Breast cancer

Cancer is a disease that is caused by abnormal cells in a part of someone’s body. Anyone can be diagnosed with cancer, it is not something that only affects certain people. Sometimes the cancer can be hereditary meaning that a family member has had the same type of cancer in the past. However, one of the most common cancers for women is breast cancer. Breast cancer is a cancer that is well known since there is a month that is dedicated to bring awareness to breast cancer but not many people…

There is a misconception that breast cancer affects only women. That is false. Breast cancer can affect both men and women. Though, breast cancer in men is rare, it is still possible. Statistics have shown that white-non Hispanic women are the most susceptible to breast cancer due in part to genetic factors. African American women have higher rates of mortality due to the fact that they are less likely to get screened for breast cancer. Breast cancer and all other cancers are caused by abnormal…

Breast Cancer: Men vs. Women Breast cancer in one of the leading causes of death in women. This is pretty apparent when considering how many organizations have been created for this reason. The whole month of October is even set aside as “breast cancer awareness month.” These foundations have many goals such as raising money for the breast cancer patients and spreading the importance of catching it early by regularly getting mammogram test, increasing the chances of survival. What many people…

One is diagnosed with breast cancer when a group of cancer cells form in the tissues of the breast known as a malignant tumor. This tumor can continue to grow and spread through the body if not detected early or taken care of as soon as possible. This disease is the second leading cause of women’s death, and one in eight women will be diagnosed with it in their life. Approximately 220,000 women in the United States alone are diagnosed with breast cancer every single year. Of that amount, about…

support of the breast cancer. Breast cancer awareness provide some practical support to educate our citizens, to dispense uncountable on the money for treatments and researches. To raise awareness and reduce the stigma of breast cancer through education on symptoms and treatment is the effort of Breast Cancer Awareness. Early knowledge which lead to earlier detection of the cancer is hoped by supporters to imagine with long-term survival rates and that money raised for breast cancer to produce a…

cure them more often than before. Breast and Ovarian cancers are caused by inherited changes in genes such as BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. Genetic testing should be used to inform people of their being at high risk for cancer because knowing if someone has cancer can benefit the person in the long run. A person who is told that they have breast or ovarian cancer can research about the cancers and make informed decisions about their life. There are many factors involving cancers such as different…

diagnosis of breast cancer is one of the most dreaded words that a woman could hear out of a doctor’s mouth. It affects on in eight women in the United States (McCartney, Davidson, & Alic, 2015). This is a prevalent problem, particularly in African American women. They are much more likely by 40% to die of the illness than their Caucasian counterparts (McCartney et al., 2015). However, a diagnosis does not necessarily equate to a death sentence. This paper will analyze the prevalence of breast…

Three cancers, which are prevalent in modern society, are breast, lung and prostate cancer. These three cancers have different impacts on different ethnicities such as Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaskan Native. In the following we will take a look at the three cancers within these three nationalities. While breast cancer is mainly common in women while rare, men can actually get it as well. There are two common methods used to detect the possibility that breast…

The agony of watching my grandmother lose battle to an aggressive cancer, when I was but eight years old, has channeled in my life as a driving force to combat this disease. My resolution to battle cancer has affected my education choices. I chose XX for my undergraduate studies for its excellence in cancer research and cancer treatment development. During the final year of my undergraduate studies I was involved in studying and identifying the role of post translational modifications, such as…

anxiety, stress, depression, and increases quality of life on a cancer patient. In particular, cancer originated from uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells in the body. Cancer can develop in any part of the body of male and female. For example, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and gastric cancer. Generally, cancer is known as a chronic illness; a disease that persists for a long time, depending when it was detected in the body. Cancer is a disease that affects physiological, social, and…