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    fulfill a career in breast cancer research. Upon completing my degree, I want to help people living with cancer by studying this dreadful disease through exceptional research and laboratory experiences. Some cancer treatments available today such as chemotherapy and radiology can be harmful to the human body. I want to expand my knowledge of immunotherapy as a cancer treatment and apply my expertise to cooperate with the scientific community to be at the forefront of efforts to cure cancer. I believe that

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    during a breast biopsy for my one patient T.M. As we waited outside the ultrasound room, she began to share some information regarding her condition and health history. She mentioned that she’d lived the majority of her life with lumps in her breast. After her Dr. told her all the lumps were benign 20 years ago, she neglected to ever get her breasts checked and examined after that knowledge. Little did she know that 20 years later, she had developed stage 4-breast cancer in her right breast. As we

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    Since its founding by the American Cancer Society and the pharmaceutical division of the Imperial Chemical Industries, Breast Cancer Awareness Month has made pink the color of October to raise awareness for breast cancer. Over the past three decades, awareness campaigns have saved women’s lives. By bringing what was originally a hushed conversation to light, countless women have benefitted from routine breast screenings and from the knowledge that breast cancer isn’t an automatic death sentence

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    Breast Cancer risk assessment tools are tools to estimate personal risk factors and estimating the chance of developing breast cancer over a period of time (e.g. 10 years), or over your lifetime. There are several reliable online tools available to help you to understand breast cancer risk and inform your decision-making about breast cancer risk reduction .Still no tool can predict whether or not you will develop breast cancer. However, risk assessment tools can help you gain a more thorough understanding

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    Utah 8-year-old facing rare breast cancer diagnosis One in a million diagnosis of secretory breast carcinoma and never in a patient this young Breast cancer affects millions of women all over the world, but it doesn’t usually strike those as young as 8-year-old Chrissy Turner, a Utah girl facing a diagnosis of a rare breast cancer called secretory breast carcinoma. She is expected to undergo a mastectomy at the Huntsman Cancer Institute there in Centerville. Cancer occurrence one in a million, especially

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    Known for centuries as the "dread disease", Breast Cancer, a formidable opponent of any woman alive today, was even more so in the nineteenth century. Women who were diagnose with the disease had very little chance of survival and were all too often subjected to excruciating and brutal breast augmentation surgeries, even when much of the time they were already terminal and the surgery made no difference at all. Robert Shadle and James S. Olson's story about our ill fated heroin Nabby Smith recants

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    Summary of the practice issue The issue of breast cancer in the general population remains alarming. However, for African-American (AA) women, the issue is even more pressing due to their higher rate of mortality when compared to their cohorts. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that begins in the breasts’ cells; these cells can invade and metastasize to other body parts (American Cancer Society, 2014). It can affect both men and women. Breast cancer can be identified as either ductal, lobular, or

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    Cancer is one of the main threats to health as the second cause of death after heart disease[1]. Approximately 7.6 million people per year worldwide die from cancer and there tends to be an increase in the number of cancer patients each year[2]. One type of cancer is breast cancer that occurs due to disruption of the system of cell growth in breast tissue[3]. This type of cancer most commonly suffered by women worldwide. In Indonesia, there are 48 thousand cases of breast cancer with 21.4% of deaths

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    BREAST CANCER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women. Breast Cancer was first discovered more than 3,500 years ago, surgery was an available option is the mid-19th century. Many procedures were available in the 1990’s and early detection without technology because of visible symptoms. Breast Cancer rate has decreased thirty four percent since the 1990’s. Breast cancer doesn’t just affect women but as well. .01% of men are diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast

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    radiation, viruses, cancer-causing chemicals known as carcinogens, hormones, and lifestyle choices, today’s main culprit of many types of cancers is diet, specifically the American or Western diet which is characterized by a high intake of red meat, refined sugars, and saturated fat. I. What exactly is cancer and just how many types of cancers are known? A. Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue. B. There are more than 100 types of cancer and are named

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