Essays Tagged: "Breast cancer"

three types of outpatient cancer treatments

the second leading form of cancer in men, after lung cancer. Another on the increase, for women, is breast cancer, particularly in China and Japan. The fourth on the list is colon and rectum cancer, w ... es skin cancer is the most dominating in both men and women, followed by prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women. Yet lung cancer causes the most deaths in men and women. Leukemia, or cancer ...

(4 pages) 98 1 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Breast Cancer Treatments

Only lung cancer kills more women each year in the United States than breast cancer does. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that over 184,000 new cases of breas ... y (ACS) estimates that over 184,000 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in women in 1996 (ACS Breast). Although these statistics are alarming, there are a number of treatment options available f ... s are alarming, there are a number of treatment options available for those that are diagnosed with breast cancer.The best way to treat any disease is to prevent it. Since little is known about breast ...

(5 pages) 153 0 4.1 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Breast cancer: all about breast cancer, medical procedures and ways to prevent it.

Breast cancerWhat is breast cancer?Cancer is a bad tissue - normal tissue cells that grow alot. Our ... ey divide in a crazy and quickly way,When that happens a tumor forms. Benign tumors, in fibrocystic Breast Disease,are not cancerous. Cancerous, tumors spread to and damage healthy tissue.Some problem ... tumors make thir own radicals, making cell reproduccionfaster. Early detection is the best against breast cancer.Why do you get it?All woman that has history of breast cancer in her family is at risk ...

(1 pages) 176 0 4.6 Oct/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

"The Role of the Media in the Public Understanding of Health Issues" Breast cancer & Silicone implants

e of whether or not the media play a significant role, in contributing to the publics' education of breast and other cancers, due to silicone gel breast implants, and the strategies used, if any, to p ... public awareness. The reason for the writer's interest in this subject is that writer had silicone breast implants, which leaked, whereupon a second operation was undergone to remove them. The writer ...

(8 pages) 188 0 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Abortion persuasive essay: neither pro nor con, however gives the facts about the physical effects of abortion to mother that may lead one to think twice about abortions

morrhage and infection. Illegal abortions are the highest form of maternal fatality.You can develop breast, cervical, ovarian and liver cancer from having abortion. The risk of breast cancer almost do ...

(2 pages) 273 0 3.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Every thing you need to know about breast cancer

IntroductionBreast cancer is only one of 200 different types of cancer. It is considered a woman's disease but b ... ease but both men and women have the disease.Every year, more than 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Twelve percent of all women will get the disease and 3.5% of them will die. Breast ca ... ody when cancer cells break away from malignant tumors and enter the bloodstream. Cancer cells from breast cancer are mostly found in the lymph nodes under the arm when it "spreads." When cancer sprea ...

(8 pages) 161 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Jane Smiley's "A thousand Acres".

oung, there father had raped them many times growing up, Ginny had had 5 miscarriages, and Rose had breast cancer. Even though both Ginny and Rose went through many tragedies, there way of dealing wit ...

(2 pages) 38 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Should Doctors Have the Right To Refuse Surgery On Patients who smoke and will continue to do so after surgery.

sive, but in most cases its results are potentially life-saving. Lung cancer is poised to take over breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death in Victorian women.24% of the population (One in ...

(4 pages) 53 1 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

"Metastatic Uterine Cancer".

r is lung cancer, prostate cancer, large bowel cancer and bladder cancer. For women the figures are breast cancer, large bowel cancer, lung cancer and cancer of ovaries (www.cancerbacup.org).SECONDARY ... de effects include:-Changes in appetite -Changes in thirst-Changes in weight -Headache- Indigestion-Breast tendernessEffectiveness: Connie has yet to be checked to see the effectiveness of the hormona ...

(6 pages) 41 0 3.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

"Abortion" A persuasive paper against abortion. Includes internal citations and works cited.

n embryo but it is also harmful to the woman, one harmful aspect is that it increases the chance of breast cancer; and most of all abortion is the killing of a child, whether born or not, and therefor ... y would not be counter-balanced by other hormones late in the pregnancy which increases the risk of breast cancer (Roleff 159). From 1977 to 1987 there were 124 deaths caused by legal abortions; howev ...

