BioPlus Project #6.pptx By Henry 2024-05-04

This presentation is mainly about bone cancer. It discribes the cause of bone cancer, how is the symptom and the treatment of bone cancer.

1. BioPlus #6 Bone Cancer Henry Xu 2024-04-29 Biology Paul Wegner

2. Introduction Type: Cancer Location: Bone Cause: This cancer might originally occurred on bone or the cancer on other locations turned on the bone. Symptom: Bone is too pain to move quickly; Swelling and tenderness near the affected area; Weakened bone, leading to fracture; Fatigue; Unintended weight loss Living probability: 67% in 5 years (US) History: 1.6-1.8 millions years Reason: Unknown

3. Terrible bone fracture The bone cancer can cause the decreasing of calcium of bones. The patient of bone cancer becomes very thin and the bones are easy to see. When someone touches this patient, the bone might be very pain and easy to broken!

4. Cause Bone cancer is a kind of inherited disease. Certain rare genetic syndromes passed through families increase the risk of bone cancer, including Li-Fraumeni syndrome and hereditary retinoblastoma. Like other cancers, bone cancer also has many stages, from 1 st stage to 4 th stage. The last stage is deadly and the patient has high probability of death.

5. How is it diagnosed? Bone cancer is usually diagnosed on the basis of the patient's symptoms, a physical examination, imaging tests and blood tests. Bone cancer is rare, it’s more common in children, teenagers and young adults than in older adults.

6. Modern treatment for bone cancer Almost 70 out of 100 people (almost 70%) survive their cancer for 5 years or more after they are diagnosed. About 3,970 new cases diagnosed (2,160 in males; 1, 810 in females) About 2,140 deaths (1,200 in males; 940 in females) Surgical removal is the most common treatment, but chemotherapy and radiation therapy also may be utilized. Radiotherapy is an important treatment for some bone cancers.

7. Famous people who died in bone cancer Name: Carl Sagan Born: 1934-11-09 (New York City, USA, New York) Occupation: Physics and astronomy Book: Pale Blue Dot and Contact Died: 1996-12-20 (Age 62) Also, my grandmother died in Apr 15 th in bone cancer at age 70. When she got bone cancer, calcium carbonate made her bones became loose and not hard and easy to broke. Her bone cancer was transform from her cardia, then lung and bone. But the good news is she believes in God, now she is in heaven.

8. Bibliography https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bone-cancer/symptoms-causes/syc-20350217 https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-who-died-of-bone-cancer/reference https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/bone-cancer/survival https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/bone-cancer/about/key-statistics.html

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