National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

article from The New York Times titled “Paging Dr. Pigeon; You’re Needed in Radiology” by Nicholas Bakalar that was published on November 24, 2015. The article discussed the recent study of training and using pigeons to identify benign or malignant breast tumors by looking at a slide from a biopsy or a mammogram at the University of California Davis medical Center, University of Iowa, and the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University. This study was conducted as a tool and…

Cancer is said to be a disease which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue and cells. Today cancer is a leading disease that affects people all over the world “About one in eight women in the U.S. will be affected by breast cancer at least once in their lifetime”. The chances stand that about two women in our classroom will have breast cancer at least once in their life. By learning about breast cancer you can gain knowledge and understand a disease that could possibly…

was diagnosed with breast cancer in October of last year. My two sons, Jeff and Jason are coming with me. Jeff driving, Jason sitting in the passenger seat and I 'm in the back seat of the 2002 GMC Envoy. I glance out the window and watch as we pass the Shoe. It is chilly outside and the winds were powerful on this winter day, snows covering the trees and the ground, it’s a beautiful sight of a winter wonderland. I’m warm in my cozy knitted sweater I made for myself a few months ago, it’s one…

of the many that I have faced, the biggest obstacle that I have overcome was when my mom developed breast cancer. It was back in the year 2010, I was back in 5th grade and I can still remember certain pieces from the exact day I found out. My brother and I were coming home from school, seeing as it was a typical school day. Some years before, my grandma had been diagnosed with the same breast cancer but was cured so I didn’t think it would be genetic, seeing as I didn’t know everything about the…

people that are dealing with a very significant illness. This illness is known as breast cancer. Breast cancer is a very significant disease that many people have been affected by. This disease causes people to go through both physical and emotional pain and stress;which also affects the family while going through the various degrees of treatment that breast cancer leaves on people. Many people know about breast cancer, however people are not informed on how it forms, how it can affect a person…

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…

Breast Cancer What is breast cancer , how do you get breast cancer, can breast cancer kill you, can it be cured, if so what are the treatments, and how long do these treatments last ? Breast Cancer is a malignant tumor that appears in the Male and Female. Tthis tumor can kill you because it spreads into your whole body. Iit produces more and more cells inside of you and thiseses cells stay inside the tumor. These tumors stay in you body for years., Yyou can feel it inside your body growing…

create a t-shirt to raise funds for cancer research. I created a t-shirt on a donation website, and I spread the word to others and tried to get more sales. I created the design because to become a survivor of cancer, you must fight it, that’s why I put “Knockout cancer.” I wanted to do this project because it would not only help those who are fighting cancer, but it will bring those who buy it closer to one another. I did not raise the funds for any specific cancer, it is just for research…

her bald head—an apparent mark of her rounds of chemo and an emblem of her battle against breast cancer. Beside the image text reads, “Breast cancer touches us all. It’s a journey we take together” (Susan G. Komen Foundation). The tiny hands and lips that touch the barren surface of their mother’s head also touch the viewer’s heart, drawing on the emotion resting in the story of the woman behind the cancer. The image is a window into her story, into the life she is fighting for. Enter a…

Busulfan is anticancer drug caused variety of adverse effects for cancer patients. It’s used to treatment of chronic leukaemia but it could cause damage to the male reproductive system as one of its adverse effects. This study aim to investigate the effect of L-carnitine and L-arginine on semen quality, oxidative stress parameters, caspase3 and testes cell energy after busulfan treatment. Materials and Methods: thirty-two adult male rats were divided into four groups. Group I (Control)…