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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What is Cancer? Cancer is a disease that causes tumors to spread and eventually take over the body. It’s been around for more than 5000 years. Cancer can causes health problems for three reasons. One‚ the use of tobacco. Two‚ drinking alcohol. Three‚ passed down hereditarily. To begin with‚ the use of tobacco. It’s commonly thought that the risk for cancer is higher if one smokes. But in actuality the risk for cancer is higher for those who have been exposed to second hand smoke. Tobacco is highly
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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 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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more comfortable than men about going to the doctor for checkups and regular medical screening‚ yet strangely younger women tend to ignore symptoms that might be a warning sign of cancer. But what are the symptoms for breast cancer and other potential cancer signs? Thinking cancer is a problem of the old‚ or that most cancers are incurable they let symptoms go. This is a tragic mistake that costs lives‚ even young lives. Striking a balance between awareness and denial is tricky‚ which is why online
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Cancer today is the biggest disease on the cultural map‚ bigger than Aids‚ Cystic Fibrosis or Spinal Injury‚ bigger even than those more prolific killers of men – Heart disease‚ and Strokes. Prostate Cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among men. Nobody knows what a man goes through when he’s diagnosed with prostate cancer‚ except for the man himself. It’s like being hit head on by a bus: getting up and walking away as if it didn’t happen simply isn’t possible. As the initial shock
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Cervical Cancer‚ HPV and HPV Vaccine 1. Some types of HPV are strongly associated with a high risk of developing cervical cancer. Scientists believe that HPV initiates a process that leads‚ over time‚ to the development of cervical cancer; and that other factors‚ such as cigarette smoking‚ poor nutrition and infection with the sexually transmitted disease Chlamydia‚ stimulate and lay the groundwork for cervical cancer. 2. Developed countries that have pap
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INTRODUCTION A major obstacle in the successful treatment of cancer is the development of resistance mechanisms to drug treatment. Various cellular changes that have been implicated in the development of drug resistance in cancer cells include: the increased expressions of P-glycoprotein (a multidrug transport protein) and multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP-1); increased levels of the cellular detoxification protein‚ glutathione; and changes in the expression of apoptosis associated
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the midterm assignment. Breast cancer‚ colo-rectal cancer‚ and lung cancer will be addressed. A case study on infection disease will explored‚ as well as‚ a case study on diabetes Breast Cancer The term breast cancer can be deceiving because there is more than one type of breast cancer. The different types are related to the where the cancer starts in the breast. Breast cancers can be either carcinoma or adenocarcinoma. The most common types of breast cancers are ductal carcinoma in situ‚ invasive
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