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Leukemia, 2006.
This paper discusses leukemia, especially among children.
1,235 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 29.95
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This paper explains that leukemia is a cancerous disorder of the blood-forming tissues characterized by an excessive production of immature or mature leukocytes and consequently a crowding-out of red blood cells and platelets. The author points out that leukemia is diagnosed once there is a confirmed finding of an abnormal number of leukocytes in tissue from a bone marrow biopsy. The paper relates that leukemia may be treated by chemotherapy with anticancer drugs, radiation therapy, blood and plasma transfusions and bone marrow transplantation. The author underscores that the most common form of leukemia among children under 19 years of age is acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), which has an incidence among 1to 4-year-old children that is more than 10 times greater than the rate for young adults ages 20 to 24.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to Leukemia
Leukemia among Children
New Cases
Survival and Deaths
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"Leukemia is classified either as lymphocytic (Lymphatic) or myeloid and acute or chronic. Lymphatic leukemia is characterized by an excessive production of leukocytes of the lymphatic type, together with the enlargement of the lymphatic glands and the spleen. Myeloid leukemia on the other hand is a type in which there is an abnormal growth of the myeloid leukocytes and enlargement of the spleen. On the other hand, acute leukemia is characterized by the fast growth of immature blood cells. This swarm makes the bone marrow fail to produce healthy blood cells."
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Leukemia and Alternative Treatments, 2002.
This paper provides a definition of Leukemia and a discussion of established treatments for Leukemia as well as promising alternative treatments.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, £ 30.95
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This essay describes leukemia as a cancer that affects the blood production in bone marrow and the role that stem cells place in the growth of white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets (which are clotting agents). The essay then considers three approaches to treatment of acute leukemia, and explores alternative treatments at the micro-cellular level as the most promising method of curing leukemic cancer.
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, 2004.
This paper is a case study of a 5-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 52.95
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This paper explains that acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a leukemia in which the lymphoblast cells proliferate abnormally, resulting in the rapid progression of the disease with the abnormal cells easily infiltrating any organ in the body. The author points out that Jimmy has a favorable prognosis because his WBC count of 3,600/uL is within the range that suggests a favorable prognosis. The paper relates that two chronic complications of ALL are infection and bleeding.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Discussion of Jimmy?s Case
Risk Factors for Cancer and Characteristics for a Favorable Prognosis
Pathophysiology ( White Blood Cell Lymphoblast)
Clinical Manifestations and Pathology
Chronic Complications and Pathophysiology
Laboratory Tests: CBC and Uric Acid
Bone Marrow Aspiration Test
Intravenous Fluids and Allopurinol to Prevent Renal Failure
Medications: Allopurinol, Vincristine, Dexamethasone and Asparaginase
Conclusion
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"In ALL, a white blood cell lymphoblast becomes genetically altered and begins to clone itself and proliferate. This cloning begins in the bone marrow, where white blood cell production occurs. In healthy individuals, white blood cells are produced in the bone marrow and transferred to the blood on a continuous basis. In individuals with ALL, the same process occurs, except that white blood cell production proceeds at an excessive and uncontrollable rate. The normal blood cell production in the bone marrow provides the blood with the white blood cells. This means that when proliferation occurs, the cells produced naturally are transferred to the blood. These cells are then transported throughout the body. The proliferating cells can also be transported to the thymus, liver, lymph nodes, testes, and the CNS, and can continue to proliferate from those locations. ALL also results in reduced levels of the other components of blood including platelets and red blood cells because the proliferating white blood cells crowd them out."
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Leukemia, 2004.
An overview of the classification, symptoms, and treatment of leukemia.
3,961 words (approx. 15.8 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 74.95
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This paper looks at leukemia, a word used to describe a number of blood cancers, a condition that seems to exacerbate the white blood cell count. It discusses how leukemia affects all blood cells in addition to bone marrow, how it also affects other blood-producing structures, lymphocytes or white blood cells, and how it has four broad categories. It examines these different types, as well as the current forms of treatment and what the future potentially holds.
