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A woman has 8 -10% chances of developing breast cancer in her life time.... With over 1 million cases of breast cancer reported annually, it comprises 18% of all cancers in women.... Long exposure to oestrogen as in case of early menarche, late menopause and late first pregnancy increases risk for breast cancer.... The lifestyle such as obesity, alcohol consumption is also related to breast cancer (Singletary et al 2004; McPherson et al 2000)....
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For the first time in the year 2005, cancer rates overtook the deaths due to heart diseases.... Although the rates are falling for both, the incidence of cancer is quite high.... Despite all, the mortality rates due to cancer remain high.... When compared to t of heart diseases it has been reported that 476,009 Americans under 85 died of cancer compared with 450,637 who died of heart disease as per the American cancer Society's annual statistical report of 2002....
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Government cost repression measures and panic of the effectiveness of the vaccines are few of the other hindrances in the growth of market of cancer vaccines (Findlay, “Cancer vaccine - A giant leap in cancer treatment”).... In the paper “Obstacles to cancer Vaccine” the author examines the prime obstructions to enter the market of cancer vaccines, which include the problems of compensation, cost, education, price, competition and moral values that are concerned in manufacturing an oncology product....
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The paper "cancer-Related Fatigue - Physiological Background and Methods of Deliverance" explores the reasons and treatment of the exhaustion caused by chemotherapy, radiation and other procedures for getting rid of cancer, such as behavioral, and pharmacological interventions.... hellip; Health practitioners point at the fatigue as resulting from the treatment of cancer, although none definite explanation has been offered towards the occurrence....
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Considering the complex risks of surgery against the use of medication implying Targeted therapy as the method; a patient has a lower risk-factor involved and a better quality of life assurance.... The research “Targeted Therapy of cancer” has been conducted throughout history in order to gain maximum information about the disease, its cause, and the mode of spreading.... hellip; The author states that scores of research have been conducted regarding the treatment methodologies of cancer and many are still under process....
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The paper "What Are the Different Types of Lung cancer and How Do They Differ" highlights that lung cancer is one of the most common cancers, which is presently seen mostly in men, though women with lung cancer have also started increasing in number.... These cells may eventually form cancer.... cancer of the lung is commonly seen in developed, affluent countries.... The risk of developing lung cancer is higher in industrialized countries than in developing countries....
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The author concludes that with 200 deaths per 100,000 people in a year, governments must increase funding towards cancer research projects.... It is sad to note that while deaths from heart disease and stroke have gone down, cancer remains a leading killer disease in many people globally… cancer refers to a group of diseases that manifest through abnormal cell division.... These cancer cells travel to other parts of the body through the blood and the lymphatic system....
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the reporter states that lung cancer, like any other cancer, is caused by the abnormal growth of cells in the tissue of the lungs.... “There is over 1 million deaths world wide due to lung cancer, making it truly an epidemic”.... hellip; Unlike other cells, the cancer cells do not die a programmatic death and divide and grow exponentially.... nbsp; Primary lung cancer can start in the airways that branch off the trachea to supply the lungs (the bronchi) or in the small air sacs of the lung (the alveoli)” (Hong, Tsao 2008)....
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