of people diagnosed with cancer is increasing from year to year. When it comes to women‚ their biggest threat is breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society at the end of 2016 there will be 246‚660 new cases of breast cancer among American women‚ and that around 40‚450 of those women will probably die from breast cancer. What the experts from the American Cancer Society also stated is that one in eight women in the U.S. are going to develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime.
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Cancer is a very general term for over 100 diseases grouped together. There are many different types of cancer; almost anything in your system and body is susceptible to this disease. Your body is made up of millions of cells; normal cells grow and then divide into newer ones causing the old ones to die. When a person is growing‚ in the early stages of their life‚ cells divide faster than usual helping the individual grow. As a person becomes an adult‚ a lot of cells divide so they then can replace
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The Breast Cancer Society‚ a united front against cancer Breast cancer is a silent killer. It does not exhibit symptoms until it has progressed to its last stages from which it cannot be cured. The disease is devastating even during therapy as it is psychologically stress inducing for women and takes a heavy toll on their body. Fortunately‚ The Breast Cancer Society is here to help those in need. Over 2.9 million people have beaten breast cancer and The Breast Cancer Society is doing its best to
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The Causes and Effects of Breast Cancer Breast Cancer has many different causes‚ such as environmental causes‚ genetics and even art‚ and effect both the patient and those around them in physical as well as emotional ways. When most people think of breast cancer‚ they think of the side effects of the treatments. In other words chemotherapy causing hair loss and radiation causing burns. Most people do not think of the emotional effect it has on the patient or the way it effects their family as well
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Breast Cancer Statistics Does anyone know some of the breast cancer statistics? Or maybe some of the risk factors? Well breast cancer is one of the leading deaths in women. Today I will inform you about some of those statics and risk and hopefully by the end of my speech you’ll know some of the people who are more likely to get breast cancer. The most significant factors for breast cancer are gender and age‚ two things that are beyond our control. Although men get breast cancer too
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the word “breast cancer” especially woman. But how many women actually take this into consideration? How many women actually go for check ups? This is important information that all woman should know about. Never wait till you start feeling symptoms‚ study your family tree. You can possibly get breast cancer passed on from one of your family members that you have no idea about. To understand breast cancer you have to know the basic knowledge of the normal structure of the breast. The female
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BSC1005 M-W 1-2:15 Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer among women of all shapes and sizes. Breast cancer is a personal topic to me because my great-grandmother on my mothers side had it and had her breast removed and just recently I found out that my grandmother on my fathers side has been diagnosed with breast cancer and that the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes. Many women today don’t know the health risks‚ causes‚ and treatments to breast cancer even though it is one
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the notion that scientists have already cured cancer and many other diseases including HIV/AIDS‚ but the cure is being concealed by officials to protect these illnesses as a source of income. In a Science-Based Medicine article written by Steven Novella‚ he cites that “...nobody wants to cure cancer. Too many researchers earn a living seeking a cure by remaining inside a narrow‚ restricted channel of dogma.” (Novella‚ 2011). The alleged fact is that cancer
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Audience Analysis Many of us may know that Breast Cancer is a real prominent disease. With breast cancer being one of the top five killers of man-kind‚ I wanted to give information in regards to what the disease is. This disease is Cancer of the Breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US. This topic means a lot to me being that I’ve watched two grandmothers die from the disease and currently watching a auntie battle from it‚ not to mention my mom being a survivor‚ so in my
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I-Search 5/30/12 Part One The topic I picked to do my I-Search on is cancer. I picked this topic because I want to go into the field of medical research on cancer; it has always been my dream to find a way to cure cancer. The knowledge of this topic at my early age I think will help me figure if I want to continue on my path or whether to detour and go into another field. From what I have learned over the years about cancer is that it is a mutation of a cell to make it infectious to other cells
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