Colon Cancer What is the disease? Colon and rectal cancer develop in the digestive tract, which is also called the gastrointestinal, or GI, tract. The digestive system processes food for energy and rids the body of solid waste matter (fecal matter or stool). Colon cancer and rectal cancer have many features in common. Sometimes they are referred to together as colorectal cancer. Over 95% of colorectal cancers are ad enocarcinomas. These are cancers of the glandular cells that line the inside of the
Colon Cancer would have to be one of the many cancers that Americans suffer today in the twenty-first century. Not only are Americans suffering form Colon cancer, but everyone in the whole world as well. It is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men and women combined in the US according to Colon Cancer Alliance. Just in the USA The American Cancer Society estimates 136,830 people will be diagnosed in 2014 and 50,310 will die from colon cancer in
Frances Y. Rivera Professor Montalvo A & P II 4 May 2015 Colon Cancer CANCER is a medical term to describe an abnormal growth of cells. Abnormal cells that are able to grow and divide, but unable to die as normal cells do. COLON is a medical term for the large intestine. Together COLON CANCER is a disease used to simply state an abnormality of cell growth within the large intestine. Colon cancer has contributing risk factors, preventative factors, symptoms and various treatments/solutions according
people are pretty well embarrassed just at the mention of colon cancer. Sticking a tube in you to find out what's wrong is not a nice thing. But I can tell them, a 30- or 40-minute test is worth it. We have to make them feel more comfortable about getting screened." said Eric Davis. Colon cancer is a hereditary gene that can be passed down from one generation to the next. People need to become more aware of this disease to stay healthy. Cancer in general is a horrible disease that people aware effected
mechanisms to deal with their problems. They can either be seen through emotions or their physical demeanor. This can be seen in Margaret Edson's play Wit, where the main character is faced with the fact that she has stage four metastatic ovarian cancer. Edson uses alienating techniques such as characterization, language, and irony to exhibit Vivian Bearing's actions, and reveal the thoughts she holds to show the effects her situation has on her. Edson uses characterization to show how Vivian uses
several types of cancer. Doctors have estimated that as many as 3,000 diseases are due to mutations in the genome. These diseases include several types of colon cancer in which three different genetic tests have been already developed. Debates have arisen on whether these tests should be used regularly or not. Questions including the patients= rights of privacy and the possibility of loss of health or life insurance have been argued over in both the media and political arena. Colon cancer develops in
process of determining the position and spacing of genes, or other genetic landmarks, on the chromosomes relative to one another. The possibility of initiating such a maj... ... middle of paper ... ...From Maps to Medicine: Hereditary Colon Cancer. "Hereditary Colon Cancer", Obtained from WWW 10/20/99: http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/Policy_and_public_affairs/Communications/Publications/Maps_to_medicine/colon.html. U.S. Dept. of Energy. Human Genome Project Information. "HGP Announce Accelerated Completion
1.5 DNA repair mechanism DNA double strand breaks (DBSs) and single-strand breaks (SSBs) occur every day in cells and they are mostly caused by ionizing radiation, ultraviolet light, reactive oxygen species, errors during DNA replication, enzymes during meiosis. The repair of these DSBs and SSBs is essential to maintain genomic fidelity and stability. In order to combat DBSs and SSBs, cells have developed multiple distinct DNA repair mechanisms which detect damaged DNA, signal its presence and promote