Browsing Tag cancer
Leukemia by Stephanie Addison
By CPR St. Louis at April 6, 2012 | 5:43 am | 0 Comment
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood-forming cells. It begins in the bone marrow and rapidly spreads to the blood. It is the most common cancer among children and teenagers. Although it accounts for 1 in 3 cancers in children, it is a rare disease. Today, leukemia does not have any known risk factors and there is also no known cause of the deadly cancer. Genetic disorders more...
Breast Cancer By Laura Boland
By CPR St. Louis at April 3, 2012 | 6:40 am | 0 Comment
It’s hard to find people these days who do not know someone who has struggled or suffered from breast cancer. Breast cancer is a type of cancer that starts and develops in the tissue of the breast; there are two types: Ductal carcinoma, which is the most common, and Lobular carcinoma. Ductal carcinoma is within the actual tubes of the breast that move the milk from the more...
Lung Cancer by Alyssa Nourse
By CPR St. Louis at March 21, 2012 | 7:51 am | 0 Comment
Lung cancer also known as bronchogenic carcinomas can be found in both smokers and non-smokers and can be from family history. A quarter of all people with lung cancer have no symptoms when the cancer is diagnosed. These cancers are usually identified incidentally when a chest X-ray is performed. The other ¾ of people develop some symptoms. The symptoms are due to direct more...
Leukemia by Amy Kaiser
By CPR St. Louis at March 16, 2012 | 9:41 am | 0 Comment
Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells in the bone marrow. When someone has leukemia, abnormal white blood cells, called leukemia cells, are created. The leukemia cells do not die off fast enough resulting in too many bad cells crowding the normal cells. Acute leukemia is when the cancer progresses quickly and chronic leukemia worsens slower. more...
Lymphoma by Tabitha Short
By CPR St. Louis at March 4, 2012 | 8:16 am | 0 Comment
Lymphoma is a cancer that directly affects the lymphatic system. Most cases are usually noticed with swelling or pain and tenderness of the lymph nodes. Other indicators are; mysterious weight loss, a very high body temperature, severe night sweats, or an itchiness caused by nodules under the skin There are five to seven hundred lymph nodes in the body but they do vary in more...
