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…. These truths make it even more imperative to be aware of risk factors and preventative measures against this silent murderer. If one is diagnosed with breast cancer, she must undergo strenuous and often debilitating treatments or even surgery; therefore, the best…

…problem among today's society. The first people to acknowledge breast cancer date back to 3000-2000 B.C. when cautery of the disease tissue was the most frequently used treatment. Surgery would be performed, but without the use of anesthesia or antisepsis…

…an improvement were to made in the field of diagnostic imaging. This improvement could provide clearer, higher quality images, thus leading to more favorable surgery outcomes. The likelihood of a better surgical outcome may result in more individuals electing…

…experimental efforts in this area. Currently, the most widely method of treating cancer is through: chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. However, immunotherapy represents the new age of cancer treatment. In this research we looked at several different…

…Treatment of cancer seems to be more of an art than a science at the moment. Especially in the areas of surgery, radiation treatment, chemotherapy and other areas. Surgery Surgical removal of a cancer from the body is the oldest and sometimes most…

…to make them more adequate to men. These surgeries are supposed to be "voluntary" are they really though? Most women feel there is a need to please their men and these surgeries become mandatory in their minds very similar to the genital mutilations…

…for underweight and then it must be queried whether the patient is fit for surgery as they would have impaired wound healing. Obese individuals would be predisposed to venous thrombosis, pulmonary emboli, pressure sores, oedema so these patients would require careful…

…the surgery had been performed. Total regeneration and reproduction had occurred resulting in three separate flatworms from one that had been cut through three quarters of the length of the body. Introduction Planaria belong to the phylum Platyhelminthes…

…and occupational therapy are aimed at keeping contractures at bay as long as possible. Sometimes surgery can be used to correct a contracture. Surgery can also be used upon the complication of scoliosis. If the scoliosis is severe it can interfere with the function…

…of treating cancer have been surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Surgery The principal approach to curing cancer is to remove all the malignant cells by a surgical operation. In the past this meant the removal of all of the involved tissue and as much…