Brachytherapy

I interviewed Martha Dibb over the phone to see what her life is like working at Gundersen as a radiation therapist. Martha is a relatively new radiation therapist that graduated from La Crosse two years ago. Her bachelors in radiation therapy is the only degree she has up to this point. She does not plan to pursue any managerial roles at this point in her career, but she does have an open mind. She completed her internship at Gundersen and said she really loved doing her internship there. After

Cancer Lalu Mathew University Name Class Name August 17, 2014 Diagnosis and Staging The patient is diagnosed based on two criteria: what he or she says and the signs and symptoms seen in the patient. The patient is subjected to diagnostic procedures in order to assess the cancer. Diagnostic tests fall under five categories. The first, physical exams, allow the doctor to ascertain information about the cancer by examining the body. The doctor examines the body by watching, touching, and

The prostate is a walnut sized shaped gland surrounding the top of the urethra whose growth and function is controlled by hormones such-as testosterone. A normal prostate in adult men has a mean weight of about 11g. The function of the prostate is to produce a majority of seminal fluid (Marker et al. 2003). Prostate cancer (PCa) is the commonest malignancy tumour in men and is second in cancer related death after lung cancer. PCa is mainly adenocarcinomas originating from the cortex of the gland

The human body is a complex system that is composed of billions of cells, undergoing growth, division and death in an orderly fashion on a daily basis. When this process occurs in an abnormal manner, the outcome is typically referred to as a tumor. In today’s world, tumor is a term that is commonly heard throughout the world. Also referred to as neoplasm, a tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue resulting from the rapid cell division due to some form of mutation (Cooper). They are classified into

Research Assignment Contemporary Physics Michael A. Torch Dr. David R. Simpson Health Physicist Radiation has been present since the birth of the universe. Upon its discovery in the early 19th century, humans have used radiation for its beneficial purposes that date back decades. However, when used precariously or in large quantities, radiation can be dangerous. It can cause detrimental effects to living organisms. Medical facilities, nuclear power plants, research laboratories and academic industries

Although uveal melanoma is a rare malignancy, it is the most common primary intraocular tumor in adults (Kashyap, 2016) and occurs at a rate of 5.1 per million per year (Kaliki, 2016). Uveal melanoma may develop anywhere within the uveal tract, however it most commonly arises in the choroid (90%), followed by the ciliary body (6%) and then the iris (4%) (Kaliki, 2016). The at-risk population includes those with light skin, light eyes, ocular melanocytosis, nevi of the iris or choroid and the BRCA1-associated

Method The method of S2 was to conduct a nested-case-control study. Utilizing a national database of civil registration numbers, through which all databases were linked and a university prescription database. The inclusion criteria were to have a prescription history of Met > or = two years before the diagnosis of PCa (index date). For every case in the study 10 controls were selected and those controls were born the same year, alive, and resided in the same area < two years before the index date

Lung Cancer Lung cancer is a tumor that affects either one or both of the lungs.A primary cancer begins in the lungs and a secondary cancer begins in another place in the body and makes its way up towards the lungs. Lung cancer is the 5th most common cancer. In Australia 59% of males were diagnosed were as 41% of Australian females were diagnosed. Symptoms A lasting cough that continually gets worse. Pains in the chest that hurt or gets worse when you laugh breath deeply etc. Hoarseness- A scratchy

Cancer is defined by The American Cancer Society (2015) as a compilation of diseases that consist of more than one hundred different types of cases. Each of these cases has something in common; that some of the cells in the body start to become abnormal and multiply uncontrollably. These affected cells have the capability to spread into nearby tissues and eventually affecting the whole body, causing serious illness and death. Figure 1: How cancer starts (Cancer Council Australia, 2015) The Cancer

cells. The radiation may be delivered by a machine outside the body called external-beam radiation therapy, or it may come from radioactive material that is placed in the body near the cancer cells, that is called internal radiation therapy, or brachytherapy. Radiation kills cancer cells by damaging their DNA. DNA that is damaged beyond repair stop dividing or die off. Once the damaged cells die, they are broken down and the body eliminates them by the body 's natural processes. Radiation can