September 10, 2008
- Warning Signs of Breast Cancer
Often fatal when not detected at an early stage, breast cancer is the most common disease that women, of all ages, especially younger ones, fall prey to. (…)
August 20, 2008
- Symptoms of Breast Cancer
Because doctor's are now being able to diagnose breast cancer in its early stages today are large number of women are now surviving what use to be a deadly disease a few years back. But it is important that a woman knows exactly what the symptoms of breast cancer are in order that they can easily recognize that they may have this condition and therefore get it treated much earlier. (…)
- Avon Breast Cancer Walk
More and more women are now taking part in the Avon Breast Cancer Walk. This is a fund raising campaign which has been set up to help fight breast cancer. Participants who take part in this two day walk have to raise at least $1,800 and the event which has been held since 2003 in eight cities in the USA. However, in 2005 the campaign was able to raise millions of dollars in donations simply because they were able to gather together thousands of walkers to take part. (…)
- Breast Cancer Awareness
It has been found that once every two minutes someone is being diagnosed with breast cancer. The USA alone 211,000 new cases of breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed this year. That is to say that 1in 8 women who live until they are 85 will develop breast cancer at some time in their life. Certainly research shows that breast cancer causes the highest number of deaths in women between the ages of 40 and 55. But not only should women be aware of breast cancer, but men also. It is expected that around 1,600 men will be diagnosed with this disease of this about 400 are expected to die from it. (…)
- Chemotherapy
Breast cancer can now be treated using chemotherapy (treatment of anti cancer medication that the patient can take either intravenously or orally). The medication provided during chemotherapy is carried by the bloodstream and reaches the cancer cells in most body tissues and organs. (…)
- Breast Cancer Foundation
There are many organisations around the globe now that offer support to both women and men who have been affected by breast cancer. They provide counselling as well as holding fund raising campaigns and events to help further breast cancer research and offer treatment to those patients who cannot afford to pay for it. (…)
- Breast Cancer Information
Firstly breast cancer is a malignant tumor and is found by women in cells that begin in their breasts. A woman’s breast is made up of a number of lobules (these glands make milk), ducts (tiny tubes which connect lobules to the nipple), blood and lymph vessels and also fatty connective tissue. (…)
- Breast Cancer Research
Because of the years of continuous breast cancer research that has been carried out this has helped to change the natural history of breast cancer. It has provided the medical profession with significant progress in both detecting and treating this disease. The current research carried out on this disease focuses more than ever now on the impact that the treatment of breast cancer is having on the health of people. At the symposion held for the public before the annual BCRF luncheon a number of top ocologists and scientists who are working in the breast cancer research field underlined recent changes which have occurred to breast cancer treatment. (…)
- Breast Cancer Ribbon
Across the world October is international breast cancer awareness month. At this time of year foundations, community organizations and companies across the globe will try to enhance people’s awareness on breast cancer issues and raise money from donations given. (…)
- Breast Cancer Statistics
It has become acknowledged that breast cancer is one of the most common ways of women to die from cancer, it is secondly only to lung cancer. Although it is now the second most frequent cancer to be found in women after skin cancer. The World Health Organisation (WHO) are now estimating that over 1,200,000 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide this year and approximately 211,420 will develop infiltrating breast cancer in the USA alone. Then about 58,490 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in situ. Even men can be affected by breast cancer and there will be about 1,700 cases of breast cancer in men this year. (…)
- Breast Cancer Surgery
Certainly breast cancer surgery where the tumor is removed is often the best form of treatment for breast cancer. However, today women can choose from several surgery options and choices for their treatment of the cancer. But the type of breast surgery that will be performed on a patient depends on the location and size of the tumor found, what stage the cancer is at, the size of the patients breast, and last but not least the patient’s own preference. (…)
- Breast Cancer Symptoms
For a large portion of the women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer the first sign or symptom that they notice is a lump in one of their breasts. However, the majority of lumps found (approximately 9 out of 10) are not actually cancerous. In fact breast lumps can be caused by not only cancer but also by the following:-
In women especially over the age of 35 because of changes in their breast tissue the lumps may be formed. Or it may be just caused by a cyst (a sac of fluid) that will be found within the breast, and it may be caused by the build up of fibrous glandular tissue (fibroadenoma) within the breast, but this seems to occur more frequently in younger women. (…)
