#1) How many women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer? 2000-2015?
Answer: Based on CDC data 313,905 cases of ovarian cancer. Each year, about 20,000 women in the United States get ovarian cancer. Among women in the United States, ovarian cancer is the ninth most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer death, after lung and bronchus, breast, colorectal, and pancreatic cancers. Ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system, but it accounts for only about 3% of all cancers in women.
In this case, the nurse should prioritize insulin
therapy for the risk of miscarriage
and birth defects is the highest with increase glucose levels. The glycated
hemoglobin or hemoglobin A1C that is >8 percent or the average blood glucose
is >180 mg/dL is an
indication of increase glucose level.
In addition, glucose in the mother's
blood will cross in the placenta to provide energy for the baby but would result
to high blood glucose levels in the developing baby as well, which is critical
and should be address immediately.
c) "I bet you have some kind of genetic problem that's messing up your bowels and your blood at the same time. You should have genetic testing."
