BreastCancer – A Deadly Disease
The world frightens with this word –
cancer. Actually what is a cancer? Cancer is actually a condition where our
body cells display uncontrolled growth, a growth in excess which is not
required for a human body. This unusual growth becomes more dangerous when it
gets transmitted to other parts of the body through lymph or blood.
In most
cases with cancer the patient develops a tumor. Cancer takes a death toll of around
13% of the world population annually and still there is no concrete treatment
of cancer. Yah the chances of it getting treated are higher if it is detected
at an early stage. Breast cancer is one such breed of cancer which strikes
around 10% of the women annually around the globe.
Breast Cancer – A Deadly Disease
Breast cancer instigates from breast
tissue arising from inner linings of milk ducts or lobules which supply milk to
the ducts. Ductal carcinomas and lobular carcinomas are the names given to
cancer originating from ducts and lobules respectively. This cancers are caused
by two sex hormones- estrogen and progesterone. This type of cancer can be
treated with surgery or by medication with a drug called tamoxifen that stops
the production of these hormones but damages ovaries and hence ends fertility.
Low risk hormone sensitive breast cancers can be treated by hormonal therapy,
chemotherapy and radiation.
Breast cancer comprises different
stages. The stages are determined by the fact whether the tumor has spread to
the lymph nodes in the armpits and by its size and its coverage range. If the
cancer has already spread to a larger part of the body then the cancer might
already have reached stage 4 which is incurable. If the metastasize is small
and the prognosis is not that much worse then the cancer is between stage 1-3.
This stage is considered as early cancer and potentially curable as well. Stage
0 shows a marker or is often a pre-malignant disease.
Breast cancer shows its symptoms with
an abnormal appearance of lump which is different from the rest of the breast
tissue. Studies have shown that around 80% of this cancers are diagnosed when
the women feels a lump. This form of cancer also shows certain signs of changes
in the shape and size of breast, skin dimpling, nipple inversion or impulsive
single nipple discharge. Breast pain cannot be considered an out-and-out
symptom of cancer as this might be due to other breast problems.
Breast Cancer – A Deadly Disease
Breast cancer occurs highest in the
women of United States and so it is the most feared disease in America. More
than forty thousand deaths occur annually with breast cancer. Around the world
a women dies every 13 minutes because of this disease. But there is a sign of
relief since ninety six percent of women who find and treat breast cancer early
will be completely cancer free in 5 years time. No one is too young to develop
breast cancer so women are suggested to check their breast at regular intervals
by the time they reach the age of twenty.
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