Breast reconstruction

Introduction Breast cancer is one of the top killers in the United States and all over the world. Because breast cancer is the most common cancer that is a non-skin cancer, many are affected by it globally. The most commonly affected are white women in most age groups although African American women have higher death rates and incidents of breast cancer before 40 years of age. Not only are women affected by this, but also a handful of men each year ends up being diagnosed with breast cancer and…

Breast cancer is one of the chief killers to the woman's life. Health people 2020 set goal to decrease the number of new cancer events and the illness, disability, and death (What Are Its Goals? - Healthy People 2020. n.d.). According to the American Cancer Society estimated, there will be 231,840 new breast cancer cases of all age in 2015 ( Cancer Facts and Statistics | American Cancer Society. n.d.).In this essay, the student will talk about the breast cancer and related its diagnosis and…

Blood Spatter: Low-velocity blood spatter would be any pattern is produced due to gravity being the only acting force (Gaensslen, Harris, & Lee, 2008, pg. 88). Medium-Velocity Blood spatter is where moderate force is applied from objects which can cause pooled blood to scatter in multiple directions surrounding the contact (Gaensslen, Harris, & Lee, 2008, pg. 89). “High-velocity blood spatter is the where extreme force acting on the blood source (Gaensslen, Harris, & Lee, 2008, pg. 89)." Blood…

In my perspective, the period of reconstruction is defined by its successes and failures . During reconstruction, they had shown progress politically, economically and culturally, but had shown a disappointment. While African-Americans were trying to gain the privilege of freedom and civil rights, there was a defeat. Such as: Violence. While in the period of reconstruction, laws were ruling in favor of the black people and that caused the white people…

Breast cancer is a very common cancer and most people know someone who has been affected by this nasty disease. However, more and more women have been deciding to have a double mastectomy as part of their treatment even if they are at low risk to develop cancer in their other healthy breast. Some consider this a safe smart decision while others think that these women may be overreacting. In Double or Nothing the author Ginny Graves gives us the facts and opinions from doctors and survivors…

By Jonas Wilson, Ing. Med. CT KUB A computerized tomography (CT) scan of the kidneys, ureters and bladder (KUB) is referred to as a CT KUB. The scan is done to obtain images from different angles of the urinary system and surrounding structures, which encompasses an area from the superior poles of the kidneys, descending down to the pubic symphysis. These images are acquired in cross-sections or slices, hence the terminology tomographic. They are then processed through a computer to produce…

I think reconstruction can be categorized in each range of human behavior.The behaviors of anonymity, shame and humiliation, bystander, and dehumanization play a major part in the reconstruction of the country after the civil war. Although it was a both a failure and success in their own ways, it was just the beginning of Civil Rights movements, whether you were in the North or South. Reconstruction failed because there was so much corruption and violence which would lead to hate groups like…

Breast Cancer impacts many people, whether it is the person that has the illness themselves, or even their families. Breast cancer affects the patient in ways such as “burning breasts, hair loss, liver issues, and going for blood every single week, not to mention having a weakened immune system, and being sick constantly”(Brentin), as described in an interview. Even after one becomes cancer free there are still so many complications from breast cancer. When asked what some of the changes to her…

2016, Carrie Dailor anticipated a significant year. She looked forward to the tenth anniversary of her breast cancer diagnosis in October. “It meant that I was possibly so far out from everything that in a way I would be safe from cancer forever,” she shares. An MRI in January would be just another part of her ongoing surveillance. In 2006, Carrie was 35 years old when she found a lump in her breast. She knew she had to act and scheduled a visit with her gynecologist,…

Breast Cancer Breast cancer has been the most concentrated on focus for finding a cure, asides from AID’s, for decades. It is a serious issue that plagues not only women, but, in some rare cases, men too. 1 in 8 United States women (approximately 12%) will develop some form of breast cancer, according to breastcancer.org. One should perform a self-examination once a month. There are 4 stages of breast cancer, with 4 being the most severe. To determine the stage of breast cancer, tumor size,…