Breast cancer

2014, there are 7,607,230 women living in the United States that have cancer, and about 1.8 million (13%) of these women were diagnosed with breast cancer (“International Cancer Control”). While scientists continue to try and find a cure for every stage of this vicious disease, one in 36 women die from breast cancer, making it the second leading cause of death in female cancer patients “What are the Key Statistics About Breast Cancer?”). If scientists are working to hard to find cures, how are…

Breast Cancer Survivor How great it is to give advice to friends that are going through cancer. Marcella Pittman was a brave lady. Ms. Pittman was a very tall lady with hazel eyes and short black hair. She was married to her husband for over 50 years. Ms. Pittman had two children, Mary and Greg. Her profession was a school teacher for over 30 years at Sylvania Williams Elementary School. She taught Math and after teaching there she was named Principal. As a principal, she was very intelligent…

than just simply saying that I was dehydrated they thought I was fine and sent me home. It was only later we found out dehydration was the least of my worries. At age 23 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. They had me weigh my options but ultimately a double mastectomy was my best chance at having all the cancer removed and me living a somewhat normal life afterwards. After the mastectomy my marriage pretty much failed, my husband cheated and left and my kids didn’t understand what happened to…

to the Breast Cancer Association. These are my caring instincts that kick in before my selfish instincts. Keeping the money to myself didn’t cross my mind once. I will first tell you why I would donate my money to the Breast Cancer Association. Then I will proceed to tell you why it would be important to donate my money to the Breast Cancer Association. Finally I will tell you a personal story about someone who was affected positively by the donations people make to this association. Breast…

the diagnosis of diseases, which is based on various tests on the patient. Cancer is the second most common non-accidental cause of mortality in the world. Today, cancer is one of the health problems of the world, and it costs a lot of research every year around the world, this is despite the fact that the third cause of death in our country is "cancer." Unfortunately, the wrong way of life has led to the emergence of cancers as a serious health problem globally, and the rising incidence of…

Cancer is a disease of mitosis that removes the stop points on the mitosis cell and keeps building many cells. It starts with a single cell which transforms into a cancer cell. When the cell turns into a cancer cell, it forms a mass group of cancer cells called a tumor. Different cancer cells forms different cancers. The p53 gene is usually to control the cell cycle ,but it is most often mutated in over 50 percent of all cancers. The BRCA1 gene is to help suppress the tumor formation, but if it…

Cancer, a disease that claims the lives of millions of individuals each year. Almost everyone in the world seems to be familiar or knows a loved one or friend with cancer these days. Cancer is so common that nearly 7.6 million people die from it around the world each year, and the number is progressively getting larger. The main question in today’s time is “Why doesn’t everyone get cancer?” Studies show that lifestyle, genetic disposition, and chance are reasons that people do get cancer.…

about Breast Cancer. The article I read was from Mayo Clinic which is an organization. The title of the article is Disease and conditions: Breast Cancer by Mayo Clinic Staff. What is Breast Cancer? Breast Cancer is cancer that forms in the cells of the breasts. This cancer, is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United States. An interesting fact that I never knew was that breast cancer can occur both in men and woman, but it 's more common in women. Signs and symptoms of breast…

quote is a perfect example of how people with breast cancer should look at it. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in the cells of the breast usually in the lining of the milk ducts or in the milk glands. Malignant means that it is cancerous. There are many different procedures but some keywords that may help it be easier to understand exactly what is being said are; mastectomy which is when the doctors surgically remove all of part of the breast, another keyword is mammogram which is…

Practice Guideline: Screening For Breast Cancer The purpose of this paper is to analyze a current clinical practice guideline (CPG) on breast cancer screenings by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). A CPG is a statement that compiles the highest level of evidence-based research from systematic research reviews (SRR) and other research to direct practitioners with appropriate health care interventions (Sriganesh, Shanthanna, & Busse, 2016). This breast cancer CPG’s scope, purpose,…