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"Treating chronic leukemia is very different from treating the acute form and often treatment is not even advised during the early asymptotic stages. Rather, the patient is closely watched and is monitored with blood tests as well as marrow biopsies. In additional to conventional treatment for this disease, there are therapies. Much of these are employed as an adjacent to as opposed to replacing medical treatment and may includes things such as imagery, visualization, meditation, hypnosis and relaxation techniques. Obviously, the therapies will not cure the cancer, but they may help the patient live a healthful and comfortable life, despite their serious condition. Also, nutrition is important for those with leukemia and sound nutrition is vital when undergoing chemotherapy."
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Leukemia, 2007.
A review of the definitions, risk factors and treatment options for leukemia.
1,047 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 25.95
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This paper describes and analyzes the type of cancer termed leukemia. It describes acute and chronic forms of the disease. It then describes the symptoms of the disease and the incidence in which they occur. It looks at risk factors that may contribute to the development of leukemia and specifically discusses diet as one such risk factor. Finally, the paper discusses treatment options for the disease.
Table of Contents:
Acute Cancer
Chronic cancer
Definition
Risk Factors
Symptoms
Treatment
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"Treatment seeks to achieve complete remission, meaning there is no longer evidence of the disease. Complete remission lasting five years is considered a sign of a cure (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 2006, para. 14). Survival rates have tripled in the last half a century, though more than 20,000 deaths a year can be attributed to the disease (The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 2006, paras. 15-16). A change in diet can aid in preventing the disease, along with an exercise regimen for general health. Avoiding known risk factors is also a preventive action of some importance."
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Acute Myelocytic Leukemia, 2002.
An overview of this type of blood cancer.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 8 sources, £ 30.95
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Acute myleocytic leukemia is a cancer of the blood which is heterogenous in nature, making it rather difficult to consistently treat. A rare subtype of acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myelocyticleukemia is characterized by a differentiation block at the myelocyticstage and by a reciprocal translocation affecting chromosomes 15 and 17 (Fielding, et al. 1994). As such, acute myelocytic leukemia has not received as much attention as acute myelocytic leukemia, and had not, until relatively recently, received the kind of research necessary to find effective treatments. This rare blood cancer had been universally fatal until 1985. Since that point, this rare form of cancer has experienced a significant boost in research and treatment. This paper will examine the chromosomal abnormalities which make up acute myelocyticleukemia, current treatments, and current research into acute myelocyticleukemia. The point of the examination is to provide a greater level of understanding into this form of cancer.
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Childhood Leukemia, 2002.
An overview of the causes, signs, symptoms and treatment of this disease.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 10 sources, £ 55.95
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This paper will discuss child leukemia and will include the general information, risk factors, types of childhood leukemia, signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests and types of treatment. By understanding the developments that are taking place for the care of this disease, we can see how medical science is treating this serious problem. By analyzing the many different angles of leukemi, we can see that a cure, perhaps, will be found.
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Leukemia, 2005.
A research paper which provides an overview of this form of cancer.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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This paper outlines the different forms of leukemia and differentiates between acute and chronic leukemia. It explains the symptoms of the disease and examines possible forms of treatment such as chemotherapy and cell transplantation.
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"Treatments for leukemia depend on the type of leukemia, the extent of the disease, and whether the leukemia has been treated before. Acute leukemia needs to be treated right away. Many people can be cured with acute leukemia. Chronic leukemia patients need frequent checkups to monitor the progression of the disease. Treatment can often control the disease and the symptoms but seldom cure it."
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Hemophilia Foundation & Children's Leukemia Foundation, 1999.
Examines Michigan organizations' history, focusing on its leadership, purposes and services.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, £ 32.95
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"Introduction
Nonprofit organizations exist in many different forms and for many different reasons, with some organizations serving only a small area in an urban setting while other organizations have a national, or even international, presence. Charities and foundations can be set up for research purposes, in order to provide direct financial assistance, or to provide some type of service to clients. Among the more popular types of nonprofit organizations are foundations, which typically have an endowment that is used to generate income for specific activities. Foundations are often formed to focus on a particular disease or group of diseases; this is the case with the Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan as well as the Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan. This research examines both of these organizations, including .."
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Leukemia, 2001.
Analysis of the disease, definitions, causes, treatments, future outlook.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, £ 60.95
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"Leukemia is not a single disease but a group of related diseases, and acute leukemia is a particular type that appears suddenly and that can have devastating results, most often leading to death, though continuing research has reduced the mortality rate as new treatments are tested all the time. The outlook is thus good given the number of avenues of research currently being pursued. An analysis of the disease and its current treatments point to areas for further research and development.
