... you ask? Well answer may just be that you have the beginning stage of breast cancer. What is breast cancer you ask? Well cancer itself is a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. Breast cancer specifically is any type of malignant cancerous growth in the breast tissue. There are several types of breast cancer, but the common types are Ductal Carcinoma, Lobular Carcinoma, Medullary Carcinoma, and Mucinous Carcinoma ... the signs and symptoms of having the disease. Early signs and symptoms are very east to come by if one took a little bit of time to learn abou...

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... normal cells, the tumor is called malignant (cancerous). Cancers are named after the part of the body from which they originate. Breast cancer originates in the breast tissue. Like other cancers, breast cancer can invade and grow into the tissue surrounding the breast. It can also travel to other parts of the body and form new tumors, a process called metastasis. We do not know ... puts you at higher risk of developing a particular disease. A person's age, genetic factors, personal health history and diet all contribute to breast cancer risk. The following characteristics increase your ch...

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... CHEK2, P53 (Rivera-Varas, 1998). Eventually, each cell that develops will receive this mutated gene. Meanwhile, for a mutated BRCA gene to develop breast cancer, a second hit mutation must occur to cause the development of breast cancer. As an anti-oncogene, BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene are DNA repair genes which are located on chromosome 17 and 13 respectively. Inheriting a mutated BRCA1 ... and BRCA2 genes possesses a greater risk of developing breast cancer. However, people who inherit these genes have about 80% of developing breast cancer. Moreover, the causes of breast cancer are still unk...

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... , ethnic background and genetics have little, if any role compared to diet, lifestyle or other environmental factors." It is very frustrating to know that the major risk factors for developing breast cancer can not be changed such as sex, aging, family or previous history. Lifestyle changes have been shown to reduce the chances of getting a heart attack, a stroke and developing some cancers ... those women at very high risk who have had a hysterectomy, the benefits are much greater than the risks. For some people, even families, surgical prevention is best. If a family has breast cancer ...

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... the late detection of finding out you have this disease. This paper discuss the early detections, risk factors, treatments, emotional, and spiritual needs in the older adult woman population with Breast Cancer. "In the United States, it is the leading cause of death from all causes in women between the ages of 40 and 44 years" (Banasik & Copstead, 2010, p. ... cancers. Making these types of decisions for treatment can be difficult to decide on. Choosing the right treatments options for breast cancer will improve long-term health outcomes in survivorship. Breast Cancer can be shocking, di...

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... the largest decrease in younger women-- both white and black. This decline is probably the result of better detection and improved treatment. We do not yet know exactly what causes breast cancer, but we do know that certain risk factors are linked to the disease. A risk factor is something which increases a person's chance of getting a disease. Different cancers have different risk factors ... risk factors, such as smoking, can be controlled. Others, such as an individual's age or family history, can not be controlled. (Lee, 124) While all women are at risk for breast cancer, the factor...

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... to treat the matter. With all of the technology of today, the medical world has made so much progress in treating breast cancer and looking for a cure. Breast cancer is a potentially fatal disease that affects many lives. It can impact the lives of not only the women who have contracted ... from the disease," (Reach to Recovery, 5). There are many different risk factors believed to be involved in increasing a woman's chance of getting breast cancer. Some factors such as age and gender cannot be changed, but others are related to the environment, which can be controlled by choice. Simply ...

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... the largest decrease in younger women-- both white and black. This decline is probably the result of better detection and improved treatment. We do not yet know exactly what causes breast cancer, but we do know that certain risk factors are linked to the disease. A risk factor is something which increases a person's chance of getting a disease. Different cancers have different risk factors ... risk factors, such as smoking, can be controlled. Others, such as an individual's age or family history, can not be controlled. (Lee, 124) While all women are at risk for breast cancer, the factor...

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... over 44,000 American women's lives alone, each year. Another quote by Christina Middlebrook explains more of the shocking diagnosis of breast cancer in her story, "Sailing", "Cancer will kill me. It will sneak up on me, make microscopic but lethal invasions into tiny parts of my body without ... in a tumor. (Hirshaut and Pressman 33) There are benign and malignant tumors, malignant being most serious, and also several types of breast cancer. Most breast cancers originate in the ducts and are called ductal or duct cell carcinoma, it can also originate less commonly in the lobules resulti...

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... disease each year, which is about one woman every fifteen minutes? Preview: Today, I would like to inform the class about breast cancer and how it is detected, the risk factors, the stages, and the treatments of breast cancer. Body: 1. There are several ways to detect breast cancer. A. Palpation i. Feeling with fingers B. X-Rays i. Mammography ii. The most widely used detection system C. Thermography i. Photographic method D. Biopsy i. Taking tissue ... others. A. Women over 40 B. Women with other organ cancers C. Women whose relatives have had breast cancer D. Women with history of bre...

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... do have it won't show the symptoms until they grow older studies show that 80% of women who have breast cancer are over the age of 55. Genetic symptoms show in less that 10% of all of the breast cancers. When women have had genetic cancer, they have well recognized features that distinguish them from sporadic cases. Genetic cases make it easier on doctors ... of these genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, have been identified as dominant genes known to be responsible for a large proportion of cases of inherited breast cancer. A woman with a BRCA1 mutation is thought to have a 60% to 90% lifetime risk...

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... eye. Eight most common cancers found in animals are skin which usually are found on older pets, breast typically on cats about an 85% chance more than dogs something that decreases the chances of breast cancer in animals is fixing them. The head and neck, lymphoma, feline leukemia complex, testicles which is another good reason to fix the animals, abdominal tumors, and bone ... that 21,000 people died of cancer a day! Cancer is found throughout the world not just one part of the country, the U.S does have the highest rate of skin cancer though. Cancer has a 77 percentage that cancer is ...

