Breast+Cancer

Kaylee Meyer
 * __Breast Cancer__**

Breast cancer is cluster of abnormal cells that appear to multiply within the breast. Since breast cancer has had such high numbers of victims, doctors encourage women to get mammograms regularly. Doctors have made improvements in screening, diagnosis, and treatment, because the death rate has declined 20% over the past decade. They are even still working to make screening and treatment programs more effective, to make the death rate go down even more. Next to skin cancer, breast cancer is the next leading cancer among women. More than 180,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, and about 40,000 people died from it. Breast cancer is also more common among white women, than among African American women. Many people don’t think breast cancer can affect men, but it can. More than 1,400 men in the year 2000 had breast cancer, and 400 died from it. Scientists and doctors are uncertain about what causes breast cancer, but they do know that bumping, bruising, or touching the breast does not cause breast cancer. Although they do have some risk factors that can help you get some idea what may cause it. The most general risk factor is age, it seems to occur more in women around the age 50 than women under the age of 30. Another thing is when you are exposed to high amounts of radiation; it can increase your risk of getting breast cancer. Family history and hormonal factors also play big roles when you look at the risk factors of getting breast cancer. Doctors and scientists all say one of the most common ways to catch breast cancer before it gets to bad is to do regular self examinations. Some signs that you can look for are redness or scaliness of the nipple or breast, discharge of the nipple, swelling in parts of the breast, pain in the nipple or it turning inward. Most of the time in early breast cancer stages, you do not have pain. That’s why scientists and doctors have come up with a thing called a mammogram, which every woman can get. Many breast cancer cases have been detected in mammograms. A mammogram is an X-Ray of the breast that detects tumors before they get large enough to feel. Mammograms are very good things that could save your life. Doctors encourage all women, when they turn 40 to get a mammogram and to get one every year after the age of 40. Breast cancer can be treated several different ways. The most traditional treatment is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill the cancer that is in the cells. You can also use hormonal therapy, which is the use of drugs that prevents people from killing all the hormones that they need. Then you have another choice, you can undergo surgery, where they try to remove the cancer in your breast.

Breast Cancer

By: Sharita Cannon

Breast Cancer is a cancer of the glandular breast tissue.

Most common cancer among women incidence of breast cancer had been rising in American women for more than 30 years.

Breast cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death.

Every three minutes a women in the united states is diagnosed with Breast cancer. Breast cancer is the leading cancer among white and African American women.

African American women are more likely to die from the disease. Breast cancer incidence in women has increased from one in 20 in 1960 to one in eight today.

In 2005 breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths world wide. Women in the u.s. have a 1 in 8 lifetime chance of developing invasive breast cancer and 1 in 33 chance of breast cancer causing their deaths.

The number of causes worldwide has significantly increased since 1970s. because the breast composed of identical tissues in male and female breast cancer also occurs in males, though it is less common.

Some signs and symptoms of breast cancer are swelling of part of breast. The skin has irritation or dimpling that can be seen.

There is nipple pain or retraction ( turning inward).There is discharge other than breast milk coming from breast.The size and shape of breast change.

There are plenty of treatments for breast cancer. Like removal of breast to try and stop the cancer before it spreads.

You can also have reconstructive surgery, radiation treatment. Chemotherapy is one of the most used treatment. They also use acupuncture.

Doctors will do screening exams for early breast cancer detection. The goal for screening is to find cancer before it starts to cause symptoms. Cancer can not be cured only treated for.