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In 2019, it is estimated that over 40,000 women will die from breast cancer in the United States alone and 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer over her lifetime (National Breast Cancer Foundation, 2019). Cancer is an illness that affects everyone, and has…
Many people know of someone who has breast cancer. That is because breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women following skin cancer. It is also the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women, behind lung cancer. Second place is not a good…
Breast Cancer Screening Breast Cancer is a common cancer in Hong Kong. It can be divided into invasive and non-invasive. Breast cancer does not only exist in females, but also exist in males. According to the Centre for Health Protection, there are total 4108 females…
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy and is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in American women. Currently there are no FDA approved vaccines for breast cancer. For this reason development of a therapeutic breast cancer vaccine is an area of…
Breast cancer is a major health problem that is regulated by several mediators ,vary from atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). These signals were produced whether from the tumor itself and/or adjacent stroma, promote tumor vasculature ,tumor…
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Is breast cancer treatable and what can we do to prevent it? Something all women don’t know about is how to prevent it and what causes it. “Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control”. Everyone says that…
MCF-7 cell line also known as human breast adenocarcinoma cell line. It was first isolated from the breast tissue of a 69 year old Caucasian woman in the year 1970. She received 2 mastectomies, the first tissue removed was benign, and five years later she…
Cancer occurs when the gene that is responsible for regulating growth of the cells undergo mutations or abnormal changes. These genes reside in each of the cell’s nucleus and acts as the ‘control room’. In the process of cell growth in our body, the new…
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Introduction A. “I wanted to do something to let her know how special she would always be in my heart” is what Nancy G. Brinker said on Passionately Pink website about her sister, Susan G. Komen. To get started both Susan G. Komen and her…
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