Leukemia Case Study Outline

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They decide to have Alice undergo genetic testing, which if positive, would support the clinical diagnosis, but if negative, would not necessarily rule it out. When genetic testing confirms her diagnosis, Alice and John must now come to terms with her disease, what this will mean to them as a couple and individually, and the implications

A. Topic Sentence (Introduce R1; use transitions) In the beginning Salva had already lost his

The doctors clear the family to take Lia home and be with her during her last days. Although Lia’s family devoted themselves to making Lia as comfortable as possible, and keeping her alive for decades longer than the doctors expected, her parents blame Lia's doctors for their daughter's prognosis.

If Anna cannot save Kate, I do not think she will face lifelong psychological damage because Anna did everything in her power

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks was a woman who found out she had cancer. She went to John Hopkins Hospital where they cut out her cells to examine them and her cells did something weird. Henrietta’s cells were able to reproduce so the hospital sold them in order to help with science. No one knew the real donor of the cells since they went by the name HeLa which is the first letters of her first and last name.

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in a clear way. In the expression the storm of grief, Kate tells readers that the emotional trauma Mrs

Maddy discovers that she was never actually sick, and that her mother was suffering from PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). She had lost her husband and son tragically in a car accident, and feared losing her daughter as well. She convinced herself that Maddy had a disease, even though she never found proof. This shows the theme because if Maddy never left her home, she would’ve never known that she wasn’t actually sick. Maddy would have lived out the rest of her life without knowing how remarkable life could

Leukemia is a type of cancer that sadly causes around 25,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. The area that it affects is the blood and the bone marrow and like most or all of the types of cancer in the world if not taken control of early it will most likely kill you.

Thesis/argument statement OR main idea statement: Cancer affects children and their families in many ways.

Jack woke up one morning not feeling well. He felt very weak and could not get out of bed. His mother decided to take him to the doctors. The doctors took many tests to figure out what was making him feel that way. After about an hour or two the doctors got the results back from a blood test. Results that would change Jack’s childhood for the worse. Jack has been diagnosed with Leukemia, a blood cancer. Of course, Jack was not sure what that meant but, his parents became worried beyond belief with the long road ahead of them. Scientists and researchers were all involved in the discovery of Leukemia cancer, which increased knowledge of this cancer, decreased deaths and discovered treatments, and started charity groups to fund research.

The useable organs in her body are donated to Kate so she can live. In the movie Kate says to Anna that is okay if she doesn't want to donate her kidney because Kate didn't want to live anymore, she wanted to die. Anna sued her parents for the right to her own body, for Kate and for herself. She eventually won the case and didn't have to give Kate the kidney. Kate slowly started to get sicker and eventually died.