Honors- Cancer Research Article 2

http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/11/S2/P31

This article was about another study that was done that relates to breast cancer. The study that I read about this week had to do with an alternative treatment that is more efficient and is less procedures. With the help of ultrasound, a patient is put under anesthetics, and localization is done, with a wire, but this method proved to be much more accurate.

As if it isnt bad enough to have breast cancer, it would be terrible to have to go through so many different procedures and have some of them be "un-comfortable" I think that this new development is important because not only is it fewer procedures for the patient, it also showed to be more accurate.

The best time to begin fighting cancer is at its earliest stages and if there is one treatment that works better then there (theoretically) would no cancerous cells coming back. I think that the results from this study are important because any kind of development in cancer research means a lot. The direct wire treatment helps surgeons find a very localized dissection place, and this treatment doesn't require a full radiology team, which leaves them open to help radiate peoples more serious tumors. I think this research will be valuable because it benefits everyone, patient, surgeons, radiology teams, doctors and the hospital.

Honors- Cancer Research

A link to my first article:

http://www.cancerjournal.net/article.asp?issn=0973-1482;year=2009;volume=5;issue=2;spage=93;epage=101;aulast=Wadasadawala

This article was about a study done relating to breast cancer. The study was a comparison of two different treatments and how different sub treatments effected the people involved. The two treatments were accelerated partial-breast irradiation and conventional whole-breast radiotherapy as it related to early breast cancer. I thought it was a bit of a challenge to read a real medical journal and some the the treatments were some I had never heard of. I never realized there were so many different ways to do radiation or other cancer treatments. I also thought it was interesting that the one that is the most effective has a better cosmetic outcome.

The best time to begin fighting cancer is at its earliest stages and if there is one treatment that works better then there (theoretically) would no cancerous cells coming back. I think that the results from this study are important because any kind of development in cancer research means a lot.

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis matters to me because without it, plants wouldnt need the CO2 to give them energy, and then humans wouldnt have any oxygen to breathe. Without photosynthesis we wouldnt have pretty green plants or plants that have such cool and vibrant colors. This website that helped me learn about photosynthesis the best because it had a helpful narration and plenty of arrows to show me each part. It was helpful to hear someone tell me about it while I saw the animation and the pictures, similar to a teacher in school. I also thought it was very beneficial to have the quiz at the end of it so I got to review and actually put the knowledge I just gained to the test.

http://trc.ucdavis.edu/biosci10v/bis10v/media/ch05/photosynthesis_summary_v2.html