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    Breast cancer (BC) is a world health problem which is known to be the second most deadly malignancy in women (Veronesi et al., 2005;Alvarez.,2010;DeSantis et al., 2014). In 2010, annually worldwide 115 million patients have breast cancer resulting in 410,000 deaths (Kennecke et al., 2010) according to world cancer research fund international in 2012 nearly 1.7 million new cases diagnosed. This represents about 12% of all new cancer cases and 25% of all cancers in women. (Ferlay J et al., 2012 )

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    When it is assumed that 40 % of breast cancer patients treated with endocrine therapy are resistant to this therapy it becomes a problem within the health world, because that such a larger number of patients are not being cured from this treatment. Researchers have studied the Cyclin D1 (CCND1) amplification for being the possible cause for tamoxifen resistance. Cyclin D1 is found within 10-20% of breast cancer patients making it a prime suspect too why patients are becoming resistant to treatment

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    Radiation versus Chemotherapy in the Elderly with Breast Cancer In clinical practice today the population is increasing in the number of elderly patients, as is the occurrence of breast cancer in women 60 years of age and older. According to Tang et al. (2011) the occurrence of breast cancer in women 65 years old and older is greater than “400 cases per 100, 000 women” (p. 3). The appropriate treatment options for the elderly are not as standard as those for a younger generation related to the

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    Im so shy to ask for help - but I’m writing to help fund my mom’s recovery of stage 4 breast cancer. She was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer and is now on a long road of battling. My mom is my world - I don’t have any family or relatives out there except her. I know they say friends will be there - but when most friends have family the only person in this world that I have is my mom. I just can’t imagine my world without her. She’s lived such a life of struggle. A single mom who in my

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    Thompson, G. (2015). Gracie’s Story: Fighting to Survive Breast Cancer. PIXEL eMarkting INC. Tucson, Arizona. This book is excellent source of an autobiography for this genre because it someone’s personal experience going through breast cancer. Students would like this book because everybody in this world is affected by cancer in some way by either personally. Also, I like this book because it can relate how not to give up and having perseverance through life. In this book, it uses her personal

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    research that has been done in this area offers strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the severity and incidence of a vast range of infectious diseases (Garner 1997). There are many benefits of breastfeeding reduces the ovarian and breast cancer risks and a reduction in other types of systemic health such as obesity, overweight, asthma and morbidity. In this way breastfeeding also becomes one of the main causes of benefits for the mothers (Horta 2013). In their report, WHO also recommends

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    Breast Cancer Many men and women are facing what we call the era of cancer. Cancer is now one of the most deadly diseases in world, without proper treatment, someone can die within just a couple weeks, month or years. Cancer cannot be labelled as one disease because there are many different assortments with this sickness. The world’s oldest documented case of cancer is 3500 years old, it was recorded on a papyrus, documenting eight cases of breast cancer. With this discovery, physicians could all

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    This paper will conduct a critical appraisal of research over “Effects of music therapy on anxiety of patients with breast cancer after radical mastectomy: a randomized clinical trial” by Li, Wang, Yan, Zhang & Zhou published in July 2011. Introduction: Authors, Qualifications, Title, Abstract Xiao- Mei Li, Hong Yan, Kia-Na Zhou, Duo-Lao Wang and Yin-Ping Zhang are the researchers who worked together to create the clinical trial being discussed. Li, Zhou, Yan, Wang, Zhang all possess either PhDs

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    An experience in my life that helped shaped me to be the person I am today is my mom going through breast cancer. This was the hardest thing I have ever had to deal with. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer my 10th grade year of high school. This was the hardest year of my life. My mom was and still is my best friend and I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for her. She helps me from everything from school to problems with my friends. She always gives me the best advice in any situation

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    time. My great grandmother was in the local hospital for a few days before they shipped her to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where they proceeded to diagnose her with breast cancer and lymphoma. The breast cancer had a tumor that was against her spine, so she couldn't walk. This was her third time being diagnosed with cancer. The round that did her in. A week later they sent her to a nursing home. Not being able to stand on her legs, that was the only option.. Meanwhile, my great aunt

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