Breast

Breast implant sizing is one of the most important considerations for women thinking about breast implants. Studies show that the leading cause for re-operations in breast augmentation is simply to change the size of the implant. What is the best way to make sure this does not happen to you? The recent innovation of at-home breast implant sizers is one way to approach the issue of breast implant sizing. Breast sizing systems have been developed to help you make a good choice by trying on…

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Frances Mendez-Watson Alaska Career College Inflammatory Breast Cancer Inflammatory Breast Cancer, or IBC, is a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer that is often diagnosed at stage III or IV because unlike most common types of breast cancers, this type does not typically cause a lump in the breast and symptoms are unlike those of other cancer types. This form of breast cancer only occurs about 1% to 5% of all breast cancers but since it is often misdiagnosed…

Benign Lesions of the Breast: A) Benign proliferative breast disease: 1. Fibroadenoma: Fibroadenoma is the most benign soft tissue mass of the breast and accounts for approximately 40%-50% of all breast biopsies (Liberman, 2000). Usually it is occurring in patients between the ages of 20-35 years , it increases in size during pregnancy and tends to regress as the age of the patient increases, it is usually single, but in 20% of cases there are multiple lesions in the same breast or…

TRAM Breast Reconstruction Breast reconstruction is surgery to rebuild a breast after having a breast removed as part of cancer treatment (mastectomy). There are many different kinds of breast reconstruction procedures. TRAM (transverse rectus abdominis muscle) breast reconstruction is one type of a procedure that uses tissue from another part of your body (flap procedure). In this procedure, tissue and muscle from your abdomen are used to reconstruct your breast. There are two types of TRAM…

standards, it is necessary to look at a real life US breast cancer survivor story. Darrelleen Lewis was diagnosed August 6, 2013 with stage 1 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC), which is the most common type of breast cancer in the US. She said that the cancer was found on a mammography and that was a biopsy was necessary to determine what exactly the spot was. Darrelleen received a called from her nurse giving her the terrifying news that she had breast cancer and she replied, “I can’t have…

One of the most widely recognized cancer that befalls in ladies is the breast tumor. It's trusted that around 246,660 new cases of breast cancer will be analyzed before the current years over in America alone, and more than forty thousand ladies will have a larger mortality ratio from it. Insights demonstrate that in each eight women no at least there’s a single person who will have breast cancer during her lifetime. These numbers should not take the circumstances for granted so that ladies…

Breast augmentation is a very popular procedure that can improve the way you feel about your body and appearance. Women who have always been concerned about being "small breasted", women who have lost a lot of weight, and women who have noticed that their breasts have become smaller after having children are the most frequent candidates for this procedure. One concern that most patients express is the fear of surgical scarring. Typically the scars after Breast Augmentation heal well and are…

Has one ever faced a change in their breast, a thick feeling from the surrounding tissues or an unusual change in your nipples such as redness or scaling? Breast Cancer is a common disease that terrifies any man or woman that has been told they have it. “It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer”(How Many Women...?) There are different symptoms, risk factors, treatments, and test that occur with breast cancer. Revealing the current information on this disease…

What is Breast Cancer? A Review of the Literature Breast cancer can affect anyone at any time; both women and men, regardless of the race or nationality. Breast cancer doesn’t discriminate against age; it is a frightening and life changing experience. Moreover, it is stressful for the patient, family, as well as the caregivers. Not only are you unique as a person, but so, too, is your particular form of cancer, your treatment options, and your prognosis. (Elk & Morrow) This paper will answer the…

age at menopause affect breast cancer risk? Women who started menstruating early (before age 12) and/or went through menopause later (after age 55) have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer. The increase in risk may be due to a longer lifetime exposure to the hormones estrogen and progesterone. 2. Approximately what percent of all breast cancers are hereditary? What are the genes that are most commonly mutated in hereditary breast cancer? Approximately 5% to 10% of breast cancers are…