Category: Breast Cancer

Abstract— Breast Cancer is one of the most common disease that is responsible for a high number of deaths every year. Despite the fact that cancer is treatable and healable in earliest stages, A huge number of patients are examined with cancer very late. Data mining process and classification are efficient way to categorise the…

In this essay, a patient’s journey from diagnosis to completion of treatment will be discussed. The topics dealt with will include causes, to life after treatment. The text below will suggest the best possible actions and care for the patient. Etiology and Epidemiology Intraductal Carcinoma of the breast is classified as an in situ tumor…

Consent: The principle of consent is an important part of medical ethics and international human rights law.[20] Is a written document that crystallizes the communication ongoing between surgeon and patient and that proves that the patient has made an informed decision evaluating pros and cons and possible alternative treatments and gives consent for that specific…

Introduction Triple negative breast cancer is an aggressive subtype of breast cancer which do not have any receptors that are commonly found in other subtypes of breast cancer. It shows negative for the progesterone receptors (PR), estrogen receptors (ER) and human epidermal growth factor (HER2) protein. About 12 to 20 percent of all breast cancers…

Imagine you are a young adult with your whole life ahead of you. Marriage, children, grandchildren, all of it. One day you find out that you have a history of breast cancer in your family, that doesn’t mean you’ll have it but there is a chance. You’re worried and stressed because you know nothing about…

Breast cancer has become a major public health issue worldwide and is the main cause of cancer-related deaths among women (1). South Africa accounts for one out of every four cancers diagnosed and one out of every five cancer deaths among women(2). The rate of breast cancer among the female South African population is rising…

Invasive ductal carcinoma is the most common type of breast cancer, it begins in the cells that line the milk duct in the breast, then the cancer penetrates the channel wall and grows into nearby breast tissue, at this stage it can spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system and the…

Breast Cancer, as defined by Majure, breast cancer is an ‘uncontrolled growth of abnormal breast cells’ (Majure: 110). In other words, Breast cancer starts when cells in the breast begin to grow out of control. These cells usually form a tumor that can often be seen on an x-ray or felt as a lump. The…

“As of January 2019, there are more than 3.1 million women with a history of breast cancer in the U.S.”(breastcancer.org). Breast cancer is not a rare disease. It is affecting a large population of women where the cells in the bosom develop wild. There are various types of bosom malignant growth. The sort of bosom…

Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) defined genomics as ‘the study of genes and their functions, and related techniques (WHO, n .d.). The completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP) in 2003 marked a new era of the genome in medicine and health. Although our knowledge of human genomes is far from complete, genomics is…