Oncology Internet Search

Oncology Internet Search Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Internet SearchIn finding information on Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) dogpile.com was utilized. Dogpile utilizes search engines from Google, Yahoo!, MSN Search, Ask Jeeves, Search, Looksmart, and About. After typing in "AM" Dogpile searches and lists all results found for AML. The decision is then up to the user as to which of the web sites he or she wishes to research further.On doing an Internet search for alternative or complementary therapies for AML a variety of web sites were examined. The first web site chosen was Leukemia-web.org. This site offers information on treatment options which include "chemotherapy, blood stem cell transplants, radiation, and surgery"(Leukemia cancer information, 2006)."Common chemotherapy drugs given during induction therapy include daunorubicin, doxorubicin, and cytarabine" (Leukemia cancer information, 2006). These drugs are able to kill the leukemia cells but also kill normal cells. Side effects of chemotherapy may include nausea, tiredness, and increased risk of infection.English: Myeloblasts with Auer rods seen in Acute ...The majority of client's show the disease to be in remission within a few weeks after induction therapy is completed. After induction therapy is completed more chemotherapy or a blood stem sell transplant may be considered for long-term treatment choices."Blood stem cell transplants can treat AML by transplanting healthy blood-producing cells into the patient's bone marrow" (Leukemia cancer information, 2006). There are three sources of stem cells that are being used for transplants. These sources are bone marrow, peripheral blood and umbilical cord blood."There are two types of blood stem cell transplants used to treat patients with AML:-Autologous blood stem cell transplants use the patient's own blood stem cells.-Allogeneic blood stem cell transplants use the blood stem cells of a donor" (Leukemia cancer information, 2006)."Radiation treatment is used sometimes to treat leukemia cells in the brain and spinal...

Stare Decisis Definition - Honor Past Precedents

Stare Decisis Definition - Honor Past Precedents Stare decisis (Latin: stand by the decision) is a legal phrase referring to the obligation of courts to honor past precedents.There are essentially two types of stare decisis. One is the obligation that trial courts have to honor the precedents of higher courts. A local trial court in Mississippi cannot legally convict a person for flag desecration, for example, because of a higher court- the U.S. Supreme Court- ruled in Texas v. Johnson (1989) that a flag desecration is a form of constitutionally protected speech.The other concept of stare decisis is the obligation of the U.S. Supreme Court to honor past precedents. When chief justice appointee John Roberts was questioned before the U.S. Senate, for example, it was widely believed that he does not accept the concept of an implicit constitutional right to privacy, upon which the Courts decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) legalizing abortion was based. But he implied that he would uphold Roe despite any personal reservations due to his com mitment to stare decisis. Justices have different levels of commitment to stare decisis. Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative jurist who often sides with Chief Justice Roberts, does not believe that the Supreme Court is bound by stare decisis at all.Stare decisis doctrine isnt always cut and dry when it comes to protecting civil liberties. While it can be helpful concept vis-a-vis the preservation of rulings that protect civil liberties, excessive commitment to stare decisis would have prevented such rulings from being handed down in the first place. Proponents of civil liberties hope that conservative justices support precedents set by the anti-segregation ruling Brown v. Board of Education (1954) on the basis of stare decisis, for example, but if the justices who handed down Brown had felt similarly about the separate but equal pro-segregation precedent set in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), stare decisis would have prevented Brown from being handed down at all. Pronunciation: star-ray dee-sigh-sus Also Known As: adherence to precedent; stare decisis is also similar, albeit not identical, to the concept of judicial restraint Common Misspellings: stare dicisis, stare decises