FratFiles

• Save Paper

BREAST CANCER

I) Anatomy of the breast
The breast is a gland designed to make milk.


II) What is breast cancer?
Breast cancer is an abnormal growth of cells.
These abnormal growths are called tumors. Not all tumors are cancerous.
Non-cancerous tumors – benign
Cancerous tumors – malignant
If not treated the cancer may spread to other parts of the body.
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and the
second leading cause of cancer death next to lung cancer.
The incidence of breast cancer is very low in women in their twenties,
plateaus at 45 and the increase dramatically after fifty. Fifty
percent of breast cancer is diagnosed in women over sixty-five.

III) Risk factors
Early onset of menses/menstrual cycle prior to age 12
Menopause
Diets high in saturated fats
Family history
Late or no pregnancies
Moderate alcohol intake
Smoking
History of prior breast cancer
Estrogen replacement therapy
Therapeutic radiation......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 1148
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Breast Cancer Research Paper
   

   Breast Cancer Research Paper Breast Cancer Research Paper We have been taught and are reminded frequently by public service announcements and by the medical community that when a

2. Breast Cancer
   

   Breast Cancer In the United States in 1999 alone, an estimated 43,700 people will die from breast cancer. It is the number two cancer killer among females ages 15 to 54. On

3. Breast Cancer
   

   Breast Cancer BREAST CANCER I) Anatomy of the breast The breast is a gland designed to make milk. II) What is breast cancer? Breast cancer is an abnormal growth of cells. These

4. What Is Breast Cancer
   

   What Is Breast Cancer Introduction: What is breast cancer? Breast cancer will strike one in every eight American women. This makes it the most common cancer in woman.

5. Breast Cancer
   

   Breast Cancer Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women, it accounts for one of every three diagnoses in the United States. Breast cancers are malignancies, life