About 1 and 8 women will develop breast cancer at some time in her life. This ratio represents a woman's lifetime risk. Thus, not until the age of 80 does a woman's risk of breast cancer rise to 1 in 8. About 180,00 women a year are diagnosed with breast cancer and about 44,000 will die from it m...

Running head: CANCER Cancer Lots of things happen around us and sometimes we never stop to take a moment and look at everything we have and be thankful. Women in this century are very concerned about their looks and careers. They compete with each other at work, in social gat...

The field of medical science has come a long way in recent decades when it comes to the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. Today, women are living longer than ever before with the disease and the cure rate has increased significantly over the years. The key to survival is early detection and ...

Breast Cancer Cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of the body. Th...

INCIDENCE Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women and has the highest fatality rate of all cancers affecting this sex. It is the leading cause of death among women aged 35-54. In 1999 an estimated 175,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer. That is one woman every three minutes....

Breast Cancer Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed form of the disease among women in Canada.It is estimated that 19,2000 women will learn this year that they have breast cancer and 5,500will die. The fact stated above is a very serious issue and women need to face the fac...

INCIDENCEBreast cancer is the most common malignancy among women and has the highest fatality rate of all cancers affecting this sex. It is the leading cause of death among women aged 35-54. In 1999 an estimated 175,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer. That is one woman every three minut...

Breast CancerCancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of the body. There t...

Breast implants...what's in them? Despite the risks involved during surgery and the side effects afterwards, breast implants are widely sought in developed countries. In fact, there were 87,704 surgeries in America alone in 1996. Why do women want big breasts at all and are they fully satisfi...

Breast Cancer Cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of the body. Ther...

Breast enlargement surgery is still popular with women, despite thedangers associated with it. One of the major problems with the breastimplants used in most enlargement surgeries is that they only tend to lastten to twelve years aE" they tend to break in that time, and so, the womanmust unde...

Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction is not a simple procedure. Reconstruction of a breast is done when the natural breast has to be removed due to cancer or other diseases. Breast removal is referred to as mastectomy. The best candidates are women whose cancer has been eliminated by breast removal...

Bigger is Better!... Or is It? Is bigger really better? That is the question many women ask themselves today. For many, the answer is yes, yet some, including myself, feel negatively about the subject. Breast augmentation, technically known as augmentation mammoplasty, is a surgic...

PLASTIC SURGERY. The medical specialty of plastic surgery is concerned with the reshaping of body tissues to correct patients' disfigurements and malformations and to improve physical appearance. The word plastic comes from the Greek plastikos, meaning "to shape" or "to form." The primary objectives...