Breast Cancer Research Outline
Breast Cancer
I would like to understand Breast Cancer and how you receive it, how your body creates it, and if it is hereditary. Through research I would like to be able to know my chances of obtaining this cancer and what I can do to prevent it. “In cancer, cellular balance has gone awry. The normal cellular process became abnormal with mutated cells that have not self-destructed. Without apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the damaged cells have not committed suicide. Instead, the abnormal cells with DNA errors experience uncontrolled growth resulting in cancer. The cancer type is usually named based on the part of the body where it originally began.” (embodiworks) “In a cancer cell, several genes change (mutate) and the cell becomes defective. There are two general types of gene mutations. One type, dominant mutation, is caused by an abnormality in one gene in a pair. An example is a mutated gene that produces a defective protein that causes the growth-factor receptor on a cell's surface to be constantly "on" when, in fact, no growth factor is present. The result is that the cell receives a constant message to divide. This dominant "gain of function gene" is often called an oncogene (onco = cancer).” (training seer cancer) This topic is important to all women and men, there are more and more strategies to improve the early diagnosis of breast cancer as well as to treat it more effectively. New imaging technologies are on the horizon to detect cancer early. New treatment strategies are being implement that improve the effectiveness of treatment and have fewer side effects. The more women are aware of how to detect breast cancer and the steps to take, the easy it will be to prevent and fight it.
"What Is Cancer?" What Is Cancer? N.p., n.d. Web. 30 July 2012. <http://www.embodiworks.org/cancertreatments/bodymindspirit/whatiscancer/>.
The internal environment of the body strongly impacts whether or not cancer will grow in each individual. The
I would like to understand Breast Cancer and how you receive it, how your body creates it, and if it is hereditary. Through research I would like to be able to know my chances of obtaining this cancer and what I can do to prevent it. “In cancer, cellular balance has gone awry. The normal cellular process became abnormal with mutated cells that have not self-destructed. Without apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the damaged cells have not committed suicide. Instead, the abnormal cells with DNA errors experience uncontrolled growth resulting in cancer. The cancer type is usually named based on the part of the body where it originally began.” (embodiworks) “In a cancer cell, several genes change (mutate) and the cell becomes defective. There are two general types of gene mutations. One type, dominant mutation, is caused by an abnormality in one gene in a pair. An example is a mutated gene that produces a defective protein that causes the growth-factor receptor on a cell's surface to be constantly "on" when, in fact, no growth factor is present. The result is that the cell receives a constant message to divide. This dominant "gain of function gene" is often called an oncogene (onco = cancer).” (training seer cancer) This topic is important to all women and men, there are more and more strategies to improve the early diagnosis of breast cancer as well as to treat it more effectively. New imaging technologies are on the horizon to detect cancer early. New treatment strategies are being implement that improve the effectiveness of treatment and have fewer side effects. The more women are aware of how to detect breast cancer and the steps to take, the easy it will be to prevent and fight it.
"What Is Cancer?" What Is Cancer? N.p., n.d. Web. 30 July 2012. <http://www.embodiworks.org/cancertreatments/bodymindspirit/whatiscancer/>.
The internal environment of the body strongly impacts whether or not cancer will grow in each individual. The