According to the News Medical
website, the disease was first called cancer by Greek physician Hippocrates
(460-379 BC). He is considered the “Father of Medicine”. Hippocrates used the
terms “carcinos” and “carcinoma” to describe non-ulcer forming and ulcer-forming
tumors. An “ulcer” can be defined as an
open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in
the skin. It is definitely significant that Hippocrates used this word
“ulcer” to describe what a tumor is, a great juxtapose to allow one to interpret the monstrous disease inside
one’s self.
Throughout
many years cancer has been the second most leading causes for death in the
United States. On average about 584,881 people die each year due to Cancer. –NP.
“Leading Causes Of Death”; cdc.gov; Sep. 30. 2015. In Missouri alone
approximately 29,695 residents are diagnosed each year with cancer, this
amounted to more than three new cases of cancer diagnosed every hour of
everyday in Missouri. The five leading invasive cancers in 2007 were lung and
bronchus, prostate, female breast, colon, rectum and urinary bladder, according
to the Missouri Cancer Registry (MCR). With a rate that high, hospitals
are constantly on the edge of dealing with such a crisis when it comes to
treating patience. But not many could afford to do so, and a great amount of
Missouri residents can’t even afford health insurance. “Up to 25% of mid-Missouri women lack insurance, and Missouri’s
median income is less than the national average.” –NP; “Give Someone Else A
Tomorrow”; Ellisfischelhelpgiving.org. ND. With over dozen-cancer research facilities here in Missouri
including, Saint Louis, Springfield, Columbia and Kansas, They all have one
main priority and that is to fight to find a cure for a disease that has drastically
increased throughout the years. A problem arises though when the lack of funds
stands in the way of saving someone’s life and if they are to receive treatment
then they walk away with one hell of a bill that has a price so high it makes
them wish they were never treated. My goal here is to fund institutes to
increase research in finding the cure for cancer and at the same time help
people without insurance to be able to receive treatment. One institute in
specific that I will be talking a lot about due to it’s significant amounts of
patients it has healed and devotedness in the research of cancer is the Ellis
Fischell Cancer Research Center located in Columbia Missouri. The Ellis Fischel
Research Facility is a non- profit organization full of many researches that
have the potential and courage to helping people and treating them. It
undergoes one main problem, and that is the lack of funds it receives that hold
everything back from finding the cure for cancer as well as helping to save
hundreds of Missourian lives. To be
clear, my target is to fund this
facility by large private owned universities. The reason for this is due to
lack of government support and attention this is receiving as well as
universities interest when it comes to medicine. Universities such as Saint
Louis Universities and Washington University are amongst the top universities
here in the State of Missouri. With both a great interest, competitive and
outstanding schools in medicine, I believe convincing these Universities to
fund the Ellis Fischel program will not only benefit them in greatening their
reputation, but it will strengthen their core in medicine to help find the cure
for cancer and help treat patience who cannot afford to be treated. This can be
done in many ways. One proposal I suggest is to bring research to these Universities
and build hospitals on campuses. This will not only strengthen the school, but
will provide medical students with the ability to shadow and learn first hand
what is like to be in the shoes of a doctor. It will be much simpler and
convenient for people in the Saint Louis area to find treatment near them
instead of driving to two hours to be treated. It will also benefit Saint Louis
in bringing in many outsiders for treatment if all goes well with finding the
cure for cancer. My point is to fund the Ellis Fischel Research Facility will
not be a regretful decision, yet it will be one of the greatest accomplishments
and achievements of all time to hopefully finding the cure for a disease that
has been the cause for many innocent deaths.
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