In this article “Sharing One Skin”, it talks about Okanagans and how their community, culture, and relationships best describes others through the phrase of “our one skin”. To me, this article seems like people are tied to one another by a bond that is uniquely human. Jeannette Armstrong is a member of the traditional council of the Penticton Indian Band in British Columbia. Around her birth place there were two mountain ranges: the Cascades on one side, and the Selkirks on the other. The main river flows through their lands and has 4 tributaries which are: Kettle, Okanagan/ Smikamean, San Poil, and Methow. She describes the landscapes because it tells people what her responsibilities are and what her primary goal is. She wants to explore the ideas of what it is like as human beings, as individuals have life forces within their skin. 

The 1st article states “among the big killers, together with lung, prostate and breast cancer”, these are the most dangerous health issues related in the US and all over the state that people experience and issue while growing up. Those that work in the system do say that in the field of treatment, chemotherapy was demonstrated to be effective, chiefly in stage 3 patients, and surgery was given to give out the best results with low morbidity. The cancer of the colon and rectum, therefore, is the biggest and most dangerous cancer there is worldwide. Cancer is very dangerous and is very risky to those with health situations and those that experience these types of situations often cut themselves from struggling and trying to better themselves all because they don’t want to fight the problems the colon gives them. The ranking of the colon to rectum cases is 2:1 or more but more in females. They state that in Western and Northern Europe it is more highly likely to get colon cancer rather than in Southern and Eastern Europe. Other high risks that are highly affected are North America, Europe, and Australia. Many high risks do include New Mexico and where I come from. Many people that are affected come from the ages of 45-54 years. Some of the risk factors that are set are non-dietary risk factors of colon cancer that include the following smoking Tobacco, chronic use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and aspirin which include these consecutive things. Some of the risk factors of cancer colon are highly treatable and often curable diseases when localized to the bowel. In the United States, it is the most common cause of cancer death. 

After viewing this second article, “Chemotherapy for Stage 2 Colon Cancer '', states in the article that colon cancer is an area of controversy in medical oncology and is the chemotherapy that aims to eradicate a micrometastatic disease that has been presented at the time of surgery. Colon Cancer is a recommended range of treatment options from observations to chemotherapy with single-agent or combination regimens, depending on the presence or absence of high-risk features but poorly give out the nodes, bowel obstruction, localized perforation, and positive margins. Chemotherapy in stage 2 colon cancer, does develop many people to this stage because therefore people who develop this type of health problem do have a higher risk of being exposed to death and when it's at this stage many people do tend to take that risk in letting themselves go. However, multiple meta-analyses do have a statistically significant benefit in overall survival that was seen for those patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy; however, multiple meta-analyses and retrospective subgroup analyses have turned into questions on chemotherapy. Along with this research, I then discovered that chemotherapy is the best way to find out if you have cancer or not and what the specific treatments are. 

In the first article I read, a parent is informed that he has stage four cancer. With a vaccine, he is attempting to preserve his life. He was identified as having a liver tumor from stage four colorectal cancer. He experienced a negative reaction to his chemotherapy treatment. In order to save his life he has to travel to Germany for dendritic cell therapy, where a vaccine is created for his immune system. The treatment in Germany was not cheap and there was only one injection. 

In the second article I read, with a healthcare professional, you should discuss this essential subject. Being aware of your bowel movements and discussing them with your doctor can be life-saving. Knowing if you have blood in your stool or something isn't right is something your doctor should be aware of because it could be a sign of a more serious condition like Crohn's disease, colitis, or colon cancer, which is concerning because cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and early detection is crucial to beating the odds.

In the last article I watched a video and it talks about the most common cancer in persons of all genders is colon cancer. It ranks as the third most common reason for cancer-related deaths in the US. Sometimes colon cancer can exist without any symptoms. Since colorectal cancer risk increases with age, screenings should begin around 45. Colon cancer can affect anyone, and early diagnosis saves lives. The six warning signs are: A change in bowel habits, Bloody stool, Unexplained anemia, Abdominal/pelvic pain or bloating, Unexplained weight loss, and Vomiting.