Tiffany+M

​ BREAST CANCER 1. One point that I learned on your page that I did not know before was: You can use hormone therapy to treat breast cancer 2. The page you created was informative or interesting because: it gave the reader a great view on all aspects of breast cancer 3. How I can use this information in my life now or in the future is...watch for lumps 4. I would still like to know more about...what age range gets breast cancer the most. .........................T.V.
 * What Is Breast cancer? || Breast Cancer is a cancer that is sensitive to the hormone estrogen. Estrogen makes the tumor grow more. The two main types of breast cancer are Dutal carcinoma and Lobular carcinoma. Dutal carcinoma starts in the ducts that move the milk from the breast to the nipple. Lobular carcinoma starts in a part of the breast called lobules that produce milk. ||
 * Signs of Breast Cancer || For women the symptoms of breast cancer are a breast lump or a lump in the armpit that is hard, has uneven edges and usually does not hurt, change in the size, shape or feel in your breast or nipple, may have redness, dimpling or puckering that makes the skin look like the skin of an orange, fluiding coming from the nipple may be bloody, clear to yellow or green and looks like pus. For men the symptoms are bone pain, breast pain or discomfort, skin ulcers, swelling in one arm(next to the breast with cancer), and weight loss. ||
 * Chemotherapy || Chemotherapy is the use of chemicals to kill cancer cells(rapidly growing cells) by going through the blood stream. The cells in your blood, mouth, intestinal tract, nails, nose, vagina and hair are also going through rapid divison of cells so they are also affected. ||
 * Radiation || Radiation works by damaging DNA of cells. The damafe is caused by a photon, electron, proton, neutron, or ion beam that directly or indirectly ionizing the atoms which make up the DNA chain. ||
 * Hormone Therapy || Hormone therapy involves the manipulation of the endocrine system through exogenous administration of specific hormones, particularly steroid hormones or drugs which inhibit the production or early activity of such hormones. ||
 * Types of Cancer || There are many types of breast cancer as follows: In situ, Invasive, Invasive ductal carcinoma, Invasive lobular carcinoma. Cancer can also start in the fibrous connective tissue, blood vassels and lympatic system. Unusual types are Inflammatory breast cancer, phyllodes tumor, angiosarcoma, osteosarcoma, metaplastic, adenoid cystic carcinoma and paget's. There are also rare subtypes of invasive ductal carcinoma which are tubular, mucinous, medullary and papillary. ||
 * Risk factors || Risk factors are your age and gender, family history, genes, menstrual, alcohol use, DES, Childbirth, hormone replacement therapy, obesity, radiation. ||