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... do not. They continue to grow and crowd out normal cells. There may be many types of cancer, but all of them have this out-of-control growth of cells in common, but different kinds of cancer can behave very different. Lung cancer and breast cancer are very different diseases. They grow at different fates and respond to different treatments. The types of cancers are ... as follows; breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, lymphoma, prostate, skin, stomach, testicular, and more. This is why people with different ... types of cancer need the treatment that aims their kind of cancer. If the spr...

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... have no symptoms at all, especially in the early stage. Certain types of testicular cancer (such as germ cell tumors) will secrete high levels of a hormone called Human Chorionic Gonadotropis Hormone (HCG). This hormone stimulates breast development. One of the uncommon symtoms for Testicular Cancer is breast tenderness or breast growth. Blood tests can measure HCG levels. These tests are important in determining the ... stages of the cancer as well as diagnosis, and in follow-up of some cancers. The most common place for ... the cancer to spread to is the lymph nodes in the posterior ...

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... and vegetables a day, eating a low fat diet, maintaining a healthy weight, being physically active, and protecting your skin from sunlight are key steps in preventing the offset of cancer. Currently, in a broad sense, much is known about the causes. Diet, radiation, smoking, viruses, environmental pollutants and workplace carcinogens all can play a role. Some of these ... produces a tumor-fighting substance. 1993 Researchers at Johns Hopkins University discover the gene for human non-polyposis colon cancer. 1994 Government and academic scientists led by University of Utah researchers dis...

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... in situ (CIS) or intratubular germ cell neoplasia. Researchers have estimated that it takes about 5 years for CIS to progress to the invasive form of germ cell cancer. When a testicular cancer becomes all encompassing, its cells have broken through the surrounding tissues and may have spread through either the blood circulation or the lymph nodes (small, bean-shaped collections ... chance of getting cancer. One sign may be men with undescended testicle(s), which is when the testicle(s) does not descend into the scrotum at birth. Another is when men have abnormal testicular development....

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... eggs ( ). Awareness of these carcinogens is futile in the prevention of cancer. Avoiding these and many others at all costs is the first step in cancer prevention. The best method of prevention and treatment is to regularly check for cancer. Annual doctor visits and breast self-examinations for women are helpful. Cancer, when it is caught early, is easier to treat. The stages ... ability to block or slightly change cancerous mutations in normal cells during cell division and differentiation (Klein). Oncologists, Stanbridge and Ceredig, found that if human cervical carcinoma cells (cervic...

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... in situ (CIS) or intratubular germ cell neoplasia. Researchers have estimated that it takes about 5 years for CIS to progress to the invasive form of germ cell cancer. When a testicular cancer becomes all encompassing, its cells have broken through the surrounding tissues and may have spread through either the blood circulation or the lymph nodes (small, bean-shaped collections ... chance of getting cancer. One sign may be men with undescended testicle(s), which is when the testicle(s) does not descend into the scrotum at birth. Another is when men have abnormal testicular development....

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... to prevent it. One may wonder if cancer is a disease that travels through a family because of genes. The answer is that cancer will be more likely to occur in those who have close family members who have also had cancer. Breast and Ovarian cancer are the cancers that are most likely to ... be hereditary. A person can be tested to see if they are likely to inherit cancerous cells from a family member. Genetics are very important because they play a roll in finding a cure for cancer. Currently, ... . In the future, scientists hope that many medical advances will take place. Important adva...

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... Cancer is a disease in which cells multiply without control, destroy healthy tissue, and endanger life. About 100 kinds of cancer attack human beings. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, among both men and women. Lung cancer claims more lives then colon, prostate and breast cancer ... combined. In 1999 about 91,000 men and 68,000 women died of lung cancer. The peak age for lung cancer ... is 65years for men and 70 years for woman. The disease is uncommon before the age of 40. The exact cause of lung cancer ... investigated immediately; so should whee...

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... was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. The doctors gave her a less than thirty percent chance of living. Since then she has had cancer three other times. Breast cancer twice in "85 and "90, and most recently, colon cancer two summers ago. She has had many different treatments including chemo and radiation therapy as well as surgery to remove lumps in both ... breasts and her colon. What is cancer? There are more than 100 different types of cancer. It occurs when cells become abnormal and divide ... P-glycoproteins help in the build up of resistance to this multidrug technique. In a pres...

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... for certain types of cancer including head and neck cancers. There are some side effects with radiation such as fatigue, loss of appetite, skin damage and hair loss. A person usually has to go through radiation for several treatments in order for the therapy to get destroy all of the cancerous cells. 2. Head and neck cancers along with breast, cervix, lung, non- ... . None of these have had evidence to support their claims of curing cancer in any way but they all help to ease pain and mental stress for cancer patients. 5. Breast Cancer The estimated number of breast cancer cases in 2002 ...

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... becomes cancerous once it goes through metastasis which is the spread of cancer cells beyond their original site. there are hundreds of different cancers. Retinoblastoma is cancer of the eyes which is uncommon but unfortunately breast cancer is not. One of the most common and deadly diseases among woman today is cancer of the breast(s). It all begins with chromosome 17. Scientists have recently found that ... chromosome 17 is the chromosome where the gene for breast cancer can be found. Sunlight or Carcinogens, such as ... in just one base pair in a gene can alter the gene and eventuall...

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... semester for an accounting degree. Another thing I admire about my mother is that she is a strong woman. When I was in the ninth grade, I learned that my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Although she received chemotherapy, her hair didn"t fall off but I could tell how weak she would be after receiving chemo. At the time, I was misinformed and thought chemotherapy only made ... patients bald. I could not have been more wrong about anything in my life. I now know that my mother fought cancer and it didn"t have a chance. My mother dominated it and beat it to a pulp. Until this day, my...

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