your modifiable risk factors for this disease Breast cancer is a type of cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas, while those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas. Breast cancer occurs in humans and other mammals. The primary risk factors for breast cancer are female sex and older age.[19] Other potential risk
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Breast Cancer Breast Cancer is an uncontrolled growth of breast cells, to better understand breast cancer, helps to understand how any cancer can develop. Breast cancer is result from the increase in harmful cells in the breast. Cancer happens as a result of undergo, or abnormal changes, in the genes responsible to adjust the process of cells and keeping them healthy. Breast cancer originates from breast tissue, most commonly from
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Breast Cancer Name: Institution: Breast Cancer Cancer is the most common global cause of death, which raises serious public concern. According to a new analysis by American Cancer Society researchers, breast cancer prevalence rates rose to some extent among African American women from 2006 to 2010, resulting to rates closer to the historically higher rates among white women. However, it is unclear as to why there has been such a high increase, thus researchers
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Breast cancer is a form of cancer that is known to be the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among American Women according to the National Cancer Institute. This is known to affect at least one out eight women that live to be the age of 80. My research will be to help other individuals develop a better understanding of what breast cancer is and what it entails. First of all, there is a personal experience of my own that I would like to share. My grandma was a survivor of breast cancer, she fought
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Breast Cancer: What is it? The Statistics: Breast cancer incidence in women in the United States is 1 in 8 (about 13%). In 2009, an estimated 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 62,280 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer. About 1,990 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in men in 2008. Less than 1% of all new breast cancer cases occur in men
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Breast Cancer COM/172 September 3, 2013 Frank Nainoa, MA/Communications Breast Cancer Breast Cancer is one of the most diagnosed cancers in women. According to “American Cancer Society” (2013) “one out of eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. For 2013, it is estimated about 232,340 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed and 39,620 women will die from this cancer” (2013). In this paper I plan to explain how early detection, diagnosis, and treatment are a prominent
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Breast Cancer in Women As most of us look ahead into what we expect for our future, we will envision a life of good health, success and family. What if the health factor was not good? What if the woman in the family became ill with one of the most uprising and terminal illnesses. Breast cancer is a type of cancer which develops from a mutated gene. “One in 10 American women who live to be 70 develop breast cancer, with more than 180,000new cases diagnosed each year.” (Predicting breast-cancer
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Breast Cancer Breast Cancer is a cancer that forms in tissues of the breast, usually the ducts (tubes that carry milk to the nipple) and lobules (glands that make milk). It occurs in both men and women, although male breast cancer is rare. Anyone women could be at risk for breast cancer but, there are factors that make some women more susceptible to breast cancer than others. A risk factor is anything that affects your chances of getting a particular disease. Some can be controlled and some can’t
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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 an uncontrolled growth of breast cells that results as mutations or abnormal changes in the genes responsible for regulating growth of cells. Over time, the cancer cells invade nearby healthy breast tissue. If the cancer gets into the lymph nodes then they have a pathway into other parts of the body. Most breast cancers begin in the cells the line the ducts (ductal cancer). Some begin in the cells that line the lobules (lobular cancer) while a small amount of cancers start in other
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