BREAST CANCER

by

Kevin pineda

per 6

Semester 1 standars

4c Students know how mutations in the DNA sequence of a gene may or may not affect the expression of the gene, or the sequence of amino acids in an encoded protein.

Semester 2 standars

10d Students know there are important differences between bacteria and viruses with respect to their requirements for growth and replication, the body’s primary defenses against bacterial and viral infections, and effective treatments of those infections.

WHY DO I CHOSE THISE TOPIC

I CHOSE THIS TOPIC BECAUSE I WHANT TO GET MORE

INFORMATION ABOUT THISE TOPIC

What is breast cancer ???

Breast cancer is a malignant tumor

Although breast cancer predominantly occurs in women it can also affect men

There are so many types of mutations some are more common than others , and there are also combinations of cancer

The most common type of cancer is ducal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

Breast cancer different tumor size

Stages of breast cancer

There are 4 stages of

breast cancer

Stage #1

It means you have

T-1 tumor and clear

lymph nodes with

no evidence of

metastasis

STAGE 2 HAS AT LEAST

THREE SUBDIVITIONS AND

CONBINATIONS OF

T1 T2 AND T 3 TUMOR POSITIVE

NEGATIVE LYMPHNODES

STAGE 3 it has at least

three subdivisions which come from a mix

of any size of tumor

Stage 4

Is also call metastric breast cancer and its rated by having any size of the tumor positive lymph nodes

This is a real picture of a breast after stage 4

THIS PICTURES ARE AFTER THE SUGERY

What do we have to know about it

Age: Your risk increases as you get older.

Personal History of Breast Cancer

Family History: You are more at risk if your mother, sister, or daughter has had breast cancer.

Having Your First Baby After Age 30

Getting Your Period Before Age 12

Reaching Menopause After Age 50

Obesity

Drinking Too Much Alcohol

CHART

Facts about breast cancer

In 2011there were more than 2.6 million breast cancer survivors in

the U.S 85% breast cancer occur in women who have no family history of breast

cancer

Credits for web sites & pictures

Dr. Jaggernauth 2009 CANCER TREATMENT CENTER http://www.cancercenter.com/search.cfm?q=BREAST+CANCER NOVEMBER 10 4:33

CancerInformation.com last update: May 2010 cancer information http://www.cancerinformation.com/ novemver 13 5:12

Marisa Weiss, M.D. Page last modified on: August 30, 2011 breast cancer http://www.breastcancer.org navenver 7 8:25

Breast cancer tumor