Cancer

Breast cancer is a kind of cancer that starts and spreads from breast. Signs of breast cancer include feeling a lump in the breast, a change in the breast's shape, the dimpling of the skin, or fluid coming from the nipple, and in the more serious cases there would be shortness of breath, bone pain, yellow skin, and swollen lymph nodes. The most common factors that cause breast cancer are: Obesity, drinking alcohol, early age at first menstruation, lack of physical activity, and having children…

Endometrial Cancer and what all women should know Leah Hanuska Mohave Community College Mea 205 Melody Redman April 14, 2017 Abstract This paper will explain what every woman, teenager, and parents who have female daughters needs to know about endometrial cancer, It is important for women to educate themselves about this common disease, but it is also important for parents. If you have abnormal vaginal bleeding that is not related to menses, if there is a clear vaginal discharge, If you have…

Breast cancer is a dangerous form of cancer. Although there are many survivors there are also many who don’t survive. There are many different types of cancers. What is triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)? Triple-Negative Breast Cancer is when the three most common types of receptors know to fuel or help grow most breast cancers are not present in the cancer tumor. Which means that the cancer cells have tested negative for hormone growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2), estrogen receptors (ER), and…

“Is There a Link Between Stress and Cancer?” It’s a common belief in women with breast cancer that stress caused their cancer. However, studies on this topic, including other types of cancer as well, have shown otherwise. Polly Newcomb, head of the cancer prevention program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, conducted a study on whether or not stress causes breast cancer. She used trained interviewers to ask healthy women and women with cancer about their environments,…

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States among men and women. 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of their lifetime. A study showed that from 1970 to 2009, melanoma among women age 18-39 increased 800%. The use of tanning beds, bulbs, and other devices attributed to this. The skin is formed of two layers, the epidermis and dermis. The epidermis is made of squamous cells, basal cells, and melanocytes scattered throughout the basal cells. Melanocytes are…

Breast cancer? What is breast cancer? Breast cancer is a very common malignancy originating from breast tissue in woman. The condition has a strong genetic basis and is frequently observed in close relatives. Patients may have a palpable breast mass, enlarged lymph nodes in the armpits (axilla), breast pain, dimpling of the skin, or nipple abnormalities. Asymptomatic individuals may also be detected by routine breast cancer screening with mammogram. Patients with advanced disease have a poor…

The Evolution of Breast Cancer Technology With the advancement of technology the detection of breast cancer in screenings has improved over the years, thus leading to a profuse amount of saved lives. The first sighting of breast cancer has no exact known date, but historians found evidence of breast cancer dated back to 1600 BC in Egyptian writings. (Mandal) With more knowledge about breast cancer, women and some men are able to conduct self-examinations and receive proper screenings in order to…

Everyone knows about Breast cancer these days, due to the fact that every day we have seen lots of organizations working for this sole purpose. Every now and then we meet or hear someone struggling with this devastating type of cancer which is more prevalent in women. According to the recent facts and figures from American Cancer Society about the number of deaths from breast cancer in US in 2013, among all ages has gone up to 39,620. This seems like a huge number, but if we look at the…

Lung Cancer is the leading cancer killer of both men and women in America. 90% of the time lung cancer is caused by smoking. The purpose of this research paper is to inform and teach others about lung cancer, the causes and risk this disease has; as well as how it can affect us and our lungs, and how people who smoke affect themselves and the people that surround them. The lungs are an important part in our body.The air that comes into the body through the lungs contains oxygen and other gases…

Baker Furlong 1 FF Health Skin Cancer Skin cancer is cancer cause from sun's ultraviolet rays when you are exposed to them too much. Skin cancer is the abnormal growth of skin cells. Also don't be tricked you can get skin cancer on areas of the body not exposed to the sun, and no skin color does not change if you can get this type of cancer or not. There are 3 main types of skin cancer but also 5 other kinds that are rare and cause only 1% of all skin cancer with the 5 combined. Basal,…