Essays on Cancer

Pomalidomide is a drug which is usually taken along with other drugs like Dexamethasone. It is generally used in patients with Myeloma and who have tried other medication (at least two) which did not work for them. It is a cancer drug which also goes…

Background In Western countries colorectal cancer represents a significant cause for mortality in both genders. Several genes are involved in genetic alterations such as gene mutations and epigenetic modifications. These genes could led to colorectal cancer by regulating cell mechanisms such as proliferation and apoptosis….

The deepest connections a person develops throughout their entire lifetime are those they establish with their parents. On November 12, 2014, my father passed away due to stomach cancer. Our family was so joyed by the birth of my sister at the time we were…

Abstract: Gene therapy is the introduction of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in which lead to disease development. There are two overarching forms of gene therapy; Germ Line which results in permanent change and elimination of disease inheritance and…

Hazel Lancaster is a bright teenage girl, whose world was slightly dimmed by lung cancer. At age thirteen she was diagnosed terminally ill and was given a drug named phalanxifor. Phalanxifor gave Hazel an incalculable number of more years to live. Most people in Hazel’s…

Here we sought to determine the relationship between STAT3 activity and Galectin-3 (Gal-3) and to investigate the cytotoxic effect of PectaSol-C Modified Citrus Pectin (Pect-MCP) as a specific competitive inhibitor of Galectin-3 (Gal-3) in combination with paclitaxel (PTX) to kill ovarian cancer cell multicellular tumor…

Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. Targeted therapy is a newer cancer treatment that uses drugs designed to interfere with specific molecules necessary for tumor growth and progression. The primary goal of targeted therapies is to defeat cancer cells with more precision…

Cancer is one of the most significant things in today’s society. Everyone has been affected by cancer by either having it or knowing someone who has had it in some form. Cancer has almost become similar to war in the sense that everyone knows someone…

A. Six months after her 30th birthday, Lilly was diagnosed with acute Leukemia. She and her husband, Jake, have no children together. She has been relatively healthy most of her life, despite suffering from minor medical mishaps. Lilly’s socioeconomic factor is that she is a…

Cancer is known to be a multi-step process that involves different stages like initiation, promotion, progression and metastasis. Chemical carcinogens including Arsenic, Chromium, Lead, Mercury, Chloroform, PAH (Poly aromatic hydrocarbon, THM (Trihalomethanes) elements can change any of these processes to induce their carcinogenic effects. Approximately…

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Introduction Cancer is a complex disease and major public health worldwide including Australia. Cancer occurs only if the cells grow abnormally beyond their usual boundaries that can then invade adjoining parts of the body, multiply out of control, and spread to other organs, which then…

In 2004, the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) published a study which indicated that chemotherapy only had a positive outcome for specific cancer-treatment subjects (Paik, et al., 2004). Medical research shows that heritability can influence how certain pharmaceutical drugs elicit reactions when…

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INTRODUCTION Cao et al., 2010 reported that soil is the primary reservoir of radionuclides and other pollutants in the atmosphere, hydrosphere and biota, and thus plays a fundamental role in the overall nuclide cycle in nature. Soil pollution by radionuclides are severely dangerous for animal,…