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The Role of Biomarkers in Oncology

Introduction A cancer biomarker is a substance or process that signposts the presence of a cancerous tumor in the body. It can be genetic, glycomic, proteonic, or epigenetic. Imaging biomarkers and processes like apoptosis, proliferation, and angiogenesis may also be used to detect tumors. Typical biomarkers are produced by tumor cells or healthy cells in

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How Useful Are Interferons in Oncology

Interferon Definition Interferons refer to glycoproteins which are synthesized by different cells in reaction to specific chemical inducers, immune stimulation, and viral infection. Interferon seems to act in a paracrine ability in the immune system, with an extensive range of impacts which imitates the endocrine system diversity. There are currently 20 identified interferons in human,

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Inflammatory Pathology of the Human Breast

Introduction Inflammation breast cancer (IBC) refers to a rare and highly aggressive disease where lymph vessels are blocked by cancer cells in the breast skin. This form of cancer is regarded as inflammatory since the breast frequently seems inflamed, red or swollen. IBC is rare form of breast cancer which accounts for 1 to 5%

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Google Experiences with People Analytics

This paper reviews Google experiences with people analytics. Basically, the concept of people analytics originated with Google at around 2007. By 2007, the company was hiring about 200 workers every week and by 2015, the company was already getting two million job applications to review before hiring on weekly basis. Google is said to give

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Four Categories of Street Drugs and an Example of Each

The four main categories of street drugs include cannabinoids such as marijuana, opioids such as heroin, stimulants such as cocaine, and club drugs such methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) (Center on Addiction, 2017). Marijuana is a form of cannabinoids which is used through smoking or swallowing. Its common street names include weed, ganja, bud joint or grass among

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Tumor Angiogenesis

Introduction Angiogenesis refers to tissues vascularization process that entails the formation of novel blood capillary vessels from previous blood vessels. Angiogenesis happens as a usual biological process in wound healing, in ischemia response and in the reproductive cycle of female. However, abnormal angiogenesis may happen resulting to both malignant and non-malignant diseases. Abnormal angiogenesis is

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