Series: 13 days of Oncology with Kishan Sivakumar According to Figure 1 by BMJ Global Health, nations in Eastern and Southern Africa suffer from a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is a precursor to many fatal diseases. As…
Series: 13 days of Oncology with Kishan Sivakumar Blood cancer is a variant of cancer that affects “the production and function of…blood cells”, largely starting “in [one’s] bone marrow” (“Blood Cancers”). This spread affects stem cells in the bone marrow, which…
Series: 13 days of Oncology with Kishan Sivakumar Skin Cancer Skin cancer constitutes the “abnormal growth of skin cells”, with the leading cause of sunlight exposure, causing subsets of skin cancer like “basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma” (“Skin…
Series: 13 days of Oncology with Kishan Sivakumar Breast Cancer Breast Cancer predominantly occurs in “cells of the breasts” for either men or women; however, it is “more common in women” (“Breast cancer”). The signs of breast cancer include (but are…
Series: 13 days of Oncology with Kishan Sivakumar Eye Cancer Eye cancer “starts in the eye…when cells begin to grow out of control”, the most predominant variant being melanoma (“What Is Eye…”). The fatal disease primarily affects the vitreous humor in…
Series: 13 days of Oncology with Kishan Sivakumar Burkitt’s lymphoma Burkitt’s lymphoma is a “type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)” that forms “when the body makes abnormal B lymphocytes” (“Burkitt lymphoma”). Healthy lymphocytes are white blood cells “that normally help to fight…
Series: 13 days of Oncology with Kishan Sivakumar Cervical Cancer Cervical cancer has origins in “cells of the cervix”, which affects the vagina of an individual through its connection to the uterus (“Cervical Cancer”). STDs plague Uganda, and a specific one…
Series: 13 days of Oncology with Kishan Sivakumar In the well-developed oncology setting, there are specific difficulties incorporated in the field. Since the medicinal field is entirely dependent on the services to patients, there can be grievances in physical therapy and…
Series: 13 days of Oncology: with Kishan Sivakumar The article is regarding the rapid development of cancer in individuals in a Chinese village. Through a lack of proper environmental consideration, large-scale cancer development issues were due to pollution and a lack…
Series: 13 days of Oncology: with Kishan Sivakumar This article describes the complexity of cancer genomic research in oncology, as the field has deep roots in the study of cancer. The field has implications in using foundational medicinal concepts, like investigational…
