastic cells[1]. These drugs induce rapid apoptosis, deprivation of growth and suppression of angiogenesis, or a concession in capacity of repairing [2]. They act through disrupting cell division by preventing DNA formation[3]. So, the use of such chemicals is very essential for treating the patients […]
Introduction: The lifetime cancer risk is forty-four percent in men and thirty-eight percent in women, with an increase to those percentages if you are sixty-five and older(Browner,2017). There are different types of preventative measures to help reduce diseases in elders, but with cancer being the second most common cause of death in elders across the […]
As cancers are heterogeneous, drug discovery efforts are aiming to increase patient survival and will surely need to consider the plasticity of cancer cells (Singh and Settleman, 2010). Cancer stem cells have a higher intrinsic resistance to chemotherapy than do normal cancer cells, and may be the source of post-therapy relapse (Thomas; et al, 2014). […]
Cancer is a disease caused by out of control abnormal cell divisions. Cancer harms the body and its organ systems when abnormal cells divide in an uncontrolled way to form tumors and lumps that affect the tissues in the body. There are many different types of cancers such as lung cancer, breast cancer, blood cancer. […]
Lung cancer is an uncontrollably growth of an abnormal cell that does not develop healthy lung tissue. The most common way to contract lung cancer is from smoking Cigarettes, 2nd hand smoke, or even in radon also know as radioactive gas. Facts for many years have stated why smoking or 2nd hands smoke from cigarettes […]
Introduction Tobacco smoking causes more than just bad breath and stained teeth. Tobacco smoking is one of the main causes for lung cancer. Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death around the world. Non-small cell lung cancer is one of two types of lung cancer. Non-small cell lung cancer can be broken […]
Introduction In one way or another, cancer has in some way affected our lives. Cancer is a scary word. It makes hearts stop, and emotions run free when you or a loved is told they have cancer. In 2013, a 29 year old and a 59 year old were both cancer patients; one patient was […]
