High doses of radiation damage the mechanisms that control the division of cells and cancers are often more sensitive to its effect than surrounding tissues. ... This is the use of drugs to treat cancer, While drugs ca is used to cure some cancer, only a minority of patients with lung cancer is responsive to drug treatment. There are a number of drugs, which are able to shrink tumors at least by half. Although single - drug chemotherapy does cause tumor shrinkage it rarely prolongs life. Several drugs are being used in combinations now. ...

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People consider marijuana to be a dangerous drug and are unaware of many medical uses. Because marijuana is stereotyped as a dangerous drug, a bad feeling about the drug is common. ... Simon is left with nausea and vomiting from the disease and the medicine that he was put on to control it. ... To deny a person going through that agony of the drug that will help to cure them is wrong. ... Would you ever turn to the use of an illegal drug to feel better? ...

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Why is a drug that has so many beneficial uses illegal? ... It is sad to think that a legal drug like alcohol, the drug of choice for most teens, causes so many fatalities on our highways each year, yet marijuana is the drug that is illegal. ... Marijuana is commonly used for controlling nausea and vomiting in cancer and AIDS patients that are being treated with chemotherapy or AZT. ... One way of controlling the nausea is to smoke marijuana, but the problem is that it is illegal. ... Marijuana helps control the eye pressure and keeps glaucoma from leading to blindness. ...

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Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat cancer. The drugs often are called "anticancer" drugs. ... Because some drugs work either together chemotherapy often may consist of many drugs. ... This allows physicians to repeatedly treat tumors and control their growth. ... Fortunately, the pain of PDT is usually mild and is easily controlled with a painkiller. ...

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"Cells contain chromosomes that control the growth of the cell" (Leukemia, Medline Plus). ... "Some doctors treat chronic leukemia patients by prescribing medicine that will control the cancer and it's symptoms" (Leukemia, Medline Plus). ... "The drugs can interfere with any cell in the body. Drugs can also affect the patient's fertility" (Leukemia FAQ). ... Treatments consist of anticancer drugs. ...

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Chemotherapy drugs are used to damage cancer cells more then healthy cells. ... Tumor growth is often fast and out of control. However, the chemotherapy drugs also affect healthy body tissue such as skin, hair, and the digestive system. ... This will also aid scientists in forming new drugs to inhibit certain proteins. ... The technique has not produced any drugs but is used in laboratory animals in gene testing. ...

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All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. ... Some risk factors, such as smoking, can be controlled. Others, such as an individual's age or family history, can not be controlled. ... (cancer.com, pp. 11) The drug tamoxifen has been used for many years as a treatment for some breast cancer. ... Another drug, raloxifene, also blocks the effect of estrogen on breast tissue. ...

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All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. ... Some risk factors, such as smoking, can be controlled. Others, such as an individual's age or family history, can not be controlled. ... (cancer.com, pp. 11) The drug tamoxifen has been used for many years as a treatment for some breast cancer. ... Another drug, raloxifene, also blocks the effect of estrogen on breast tissue. ...

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When the disease begins abnormal blood cells are released into the blood stream at a rate in which the body can no longer control. ... There is also evidence that some patients treated for other forms of cancer with certain chemotherapy drugs. ... Leukemia 5 The Leukemia-Lymphoma Society defines chemotherapy as the use of drugs or chemicals, often in combinations, to kill or damage cancer cells in the body. ... (http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_mat_detail.adp) Some of the more recent drugs created for treatments are called monoclonal agents. ... Radiation therapy may also be usef...

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We are not able to control certain risk factors but ones we can we should. ... Treatments and therapy include surgical removal of the infected tissue, Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy drugs, Radiation, Brachythreapy, and Hormone blocking therapy. ... Drugs are given to the victim to decrease and deprive the cancer of its source of energy no matter what size the tumor is found to be. One drug is called tamoxifen. ... Chemotherapy and Chemotherapy drugs such as alkylators, antimetabolites, antibiotics and antimicrotubules provide a reduction in cell growth and division and kills the cancer wit...

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In this essay I will be discussing a very serious issue that affects thousands of women each year; breast cancer. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death of women between the ages of 40 and 49 in North America. This paper will go on to talk about the facts of the disease and who is at ris...

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The emergences of drug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae, as well as increased numbers of cases worldwide, have led to global concern about this disease. . ... Bleeding is controlled by pressure. ... Seldom is leprosy completely removed from the body; it can only be halted using a multi-drug treatment. ... Medication: Medications used to eliminate the microorganism and to reduce symptoms include: • Dapsone • Rifampin • Clofazimine • Ethionamide • Aspirin, prednisone, or thalidomide are used for the control of inflammation (e.g., "erythema nodosum lepro...

