Analysis of The most Common Diagnosed Cancer in Women
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Breast cancer is the most common diagnosed cancer in women around the world. Currently, it is suggested that approximately 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer and 1 in 28 women will die from it (Conlon, Johnson, Bewick, Lafrenie, & Donner, 2010). Over the past few years, the expectation after breast cancer treatment has not significantly improved. Therefore, it is important to identify the risk factors and causes of this cancer. Within recent years, many environmental factors have been studied with substantial relevance to breast cancer, however, one of the most controversial factors has been cigarette smoking.
The most preventable risk factor for common diagnosed cancers such as, cancers of the pancreas, bladder and lungs, is cigarette smoking. The carcinogens from tobacco smoke enter the bloodstream through the alveolar membrane and can arrive at target sites such as the breast, by means of lipoproteins in the plasma (Hecht, 2012). Findings within the last 5 years have used different, but similar means of collecting and correlating data to assess the risk factors cigarette smoke may have on the breast. The data used to determine the effect of the cigarette smoke varied according to factors such as, starting age, intensity, duration of smoking, induction period, passive smoking, ethnicity and interactions with certain genes.
Women are more frequently diagnosed with breast cancer than men. H. Lynch & J. Lynch (2011) attempted to challenge this and discovered a recent, significant increase in the cigarette smoking habit among women and subsequently, a rate of lung cancer that is now almost equal to that of males. They used this correlation to infer the difficulty of assessing male and fe...
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...t cancer will be resolved by continuing to highlight single studies. The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of cigarette smoking on the incidence of breast cancer and on its course of treatment. This work is of significant importance to public health. It fills a necessary gap on the risk factors that causes breast cancer in women.
A collaborative work is essential to combine all of the prospective information to clearly investigate defined hypotheses, using consistent controls, recognized risk factors such as starting age, intensity, duration of smoking, induction period, gene interactions and particularly the new unexplored factor, passive smoking. The data that will be obtained from the proposed work can be shared to members and associations of the public health and could possibly aid the course of breast cancer treatment.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that breast cancer is the most common diagnosed cancer in women around the world.
- Explains that cigarette smoking is the most preventable risk factor for cancers of the pancreas, bladder and lungs. carcinogens from tobacco smoke enter the bloodstream through the alveolar membrane and can reach target sites such as the breast.
- Explains that women are more frequently diagnosed with breast cancer than men. h. lynch & j lynch (2011) attempted to challenge this and discovered a recent, significant increase in the cigarette smoking habit among women.
- Explains that breast cancer risk is associated with smoking duration, quantity of smoking, and the age that the individual started smoking. previous studies suggested that passive smoking might not play an important role in the etiology.
- Explains that passive smoking has been discredited as a risk factor partly due to the lack of specificity in identifying the critical tobacco smoke carcinogen exposure of interest.
- Explains lynch & lynch's analysis of breast cancer by observational study and questionnaire. they found that cigarette smoke combines with other carcinogens like asbestos exposure increases mesothelioma.
- States that observational studies conclude that cigarettes smoked by early pre-menopausal women do not only contain carcinogenic properties, but also contain compounds with antiestrogenic properties that act by inhibiting aromatase activity.
- Opines that the main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of cigarette smoking on the incidence of breast cancer and on its course of treatment.
- Argues that a collaborative work is essential to combine all of the prospective information to clearly investigate defined hypotheses, using consistent controls, recognized risk factors such as starting age, intensity, duration of smoking, induction period, gene interactions and particularly the new unexplored factor, passive smoking.
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- Explains that breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women. in the united states, over 220,000 women will be diagnosed and 40,000 will die each year.
- Explains that cancer is a class of diseases that grow abnormal cells in the body and attack the healthy ones.
- Explains that only 10% of breast cancer patients had a family history of cancer. some patients were smokers or alcoholics, and had metastasized cancer, while others had poor diets and exercised regularly.
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- Explains that hormones control everything in the body, so it's important to maintain a balanced diet and avoid overly processed foods. melatonin levels are linked to breast cancer.
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