Definition
Leukemia is a rare cancer of the bone marrow that destroys its normal blood producing capacity, and it can be designated "acute" with the sudden onset of symptoms or can develop more ..."
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Alumina and an Environment Accusation, 2007.
This paper discuses the options available to Alumina, which is being accused of polluting Lake Dira and thus causing leukemia in members of the population living in the area of Lake Dira.
1,560 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 35.95
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This paper examines a case against the Alumina company in which a local resident is claiming that the company is contaminating Lake Dira and that her daughter has developed leukemia because of the contamination. The paper explains that the stakeholders in this case include Kelly Bates and her ailing daughter, the public, the EPA, the Alumuna workers, management and stockholders. The author recommends that, because there is no concluding evidence that the child was affected by the contamination five years earlier but there also is no information that completely erases the possibility, the appropriate solution for the situation is for the company to enter mediation with the plaintiff and to publish the findings of their independent study, which indicated that their current contamination levels are far below EPA regulations. The paper relates that these recommendations will present the company not only as an environmentally concerned organization but also as one that intends to respect all consumers ethically. This paper includes an extensive risk analysis matrix.
Table of Contents:
Key Facts, Regulations and Legal Issues
Values and Stakeholders
Legal Issues and Regulations
Recommended Solution, Ethical Resolutions and Company Values
Week Three Risk Analysis Matrix
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"It is apparent that the appropriate solution for the situation is for the company to seek to enter mediation with the plaintiff in the case. There is no evidence concluding that the child was affected by the contamination five years earlier, but there also is no information that completely erases the possibility. Since the child is a victim of leukemia, the chances that the jury will also see the child as a victim of Alumina's violation of EPA standards are high. This is because of the traditional views of juries in which they find favor for victims when they have been affected by the negative actions of corporate America."
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Civil Action, A (Jonathan Harr), 2001.
True story of court case re: death of children by leukemia resulting from industrial chemicals. Focus on grief of parents, reasons for settlement.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 21.95
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"In the book A Civil Action, Jonathan Harr tells the true story of a major court case involving the deaths of a number of children by leukemia, perhaps caused by the poisoning of city wells with industrial chemicals. The case developed as the mothers of the town began to investigate why there was a leukemia cluster in their small town in Massachusetts and continued as they determined that there was a need to confront the companies that may have done this to them and their families and to stop those companies from hurting anyone else in the same manner. In coming to this conclusion, the women went through the series of stages that have been identified in the literature as the stages of grief.
In 1969, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler Ross published a book entitled On Death and Dying in which she presented the results.."
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Bone Marrow Transplants, 1994.
A history and development of their effectiveness, problems, techniques and applications (leukemia, immunodeficiencies).
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 8 sources, £ 38.95
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"Bone Marrow Transplantation
One application of immunological methods to the treatment of human disease is bone marrow transplantation. During the 1960s, various technological advances led to the rapid development of this therapeutic modality. Perhaps the most important advance occurred in the field of transplantation immunology. Since that time, bone marrow transplantation techniques have acquired considerable sophistication. Currently, they are used for a variety of disorders including the leukemias, severe combined immunodeficiency states, osteoporosis, and various inherited diseases. In addition, bone marrow transplantation is also being considered for use against certain types of solid tumor.
The basic transplantation procedure is actually relatively simple (3:519). Multiple bone marrow aspirations are simply taken from a donor..."
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Therapeutic Cloning, 2004.
An analysis of the therapeutic potential of cloning technology for leukemia and other cancers.
1,078 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper discusses the controversial issues of stem cell research and cloning technologies for the purpose of curing various cancers. The paper describes how these ethically contentious issues represent the potential for incredible advances in the medical treatment of countless diseases. The paper explores government legislation that condones these practices. The paper illustrates the ethical difference between developing cloning technology to clone humans or as a cure for fatal diseases.
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"Throughout the twentieth century, the Church has continued to voice its strong opposition to some of the most beneficial developments of modern medical progress, such as organ donation, artificial insemination and, of course, contraception, even in the most impoverished regions of the world where thousands of infants die every single day from starvation caused by overpopulation. The most recent area of conflict between medical research and the Church concerns the countless beneficial potential applications of stem cell research and cloning technology for the treatment of human diseases such as Leukemia and other cancers."
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