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There are great programs out there that teach our children to stay away from drugs remember, cigarettes are a drug. ... (Surgeon General's Report, 1990) If you or a loved one need help to quit smoking, here are some numbers to call: American Cancer Society www.cancer.org American Heart Association www.amhrt.org American Lung Association www.lungusa.org National Cancer Institute Cancer Information Service www.cancer.gov Office on Smoking & Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/tobacco Bibliography Brigham, Jane...

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Gene Therapy: The Cure for ______________(insert ailment) Every commercial break we see an advertisement for a medicine to help suppress an illness or one to get rid of the symptoms, and for the last few moments of the advertisement the narrator rattles of dozen side effects that are associated with each drug. ... Unfortunately, there has been little scientific evidence Gene Therapy: The Cure for ______________(insert ailment) Every commercial break we see an advertisement for a medicine to help suppress an illness or one to get rid of the symptoms, and for the last few moment...

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Cancer is a disease in which cells multiply without control, destroy healthy tissue, and endanger life. ... The treatment of chemotherapy consists of a combination of anticancer drugs which may induce a response rate, ranging from 30 to 50 percent, yet has a minimal effect of long term survival. ... With the help of modern science and research new drugs and treatments are being developed every day. ...

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By the time the colon cancer reaches Stage 4, treatment that is required chemotherapy and other drugs and surgery on multiple organs. ... Systemic therapy consists of chemotherapy and biological therapy, for these drugs enter the bloodstream and destroy or control cancer throughout the body. ... Alternative Treatment Colon cancer treatment largely depends on the stage of the cancer, but surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or targeted drug therapy are often used. ...

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The developing lungs of young children are severely affected by exposure to secondhand smoke for several reasons including that children are still developing physically, have higher breathing rates than adults, and have little control over their indoor environments. ... I believe that smoking is a sickness and an addiction just as serious as drugs and alcohol and should be treated as such. ...

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The main reasons one can get cancer are smoking, dietary factors, exercise, occupation, genetics, pollution, radiation, and even prescription drugs. ... Cancer affects a person when abnormal cells within a tissue of a certain part of the human body continue to divide out of control. ...

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Cells in Malignant tumors are abnormal and divide without any kind of control or order. ... Many different treatments and combinations of treatments may be used to control lung cancer, or to improve quality of life by reducing symptoms. ... Chemotherapy is the use of specialized types drugs to kill cancer cells throughout the body. ... Chemotherapy may be used to control cancer growth or to relieve symptoms. ... Cryosurgery, a treatment that freezes and destroys cancer tissue, may be used to control symptoms in the later stages of non-small cell lung cancer. ...

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These signs and symptoms are weight loss, anorexia, increasing debility, adverse drug experiences, fevers, rigors, night sweats, headache, change in vision, diplopia, dysphagia, dyspnea, diarrhea, change in mental status, changing lymphadenopathy, oral lesions, and rashes. ... The reasons for anger are: The person feels singled out by the virus The person is mad that they got sick at a young age The social stigma, rejection, and even abandonment this virus provokes Frustration at losing control of your life The way people express their anger is directly and openly, private, o...

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Cancer is a group of diseases that are produced when a single cell or a group of cells escapes from the controls that regulate cellular proliferation and differentiation. ... Even with fertility drugs, miscarriages, multiple births and birth defects are always a threat. ... Other things like birth control would also have to be banned because it is not natural. ...

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It occurs when cells become abnormal and divide without control or order. ... Chemotherapy is a word to describe chemical agents (drugs) that are used in the treatment of various types of cancer. ... The breathtaking pace of gene discovery in the last two decades, coupled with the birth of recombinant DNA technology, gave rise to the concept that genes may be manipulated and used as drugs. ...

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Cancer is caused when a group of unhealthy cells or damaged DNA doesn't die but instead begins growing out of control. These cancer cells begin interfering with normal cells, as they grow into other cells and continuously multiply. When these cancer cells form in the epidermis of the skin, in the m...

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The law, approved by voters in 1994 and 1997, allows the terminally ill to request a lethal dose of drugs if two doctors confirm they have less than six months to live, and the patients are mentally competent to make the request. ... Ultimately, euthanasia is a question of choice: empowering people to have control over their own bodies. ... "As a doctor and a human being, it was gratifying and rewarding to be able to make people more comfortable and let them remain in control of their own lives, and in their own deaths," Rasmussen said. ... "Assisted suicide perfectly coincides with my role wi...

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When you smoke a cigarette it contains nicotine, an addictive drug, and more than 4,000 chemical compounds including at least 43 cancer causing compounds. ... So if you didn't want to gain weight smoking helps control your appetite even though its very harmful it does have one good side effect. ...

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