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Cancer patient - Definition and Overview |
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Although every disease has its patients, to be a cancer patient has a very specific meaning, both to the patients and their relatives and the general public. Often, there is a large amount of misunderstanding surrounding cancer diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.
A diagnosis of cancer is by no means a death warrant. Rather, it depends completely on the nature of the malignancy whether the patient will die of the disease (as in mesothelioma) or with the disease (as in most cases of prostate cancer). At the present moment, 50% of all newly diagnosed malignancies are being cured.
Receiving the diagnosis of cancer is a secretly harbored fear for many people. In a sense, being diagnosed with a malignancy with an 80% 5-year survival is considered worse by most people than to be diagnosed with heart failure, which - dependent on its stage - has a much more dismal prognosis.
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Example Usage of patient |
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MistahMarvel: patient chicks never compare to prudent chicks She might eat the dick like she slow cooked the dick And she stewed the dick,a ruthless bitch |
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hakiem_law: Be patient n enjoy.. Hehe.. RT @ikearumnavianti: Makanya.Udh ga fresh otak*alibi |
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mitchie313: @christtyy i was putting in my retainer u piece of sheeet heheh but did u like my sick patient look ..i look hawttt ya i know |
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