Human Body Chemicals and the links to Breast Cancer: Prevention Methods It's difficult to examine the effects of individual chemicals on risk for a disease as complex as breast cancer. The time between exposures and development of the disease may be decades. We may not know what chemicals we've been exposed to, and we are not exposed to chemicals in isolation. With more scientific evidence emerging daily, it's clear the chemicals in our environment play a role in altering our biological processes
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to write about breast cancer. Breast cancer is a form of cancer that forms in the tissue of the breast. It is mostly common in women, although men can get it. The risk factors that can contribute to a person getting breast cancer are, gender, age, genes, heritage, and breast density. Breast cancer is most commonly found in women due to the constant exposure to estrogen and progesterone. The next risk factor is age. The older you are, the higher the risk of developing breast cancer becomes. Your
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I chose to do the breast cancer assessment. Breast cancer is where tumors in the tissue of your breasts become what doctors’ call malignant. Early screening is one of the things that helps reduce breast cancer because if the tumors are caught before they become malignant they are easier to treat because they are pre-cancer. There are some risks of breast cancer that cannot be controlled such as genetics, family history, and environmental exposers or behaviors that occurred in the past. However, there
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'Alcohol-Attributable Cancer Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost in the Unites States' is a current 2013, peer reviewed research from The American Journal of Public Health. The Objective of the article was to "provide current estimates of alcohol-attributable cancer mortality and years of potential life lost in the United States" (Naimi, 2013). The research contains many methods, sources, discussions, statistical analyses, results, limitations and strengths. After conducting the research, they
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Breast Cancer Warning Signs •A lump in the breast or armpit •Sore or tender nipple •A change in the size and/or shape of the breast •An inverted nipple (turned into the breast) •Scaly, red, swollen, ridged or pitted skin of the breast, nipple or areole •Fluid discharge form the nipple •Breast pain (Seldom - but occasionally - a breast cancer warning sign) Stages of Breast Cancer Stage 0 (carcinoma in situ) There are 3 types of breast carcinoma in situ: * Ductal carcinoma in
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Breast Cancer Ashley Gay January 18, 2012 Module F Breast cancer is a malignant (cancerous) tumor that forms in the tissues of one or both breasts. Although breast cancer primarily affects women, it can also occur in children and men. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States. “ACS estimated that 261,100 new cases of breast cancer (in situ and invasive cancers) were
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diagnosed with cancer will die of the disease. According to David Chan, breast cancer is define as a growth of abnormal tissue within the breast that is dangerous because it causes damage by invading and disrupting normal breast tissue. Breast cancer develops from normal breast tissue, from the structures within the breast that are responsible for making breast milk ( the lobules) or carrying the breast milt to the nipple (the ducts) there are tow important characteristics of any cancer that make it
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Breast Cancer I took the breast cancer health assessment through the University of Phoenix Life Resource Center. The results from the health risk assessment estimated my risk for developing breast cancer on a scale of average women. It also makes you aware of which factors may contribute to my risk and what can do be done to reduce these factors. I can also take more cancer risk profiles. This will create a picture of a specific cancer and what action I can take to reduce my chances
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code for a protein receptor, the Her2 receptor, which deals with cell growth and differentiation. Some polymorphisms in the Her2/neu genes can change how some women’s breasts grow, leading to possible tumors. Cancer can also cause mutations, making the Her2/neu genes overactive, leading to tumors. Thus, women with breast cancer are routinely checked for Her2/neu over-activity. Physicians prescribe a drug called Herceptin to these Her2/neu positive patients. Herceptin does not work as well with
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Breast Cancer Breast cancer is an uncontrolled growth of breast cells. To better understand breast cancer, it helps to understand how any cancer can develop. Cancer occurs as a result of mutations, or abnormal changes, in the genes responsible for regulating the growth of cells and keeping them healthy. The genes are in each cell’s nucleus, which acts as the “control room” of each cell. Normally, the cells in our bodies replace themselves through an orderly process of cell growth: healthy new cells
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