Essays on Cancer Screening

There is the need for seeing to it that the care which patients receive has been founded on evidence since such a move is aimed at achieving improved outcomes on the patient. In the same regard, the way a patient is assessed assists in developing the best forms of care which will adequately address all their healthcare needs. Therefore, the questions which I would ask my patients during all their visits for the purposes of providing them with individualized services will include the following.

How many times have you visited this healthcare facility?

Have you ever received some vaccination in this facility? Have you ever been vaccinated in ...

Nielsen (2016) submitted an abstract titled Improvements of colorectal cancer screening by development and implementation blood-based biomarker concepts to the 14th Annual Conference on Translational Medicine and Oncologists Meet which was held in San Francisco, United States of America starting on the 28th day to the 30th day of November, 2016. The theme which the conference was based was cancer could be treated if it was detected. This resonates with the increased push for increased screening for colorectal cancer, the theme upon which my project is based. Nielsen (2016) presents the use of biomarker concepts that are based on ...

Article Review: “Attitudes and Health Beliefs Associated With Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors Among Turkish Women”

The title ‘Attitudes and health beliefs associated with breast cancer screening behaviors among Turkish women’ seems fit for the article because it clearly and concisely indicates the key element of the study. From the title, a reader can understand that this article will explore the health norms and attitudes of Turkish women about breast cancer screening approaches. However, the title does not include the population sample considered for the study. Actually, the population sample was comprised of 1,342 Turkish women but it was not mentioned in the title. In total, the title is sufficient enough to give readers ...

Article Review

Introduction Digital Mammography is one of the most innovative, remarkable and feasible methods for both diagnosis and evaluation of breast carcinoma. Based on a current research by the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), the shift from conventional film based mammography to digital mammography has been associated with more life years gained (LYG) than film mammography (Van Ravesteyn, et al. 2015). In the current article, Bassett, Hoyt, & Oshiro (2010), have assessed and reviewed the quality evaluation criteria and process for digital mammography (DM). The key objective of Bassett, Hoyt, & Oshiro (2010), was to recognize potential quality ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the United States. Over the past twenty years, there have been significant changes in the way physicians screen and treat this disease. This paper will address common screening modalities, the effect of age and ethnicity on this disease, and its non-surgical treatment options. In the United States, there are three primary methods to screen for prostate cancer, prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a digital rectal exam, and a prostate biopsy. PSA is a glycoprotein that is released by the prostate. It is believed that when cancer disrupts the prostatic ...

Cervix is also called the neck of the womb. Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer affecting women, after breast and ovarian cancer (Saslow et al., 2012). It progresses slowly over the years. Cervical cell dysplasia is an early signs of cervical cancer. Though, not all cervical cell dysplasia terminates in cancer, it is still an important screening tool. Pap smear can detect cervical dysplasia and enables treatment of the condition at an early stage, even before it progresses to cancer. While dysplasia is a non-malignant condition, cervical cancer is a malignant disease that originates from cervical cancer ...

Introduction

The learning of a phenomenon requires the exploration of a variety of sources of information. The human personnel can be a source of specific information on certain aspect. For instance, interviewing a professional can help gather information on certain key aspects of the profession or a subject matter related to the profession. The interest in this paper is in the guidelines for the screening of colorectal cancer as a policy issue. To complement the secondary sources of information, this paper benefits from information gathered from an interview performed on the sixth day of July, 2016. The interviewee was Alison ...

Introduction and summary

Equal access to healthcare is essential to the sustainability of any nation. In fact, lack thereof compromises the survival rates of any population as it heightens the mortality rates. In the article, of disparities and diversity: Where are we? Gloria Sarto seeks to provide a rationale for the high levels of differences in the medical sector. She compares the minority population’s accessibility to healthcare facilities as opposed to the largely white community in the United States. Through this comparison, she establishes a credible argument on the need to eliminate health disparities among people around the globe. For instance, ...

Breast self-examination is one of the processes that has been utilized in the screening for breast cancer or the growth of tumor in the breasts. While being a common practice and preferred among many people, the lack of standardization on the detection, reading and translation of the results implies that it can cause anxiety and fear in the user. On the other hand, it can become a common justification for women to seek regular screening options and medication which all my not be necessary. Further, the breast self-examination has not been indicated across scholarly articles and research to minimize ...

Colorectal cancer can be treated to remission when it is detected early. This underscores the importance of screening for colorectal cancer (Miller et al., 2011). There is an increased incentive for screening for colorectal cancer considering that colorectal cancer ranks fourth among the top causes death for non-cutaneous cancers and an even higher second rank when all cancers are considered. Even with these incentives for compliance with screening protocols, Miller et al., (2011) finds that the compliance rates are still low and attributes it to several factors. These findings that are corroborated by Hernandez, Chowdhury, Fleming & Griffith, (2011) who ...

The Translation Science Project

The current translation project focuses on colorectal cancer. The translation science project is a contribution to the efforts towards the improvement of the compliance with the screening protocol of colorectal cancer for Latin America patients aged between 50 and 70 years in a community health setting in Miami-Dade. The proposed project’s objective will help to determine how health care staff utilizes evidence-based practices (EBP) CRC screening protocol to improve compliance among Latin population aged 50 to 70 years old. In this project, the population of interest will consist of Latin American patients aged between 50 to 70 years ...

Abstract

Worldwide, ovarian cancer is ovarian cancer is the sixth most diagnosed cancer and is responsible for the most deaths annually than any other disease of the female reproductive system. It has a poor prognosis because the symptoms are vague even into Stage IV of the disease. Epithelial ovarian cancer constitutes about 90% of diagnosed cases. Research has demonstrated that hormone therapy, chronic pelvic inflammation, and BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline pathogenic variants are factors in the etiology of ovarian cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2 is also associated with breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, fallopian tube cancer, prostate cancer, and primary peritoneal cancer. ...

The administration of proper medication is essential to the treatment of a health complication. As such, medical practitioners need to enforce proper measures in the issuance of medicine to enhance the betterment of patients (Bojesen et al. 375). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the value of medicines through the utilization of a case study. This study will be in line with the code of conduct for Oncologists since the medical practitioner in this scenario deals with cancer patients. Since the maintenance of confidentiality is essential to the success of the medical practice, the practitioners’ and patient’ ...

Source #1:

Web address where the site can be located where you are lurking: N/A A Summary of The Stated Purpose of the Site or Mission Statement: promoting fashion for people who are overweight Observational Notes: This site is a good source for black plus-size women since it promotes fashion suitable for them. The members of the group are active as evidenced by the fact that at the time of writing this paper, a photo posted seven hours before had recorded 1,690 likes. I would recommend this site since it encourages women who are overweight to develop a positive attitude ...

Breast cancer is a kind of cancer developing from breast cells. It involves abnormal breast cells growth and, in serious stages, can invade into other parts of the body (World Health Organization 1). The majority of breast cancer cases occur in women, however men can have breast cancer as well. National Cancer Institute reports that 232 340 female breast cancers and 2 240 male breast cancers occur in the USA each year, as well as 39 620 people die from this disease annually (Nordqvist 1). Breast cancer is more common in the developed countries. As for more statistics, in ...

Identify and describe a theory from nursing or from another discipline that provides the framework for your Evidence Based Practice proposal (Low income African Americans have higher risk for colorectal cancer). Explain your rationale for picking this theory. 

Statistics

For the modern civilized world, colorectal cancer is quite prevalent type of cancer and is the fourth largest among the others types of cancers. Every year in the global database 800 new cases of the disease are recorded, half of which are fatal. Interestingly, about 133 thousand of the victims are residents of the United States of America (American Canser Society, ...