out there have known someone with cancer or have fought the disease yourselves? It’s almost impossible to find someone who hasn’t been touched by this disease in one way or another. Unfortunately‚ even the treatments for cancer these days are quite serious. Some of the most common treatments such as chemotherapy come with a wide range of severe side effects that make them almost as bad as the cancers themselves. Needless to say it makes sense to try to avoid cancer at all costs. While you are probably
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Cancer! Cancer! Cancer! Don’t you all just hate it? I am sure each of you has either lost a relative or someone close to you to some type or form of cancer. Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissues. Cancer is a very complex group of diseases with several different causes and develops over years. . “Many types of cancer run in certain families‚ but most cancers are not clearly linked to the genes we inherit from our parents‚” (America Cancer Society)
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Breast Cancer Breast Cancer is a cancer that forms in tissues of the breast‚ usually the ducts (tubes that carry milk to the nipple) and lobules (glands that make milk). It occurs in both men and women‚ although male breast cancer is rare. Anyone women could be at risk for breast cancer but‚ there are factors that make some women more susceptible to breast cancer than others. A risk factor is anything that affects your chances of getting a particular disease. Some can be controlled and some can’t
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For example around the world there are nearly 1.7 million women that were diagnosed with breast cancer. This is a problem because women can die from breast cancer some can survive but that’s is very rare to survive breast cancer if you do you are very lucky. My organization is to raise money for the women who have breast cancer and who are trying to fight it to keep their life. My event to support breast cancer is really simple and thoughtful if you give money you will receive something back. I was
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Cancer can sound extremely bad if we aren’t well informed about the topic‚ but is cancer really bad as is sounds? Cancer can also be meaning to tumors in your body‚ with Cancer there’s no giving place where cancer starts exactly at‚ cancer can start almost anywhere in the body (1). What is cancer exactly? Cancer is the division and growth of cells surrounding the tissues. (1). With this type of disease what happens to the body is the lack of energy through the day‚ although cancer isn’t painful
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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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Studies show‚ “Breast cancer is the second most common newly diagnosed cancer and second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the US.” It is sad that something us women wear in pride and cherish is killing us day by day. Who would have thought‚ a single lump in your breast could take your life in a blink of an eye. A life greatly spent‚ memories worth keeping close to my heart‚ breast cancer took you too soon‚ but we will never be apart. Nevertheless‚ if I remember correctly it was an
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Breast cancer is a disease that devastates so many women in our society each year. The catastrophic toll that it had on women in the 1800’s was much more traumatizing than it is today. Robert Shadle and James S. Olson give us a vivid picture of what breast cancer in the 1800’s was like in their essay entitled‚ “Dying of Breast Cancer in the 1800s.” The authors of this incredible essay describe the life of “Nabby” Adams‚ the daughter of John and Abigail Adams. The essay gives us a detailed account
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clothing‚ or maybe you have seen sports teams wear pink during game days. All of this pink is used to support breast cancer.Breast cancer is a disease that affects mostly women but can also affect men. Breast cancer is abnormal cells in the breast. Usually the body can replace bad cells with good cells but sometimes the body can’t do this and tumors are built. There is no known cause for breast cancer except for evidence of family history‚ age of the woman‚ and the lifestyle a person lives. People who smoke
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Research in the field of health sciences has been my passion since high school. My interest in health sciences first began to bloom when my grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004‚ and following 8 years of struggle‚ she eventually succumbed to cancer. I would regularly go for hospital visits and would always be fascinated by seeing the treatment being performed on people. Following that‚ many of my other relatives were detected with cancer‚ and my family was told that we are at a higher
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