Pleural effusion

Discussion Elastography is a non-invasive imaging modality that detects tumors based on their stiffness (elasticity) compared to normal tissue. Generally breast cancer tissue is harder than normal breast tissue. With elastography the elastic properties of breast tissue can be imaged in real time by means of color-coded superimposition on the B mode image and then used for differentiating between benign and malignant breast lesions (8). Elastography is a supplementary method for conventional US…

Breast cancer has definitely become a serious worldwide health challenge. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), public health data points shows that the global burden of breast cancer in women, measured by the number of times something happens, death, and financial based costs, is large and on the rise. Worldwide, it is estimated that more than one million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, and more than 410,000 will die from the disease (Ajithkumar 2011). In…

“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,…

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Canadian women, with the majority of these deaths resulting from metastasis of cancer to other tissues. In 2015, an estimated 25,000 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,000 will suffer from cancer-related deaths. When breast cancer is isolated to the breast tissue, cure rates surpass 90%; nonetheless, as cancer cells settle into the adjacent or distant tissues, long-term survival is markedly declined. The…

It all began in the Fall of 2012, my dog, Wrinkles got sick and though she got sick a few times per year,but this seemed different. I never understood why her breed of dog had such a tendency of getting sick with what is currently known as “Shar-Pei fever,” but after a little bit of researcth I realized it was bound to happen to her, and any dog of the Shar-Pei breed we could have adopted after her. Veterinarians had no idea how to cure or even how to fight the disease, and at this point in…

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness month, October 13th is National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Metastasis occurs when the cancerous cells have traveled from the breasts to a vital organ, and is now threatening that patient’s life. Finding out the cancer has spread to other parts of the body can be devastating, but Dr. Everardo Cobos with the Grace Health System Blood Disorders & Cancer Therapeutics Center said patients are now living full lives while dealing with advanced-stage…

Why have you chosen to engage those on your campus about breast cancer awareness and the importance of research? As a role model on campus with the positions I hold such as RA and SGA Vice-president, I know the power I have to empower people. Breast cancer is a vicious disease, it took my mother from me. I will be damned if one had to go through the pain I go through every day. The pain of nothing being able to pick up my phone and call my mother. The pain of not being able to hear…

October is nationally highlighted as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There are walks, brunches, fundraisers and a host of other events that take place throughout the month of October in efforts to bring awareness to the fight against breast cancer. Kaweah Delta Breast Center joins in the efforts each year with their Annual Pink Tea Party honoring those who have been affected by breast cancer. It’s a time when support is also given to those who have survived the disease. According to the Center…

Introduction Breast cancer is one of the top killers in the United States and all over the world. Because breast cancer is the most common cancer that is a non-skin cancer, many are affected by it globally. The most commonly affected are white women in most age groups although African American women have higher death rates and incidents of breast cancer before 40 years of age. Not only are women affected by this, but also a handful of men each year ends up being diagnosed with breast cancer and…

In this research the biographical disruption theorized by Bury (1982, 1991, 2001) and Charmaz concept of loss of identity will be used as the theoretical frame work to explain the disruptive experience of BC on everyday life, body image and feeling of Saudi women, as well as the coping strategies they use. Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer among women throughout the world (World Health Organization, 2011). There has been a significant increase in the incidence of BC in…