BREAST CANCER – CHROMOSOME 1 K. MERRILL PERKINS POST UNIVERSITY Overview The female breast is made up mainly of lobules (milk-producing glands), ducts (tubes that carry the milk from the glands to the nipple), and stroma (fatty tissue and connective tissue surrounding the ducts and lobules, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels). Cancer is a broad term for a class of diseases characterized by abnormal cells that grow and invade healthy cells in the body. Breast cancer starts in the cells of
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Breast Cancer Even though there are other forms of cancers, it is the most common type of cancer. In 2008 there were many deaths caused from breast cancer and new cases of breast cancer. Breast Cancer is a form of cancer found in the breast tissue. It is made of abnormal cells that grow into lumps which gather together called tumors. Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of deaths in women in North America. In 2008, in the United States, there were an
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Breast Cancer is the most common cause of death in women Breast Cancer is the most common diagnosed Cancer among women and it is the second leading Cause of death in women between the ages 34 to 54. There are many women everyday diagnosed with breast Cancer but usually do not understand a lot about it in terms of how they got it and how it is supposed to be treated. It is a very serious disease that should not be taken lightly. There are many signs and symptoms of Breast Cancer that can help
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the news. She always had this glow, barely any wrinkles, make up always done, hair died a crimson red to keep the grey from peeking its way through. She was beautiful, always was. This was my grandmother who had just been told she had stage four breast cancer. The treatments were pointless, they only caused more pain when they knew death was knocking on her front door. They made the promises of many years to come, as long as she continued with the treatments. Who knew doctors could lie so well? Not
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TECHNOLOGIES THAT MAY IMPROVE BREAST CANCER DETECTION. Amy was just seven months shy of her 45th birthday when the doctor delivered the deadly news. She had just been diagnosed with breast cancer and unfortunately for her the cancer had spread and the doctor could not offer any consoling news. She was given two years max to live. Amy was devastated, and as predicted she passed on just two months shy of her 47th birthday. Surprisingly, Amy had always done her breast exams and mammograms at the recommended
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Breast Cancer Awareness I want to have the first page contain information on how important it is for early detection, and what you are looking for. Mammograms are important to start at age 40 and to continue them every year. A list of Doctors in the area that specialize in women’s care and the type of insurance they accept. Have a list of support groups and counselors that you can talk too. Have a message board set up for questions to a doctor and for questions to others that have been through
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one day for ourselves. Our mother is a strong woman. Whether by continuously working her way up the mountain of parenthood, pushing herself to go to night school after long strenuous days at work, or combatting the crippling parasite we call “breast cancer”, she has never overlooked her role as a mother. According to her, “she has never swayed from her virtues and she felt it was her duty to instill in her boys the same values, principles, and virtues that were instilled in her”. (Barrientes, M)
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Spring“, a Rachel’s Carson classic work, a clarion call to protect the American public from manmade synthetic pesticides that cause genetic mutations and cancer. Carson not only described how persistent chemicals were contaminating the natural world, she documented how those chemicals where accumulated into our bodies. Since then, studies of human breast milk and body fat have confirmed the extent of our exposure. Human beings in such remote locations as Canada’s far northern Baffin Island now carry
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infiltrate, Breast & Bone Cancer Secondary Diagnosis if any): Respiratory Distress Surgery Type/Date (if any): Lumpectomy on Rt. Foot at 2002 Working Medical Diagnosis/Etiology (describe definition, pathophysiology, and sign/symptoms) Metastatic Breast Cancer Metastatic breast cancer is the term used to describe cancer that has spread from the original site in the breast to other organs or tissues in the body. Cancer cells can break away from the original cancer in the breast and the
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controlled trials demonstrate a 7% to 23% reduction in breast cancer mortality rates with screening mammography in women 40 to 49 years of age. Screening mammography is associated with an increased risk for mastectomy but a decreased risk for adjuvant chemotherapy and hormone therapy. The risk for death due to breast cancer from the radiation exposure involved in mammography screening is small and is outweighed by a reduction in breast cancer mortality rates from early detection. Rates of falsepositive
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