(5 pages) 348 1 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Research Paper on Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer: The DiseaseIn 1997 my mother, who was only forty years old, was diagnosed with breast ... and I thank God everyday everything worked out for the best. This is why I chose to do my paper on breast cancer.Cancer is the name for a group of diseases that all have one thing in common; abnormal ... ther parts of your body is called metastasis. Even if a malignant cancer tumor is removed from your breast, the disease may return if the cancer cells have spread before the tumor was removed (Clinica ...

(8 pages) 266 0 4.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Breast Cancer

In the United States in 2000 alone, an estimated 43,700 people will die from breast cancer. It is the number two cancer killer among females ages 15 to 54. On average if a woman ... from it, and there are predicted to be nearly two million new cases reported this year in the U.S. (Breast Cancer Key Statistics).Breast cancer is a group of rapidly reproducing, undifferentiated cell ... tistics).Breast cancer is a group of rapidly reproducing, undifferentiated cells in the area of the breast in men and women. The earliest changes occur in the epithelial cells of the terminal end buds ...

(11 pages) 236 1 4.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Cancer

In the United States in 2004 alone, an estimated 43,700 people will die from breast cancer. It is the number two cancer killer among females ages 15 to 54. On average if a woman ... from it, and there are predicted to be nearly two million new cases reported this year in the U.S. (Breast Cancer Key Statistics).Breast cancer is a group of rapidly reproducing, undifferentiated cell ... tistics).Breast cancer is a group of rapidly reproducing, undifferentiated cells in the area of the breast in men and women. The earliest changes occur in the epithelial cells of the terminal end buds ...

(10 pages) 120 1 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

In 'Tissue' how does Louise Page present the political elements and what impact do they have on the audience

re more often based around the personal and domestic aspects of the home and family. Page addresses breast cancer in her play emphasising that it is a subject appropriate for the stage, this also demo ... the audience as other issues approached by male playwrights. She uses theatre to raise awareness of breast cancer and the treatment and she constructed the play in a way that informs both male and fem ...

(4 pages) 22 0 0.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Breast Cancer

How the disease affects the body:Pain is not a symptom of early Breast Cancer. Although the Breast and nipple can be affected and be noticeable. There can be a lump ... can be affected and be noticeable. There can be a lump, nipple discharge, dimpling or puckering of Breast tissue and scaling of nipple tissue. This is the only part of the body that is affected befor ... dy that is affected before treatment, but if Cancer spreads other parts of the body can be affected.Breast Cancer can have a big affect on the body after treatment especially Radiotherapy and Chemothe ...

(3 pages) 127 1 4.5 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

SMOKING: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Health

eptember 1977, Katherine Loy-Richardson, my Aunt Kat, died. She was 52. Her death was attributed to breast cancer.In February 1995, Rufus Loy, my father, was diagnosed as having cancerous growths in h ...

(4 pages) 40 0 4.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Case Study- Branding Strategy of LTK Omega Egg(Malaysia)

ordinary eggs. The consumption of Omega 3 will reduce heart disease, hypertension, LDL cholesterol, breast cancer, colon cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. In additional, Omega 3 is vital for the develo ...

(11 pages) 181 0 4.6 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Cancer risks and how to minimise them

ch and other cancers. Some doctors even think that drinking is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, the most common women's cancer. Women are advised to keep their consumption down to 1 ...

(2 pages) 85 4 3.9 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Avon Case Study

and strategic objectives.Financial Objectives:Growth in Sales:In 2001 the success of the Goodbye to Breast Cancer lipstick campaign, inventory clearance programs, and the increase of active representa ...

(30 pages) 643 2 4.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics

Look at a breast cancer ad and analyse the message its sending to the audience.

ighting for their readers' attention. One unique advertisement I found in Cosmopolitan is an ad for breast cancer. It focuses its target audience on the women whose age is from eighteen to late thirti ... ve the best life or the easiest way to be beautiful, powerful, or popular like many ads perceive. A breast cancer ad is only looking for its audience to be compassionate, sympathetic, and help a world ...

(3 pages) 37 0 4.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies