It is reported that genomic medicine, while delivering a powerful method to "tailor health care at the individual level by using patient's genomic information" results in new questions about ethics and privacy of this information. (Lea, 2008, p
). One of the most common societal intervention measures in genetic diseases that is used worldwide including in the United States and the United Kingdom is genetic screening whose principle is based on the binding of a query to the DNA molecule of the individual being screened (Samem, n
Moreover, several interventions or applications continue to evolve in various parts of the globe in order to deal with the diseases. The ongoing evolution of these interventions originate from the fact that researchers continue to discover more regarding the role of genes in common disorders (Scacheri, n
The approach has been developed through examining diseases like deafness in dalmations, great dane, hip dysplasia in German shepard, lab retrievers, Newfoundland, and glaucoma FCR in canine pedigree breeds. As a new technology for designing programs to prevent genetic diseases, the epidemiological approach consists of methods that use all relationships within the pedigree and common environmental factors (Wood, Lakhani & Henley, 2004, p
This progressive increase in the whole tumor cell proliferation is called cancer. As the tumor progresses, the daughter cells are in differentiable making more genetic changes (Bach, 2011)
Lung cancer often causes formation of fluids which accumulate inside the lung (s) or space around it. Tumors literally drives the inhaled air out of the lungs which the collapses the lung (atelectasis) (Cleeland, 2007)
Lung cancer can be treated regardless of the size, locality and area coverage of the tumor cells. However, the long-term outcome is not very favorable when the state is of advanced cancer (Holdstock, 2010)
While diagnosing cancer, lung cancer is approximately 13% of the total diagnosed cancers. Deaths due to lung cancer are 29% (Jemal, 2011)
Doctors have been unable to predict the life of patient with lung cancer. What matters is that it is possible to treat this cancer regardless of its stage, and it has been shown that different treatment methods assists people have a quality and longer life (Youlden, Cramb, Baade, 2008)
S If a disease is autosomal dominant, only one parent has to have the abnormal gene in order for the disease to be inheritable. Further, it is relatively common for the parent to have the disease as well as carry the inheritable disease gene (Korf, 2011)