Breast Cancer Abnormality Essay

The abnormality I have been researching is breast cancer type number one and type number 2. This abnormality is form of cancer that invades the breast tissue. A group of cancer cells form together to make a tumar, creating breast cancer. Breast cancer type one is found in chromosome number 17 and breast cancer type 2 is found in chromosome number 13. Breast cancer shows many different symptoms, although the most accurate and early detection is a lump of tissue that can be detected by a mammogram. A mammogram is an x-ray that examines suspicious areas and lumps of tissue in the breast. However there are other signs of breast cancer including, swelling of all or part of the breast, skin irritation or dimpling, breast or nipple pain, nipple discharge other than breast milk, and nipple retraction turning inward. Breast cancer progression is in the form of four stages, each of which describes different growth of the cancer. In stage one the cancer cells are confined to a very limited area. This stage is still early, but it shows that there is definitely cancer in the breast. Stage two is when the cancer has already begun growing, the cancer grows and spread throughout the breast. Stage three is

The two most common treatments are a mastectomy, which is the surgery that removes one or both breasts, the other treatment. The other most common treatment is a lumpectomy this is where the surgeons remove the tumor and other areas around it to make sure the cancer is gone. There are other treatments such as Chemotherapy regimen, Chemotherapy ensures that all cancer cells are dead. Although the Chemotherapy has side-effects including the loss of hair and being very sick. Chemo acts as a poison to ensure all of the cancer cells in the breast are wiped out. Other treatments such as Anastrozole, Trastuzumab, Cyclophosphamide, Zoledronic acid, Letrozole, and Exemestane, aren’t as common but are still put in use to treat breast