Product Description: Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer in women and the second most common cause of cancer death in women in the U.S. While the majority of new breast cancers are diagnosed as a result of an abnormality seen on a mammogram, a lump or change in consistency of the breast tissue can also be a warning sign of the disease. Heightened awareness of breast cancer risk in the past decades has led to an increase in the number of women undergoing mammography for screening, leading to detection of cancers in earlier stages and a resultant improvement in survival rates. Still, breast cancer is the most common cause of death in women between the ages of 45 and 55. This book presents the latest research in the field.

• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc (March 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1608768813
• ISBN-13: 978-1608768813
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,278,965 in Books

Aggressive Breast Cancer

Product Description: You simply say, "Oh, no, this can't be cancer!" You talk to God like never before. And you realize it is time to get in touch with your inner self to learn who you really are. You ask questions like: "How will I come out of this, mentally and spiritually?" "Will I make it?" "Will my family make it? Have I prepared them for such a bumpy road?" Through it all, you learn to lean on God like never before, as well as on your praying friends. When treatment is over and good reports start coming in, you realize that you are a changed person. You have a new attitude about yourself; you realize you have a caring concern for others going through a similar trial. My desire is to reach out to those hurting "others", to give them hope and brighten their days. Perhaps, ultimately, even to encourage them in their personal relationship with God. Darrell Parrish is the only child of Dr. Fuchsia Pickett, renowned Bible teacher and author. Darrell was born and raised in Eden, North Carolina.

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Xulon Press (February 26, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1615797785
• ISBN-13: 978-1615797783
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces

Cancer and Me

Product Description: Anyone who hears the dreaded word "chemotherapy" naturally experiences feelings of fear and apprehension. For Steve Givens that one word was the beginning of a new chapter in his life, one that would change him in profound ways. He believes that a brotherhood and sisterhood exists between those who have battled a chronic disease or undergone chemotherapy. They know one another's pain, numbness, and exhaustion. They smile at one another when they meet in the hallway or while blood is drawn because they can relate and because they know. And here he shares his story with "kin," those who, like him, have no choice but acceptance. <P> He still experiences times of pain, confusion, and sadness on his journey to wellness, but he also feels renewed and reborn spiritually.

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications (March 29, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585957852
• ISBN-13: 978-1585957859
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #702,088 in Books

Embraced by God: Facing Chemotherapy with Faith

Product Description: Each year, some 1.5 million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer. The shock sends waves of fear through many more millions who are their family members. It's difficult enough to face the initial fear and anxiety caused by a cancer diagnosis, but that is followed by the difficult, tenuous, and sensitive questions: What can I do? What should I say? How can I help?

Family members of individuals diagnosed with cancer are, themselves, cancer survivors. Yet, all too often, their needs, questions, and concerns are not systematically addressed by the medical and human services systems. Surviving Cancer as a Family was written to help everyone touched by cancer understand and cope.

• Hardcover: 197 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (June 30, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313378940
• ISBN-13: 978-0313378942
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,030,360 in Books

Surviving Cancer as a Family (Disability Insights and Issues)

Product Description: Before entering every new substance - either edible or hygienic, and especially medicines and toxins ? into the distribution cycle, it is urgent and necessary to do detailed tests to challenge its safety in use and the side effects of that material. One of these tests is related to the cancerogenity of the substances, which are done until now based on the international protocols that are called: classic tests. Concluding my research in the University of Hamburg in Germany, it was clear that these experiments are not conclusive. There was known substances which are proved to be cancerogenic and highly risky, but they are entered in the consumption cycle in the world. Research showed that a non-classical mechanism helps these materials to produce cancer. This machanism was modeled, and it is suggested to use non-classical tests in the safety experiments of materials.

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller (February 10, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3639190807
• ISBN-13: 978-3639190809
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces

XENOESTEROGENS: Their mechanism of action in human breast cancer

Product Description: This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Nabu Press (February 17, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1144733766
• ISBN-13: 978-1144733764
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces

Cancer: Its Classification and Remedies

Product Description: Cancer experts say more people than ever before are likely to develop the disease at some time, but due to early intervention, the chances of survival are also increasing. Reduce Your Cancer Risk, copublished with the American Cancer Society, combines comprehensive information about how to reduce cancer risk organized around a 12-Step action plan. Written by a patient-expert, a cancer research doctor, and reviewed by the ACS, the book covers everything from how to assess one’s cancer risk to the latest cutting edge research on lifestyle changes that can cut an individual’s risk factors. Separating fact from fiction about cancer, the book presents advice for the average reader and those who have above-average or family risk for cancer. As well as discussing important lifestyle changes, it discusses preventive health strategies based on the latest research and guidelines from the American Cancer Society.

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Demos Health; 1 edition (May 4, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932603921
• ISBN-13: 978-1932603927
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #329,230 in Books

Reduce Your Cancer Risk: Twelve Steps to a Healthier Life

• Reading level: Young Adult
• Library Binding: 104 pages
• Publisher: Lucent Books (May 21, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1420502166
• ISBN-13: 978-1420502169
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,451,201 in Books

Cervical Cancer (Diseases and Disorders)

Product Description: Enrichment of CICs based on ALDH activity Cancer research obliges hope for enumerate cancer patients and their families. The goal is to find effective treatments. The current treatment methods fail over insufficient targeting of cancer initiating cells (CICs), which cause the relapse of cancer after treatment. Therefore, defining CICs is crucial for the development of more effective cancer treatments. In this study, the primary goal was to establish an in vivo system to evaluate the aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) enzyme activity based enrichment for CIC by using ALDEFLUOR-cell staining system. We have functionally tested our hypothesis using an immunodeficient mouse model to assay for enriched CIC tumor formation. Overall, our results indicate that ALDEFLUOR based sorting has the potential to enrich for CICs, which would benefit and be applied in clinical use for the diagnosis, prognosis and even more profound implications for the treatment of cancer, as it is these CICs that must be targeted to achieve cure.

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing (February 8, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3838339657
• ISBN-13: 978-3838339658
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces

A NEW APPROACH FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF CANCER INITIATING CELLS: THE ENRICHMENT OF LUNG CANCER INITIATING CELLS BY ALDEFLUOR STAINING