National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Anticancer chemotherapy: The aim of drug treatment in patients with cancer is to reduce the presence of malignant cells. This may be achieved by causing a lethal cytotoxic event in the cancer cell that will arrest tumour progression. Targets for cytotoxic attack include inhibition of purine and pyrimidine synthesis, inhibition of DNA and RNA synthesis and chemical attack on the integrity of the structure of cellular DNA. Since these treatments reduce the mechanisms of cell proliferation in…

Cancer is the name given to the disease in which changes in gene expression cause an uncontrollable division of abnormal cells in any given part of the body. Cell growth and division are regulated by specific genes, and these genes include those for growth factors, along with their receptors, and the intracellular molecules of signaling pathways. Cancer can occur whenever a mutation alters any of these genes. These mutations can be random and spontaneous, however they can also be caused by…

survival was defined as time on the study without 1) recurrence of breast cancer at local, regional, or distant sites; 2) occurrence of a second primary cancer; or 3) occurrence of death prior to those events. Ipsilateral breast tumor recurrences after lumpectomy were also considered to be local events. Distant disease-free survival was defined as time on the study free of both tumor recurrence at distant sites and second primary cancers. Distant failures were included regardless of whether they…

Mitosis is a part of the cell cycle in which chromosomes in a cell nucleus are separated into two identical sets of chromosomes, and each set ends up in its own nucleus. Mitosis is composed of several different components: Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase. Interphase is the stage that happens right before mitosis, this is where a typical cell spends most of its life. In the prophase stage of mitosis, the first stage of cell division, the chromosomes become visible as…

Cancer, malignant tumours or neoplasm refers to same thing. It is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. Several main types of cancer include carcinoma (cancer that begins in the skin/tissues that line internal organs), sarcoma (bone, cartilage, fat, muscles, blood vessels, and other connective tissues), Leukemia (blood-forming tissues like the…

today cancer is a frequently conferred issue. From treating cancer, to curing it, to preventing it. Most people understand the basics of cancer but do not know anything about the molecular genetic side of it. Although there are many reasons for someone to develop cancer that is not linked to genetics, there are many reasons that are linked to genetics. Among woman in the United States ovarian caner is the fifth leading cause of cancer related deaths ("BRCA1 & BRCA2 "). “Ovarian cancer is cancer…

Health Assessment View on Skin cancer Skin cancer is one of the most general types of cancer among Canadians. Melanoma is one of the most dangerous types of skin cancer that have increased a lot in Canada over the past 25 years. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, in 2014 annual cancer statistics report that 6,500 suffer from melanoma (1,050 deaths) and 76,100 cases of non-melanoma (440 deaths) skin cancers expected. Definitely the rate of melanoma among Canadian women is 13.0 per 100…

you that you have breast cancer. The doctor continues to discuss treatment plans, but nothing is being comprehended. When a woman is told that she has one of the leading diseases that women suffer from, a lot may run through her mind. She may be a wife, a mother, or both. She is someone’s…

40 or wait until 50 years of age to attain one. There are some disagreements in the scientific community about whether to get a mammogram at age 40 or wait until 50. It is of utmost importance that women know their medical situation concerning breast cancer as early as possible following their 40th birthday. To avoid a decade of anxiety and overthinking women should do due diligence and get a mammogram at 40 years of age. The sheer feeling of not knowing your status while you wait for ten long…

couch when she looked me in the eye and said, “I have cancer.” Those three words took my breath away as my mind desperately tried to process what she had just said to me. She said is again, “I got a call from the doctor today and I have breast cancer.” Cancer? My mom? My mind continued to race. There must be some mistake, I thought, this can’t be true. She held my hand and assured me that it was true. The fact was that my mother had cancer. At that moment I knew my life would never be the…