Posts Tagged ‘diagnose’
An investigation by the University of Navarra has identified a protein that could act as a diagnostic marker for lung cancer, in Navarre cause 18% of deaths from tumor.
Pamplona scientist Igor Hernández, has defended his doctoral thesis under the name ADAM8-Delta 14, is a molecule that is only detected in lung cancer cells and is used by them to activate the mechanism of bone degradation favoring metastasis and tissue destruction, as …read the rest of this entry»
I am Shou-I Wang Hsu, 63 years old. I was born and raised in mainland China but I received all my education–from early elementary and middle school through college–in Taiwan. I came to the United States after I was married, and I did not continue my studies after I came to the US. I have two children. I am getting old now. I stopped working in 1993 and our children have grown up and moved out. We have become what people call an “empty nest.” This is my personal background.
A Case of Chronic Misdiagnosis
My case of cancer took place in January of 1994. I remember that I had been sneezing every day and bleeding a lot. The blood would soak through a whole sheet of tissue. I thought it was strange and I put the tissue into a plastic bag. I took it along to see my primary care doctor, Dr. L. He looked at my condition and warned me,”Oh, many Chinese people have this kind of cancer and you should be prepared for if it turns out to be cancer.” The first time I heard about the cancer, I was quite nervous. I said, “What should I do?” He wanted me to have x-rays to see if it really was a cancer, so I went to the hospital and had an x-ray. When the report came back, it was fine, so I felt very relieved. However, after four or five months, I found my bleeding not only came out of my nose, there was a little blood that came out from my throat every day. …read the rest of this entry»
