Mastectomy

Angelina’s main reason for having a double mastectomy was because she had most her mother to breast cancer and she did not want her six children to lose her from breast cancer. After her mother died of breast cancer she decided to take a gene test to determine if she was at risk for breast cancer. She was. She justified saying her doctors estimated that she had an 87 percent risk of having breast cancer so she decided to be proactive and have the surgery. Angelina used her own personal story (anecdote) as evidence that she should have the double mastectomy. I do not think Angelina used appropriate evidence to support her decision. The use of a story or testimonial is an inappropriate and insufficient source of evidence. However, I would agree…

were said to be the case of breast cancer. (Suchy:2012) In the 19th century, is when the average lifespan of women increased and breast cancer was considered a common disease. The first to surgically remove lymph nodes, breast tissue and chest muscle as a treatment for the disease were two surgeons, Jean Louis Petit and Benjamin Bell, from France and Scotland respectively. They were considered to perform the first successful treatment of breast cancer. (Health Central:2012) Soon after Petit and…

The drugs get into the bloodstream and go throughout the cancer cells, this is called systemic chemotherapy which is most likely to lead to the loss of hair which is most unplessant to woman because of their physical appearence.Chemotherapy can be injected into your muscles also it can be placed on ur back in your spinal cord or take it oraly , this treatment helps to stop the cancer cell from growing .The drugs go into the bloodstream and go out through the cancer cells, this is called…

boy-likes-girl setting into a complex and sensitive situation in so few words. For example, the young composer “loved” the woman merely because of her outward physical shell and its relation to her artworks. He used her beauty and the beauty of her art to justify feelings of lust into an emotion of love. However, realism for the young composer sets in when the painter shares her secret. The secret is of her physical underlying body and her loss of both breasts. This event changes the…

Despite the advances in BC diagnosis and treatment, mastectomies continue to be practiced and about 40% of BC cases are treated surgically (Tab'ar and Holmberg, 1985; Malata, 2000; Ismaeel, 2015). Breast cancer treatments like surgery and radiation can damage to a woman's feelings of beauty and attractiveness. In all cultures, people has a belief that breast is the symbol of woman's femininity and beauty. Removal of a breast (mastectomy) has negative emotional consequences on the woman's life.…

reconstructive procedures after mastectomy. In the late 90’s reconstructive surgeon Dr. Todd Wider and his patient Janet Franquent were two key figures in making a change by starting a crusade to change the law. In 1998 the Women’s Health & Cancer Act passed by Congress. Due to this act being passed many women are now able to have reconstructive procedures performed and covered by their health insurance. According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is one of two most common cancers…

with breast cancer before turning 40 years old. She has opted for bilateral skin sparing mastectomies with immediate implant reconstruction. This part of the paper will discuss the pros and cons of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) and contributing factors to increased rate of prophylactic contralateral mastectomy. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a pre-invasive breast cancer, where proliferations of malignant ductal epithelial cells remain confined within intact breast ducts.1 It…

1. The war on cancer was just a continuation of a search for a cure and finding better treatments for it. A lot of research began after President Nixon declared the war on cancer in 1971, especially because a lot of money was appropriated in order for doctors to do more cancer research. The problem was that the no one knew what really caused cancer and how it developed and spread throughout the body, this made it hard for doctors to treat it and come up with solutions. One of the approaches to…

Results Conclusively cancer manifests itself in many forms within organisms, with different intensity levels. In the simplest of cases there is noninvasive breast cancer, where the cancer cells are essentially localized and remain there. On the other hand there is invasive breast cancer, where the cancerous cells spread (metastasize) throughout the body by using the bloodstream and lymphs. Most cancer patients are primarily treated for breast cancer with surgery by carrying out simple or…

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…