Muamer Martincs Shontez Miller Sokol Talovic

 She's 35 years old white female  Lives in Massachusetts, CT  She has a strong family history of Breast Cancer  Single Parent  2 Children  She's doesn’t Exercise  Smokes a pack a day  Stage 1 cancer

 She complained about having a little strange pain on the lower side of her left breast.  Felt like a sharp needle pain.  It only hurt when she would get bumped or as the time goes on when she presses against the area.

 The first test we had her do was an ultrasound. This helps in the diagnosis of a wide range of diseases and conditions. The ultrasound test came clean, but the doctors can still feel the ridged spot on her lower left breast.

 The second test we suggested to give her was a biopsy. A biopsy tells if a lump or area is cancerous. Results came back that she is diagnosed with stage 1 cancer.

 Stage 1 is divided into subcategories known as IA and IB.  IA: The tumor measures up to 2 cm AND the cancer has not spread outside the breast no lymph nodes are involved  IB: There is no tumor in the breast instead, small groups of cancer cells – larger than 0.2 millimeter but not larger than 2 millimeters are found in the lymph nodes.

 Stage II is divided into subcategories known as IIA and IIB  IIA: The tumor is larger than 2 cm but not larger than 5 cm and has not spread to the axillaries lymph nodes.  IIB: The tumor is larger than 5 cm but has not spread to the axillaries lymph nodes.

 Stage III is divided into subcategories known as IIIA, IIIB, and IIIC  IIA: No tumor is found, but cancer is found in axillaries, lymph nodes, which are clumped together or sticking to other structures, or cancer may have spread to lymph nodes near the breastbone  IIIB: The breast feels warm and may be swollen  IIIC: The cancer has spread to lymph nodes above or below the collarbone

 Stage IV describes breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast and nearby lymph nodes to other organs of the body, such as the lungs, distant lymph nodes, skin, bones, liver, or brain.

 A Surgeon: is a medical practitioner qualified to practice surgery  Breast cancer treatments almost always includes surgery  Some surgeries are biopsy(An examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the cause, the disease), lymph node removal(swelling in the lymphatic system where lymph is filtered), lumpectomy(A surgical operation in which a lump is removed from the breast.)

 A pathologist: is a doctor who specializes in detecting cancerous cells  When a biopsy is done, pathologist examines the cell samples for cancer  Pathologists report the type of cancer and its characteristics so it can help guide the medical treatment

 A Radiation Oncologist's: specialty is treating cancer with radiation  Some breast cancer victims have radiation to the breast or lymph node

 Hematocrit 37% normal is 38-40%  Rbc is 3.8mcells/mc1 normal is mcells/mcl  Wbc decreased to 5k cells/mcl normal k

Tumor in the breast The tumor is an result of a abnormal cell growth, they seems to always feel different your breast surrounding tissue.

 How does Breast Cancer affect the body?  Breast Cancer seem to always start as a very tiny group cell in breast that begins to grow in what doctors say “ Out Of Control Manner “.  Early effects of breast cancer are usually lumps and masses within the breast.

 Primarily it usually only develops within the breast, but once it’s not treated the cancer cells can spread to about anywhere in the body affecting functions and organs in the body.

 So without treating the cancer it can spread also within the bone areas, cancer makes cells in the body reproduce kind of weird and can jump from one part of the body to another, and if its left untreated your body can shut down and your organs can kill you.

 Cancer spreads through the lymphatic system  The stage for a person with breast cancer is labeled by a number from 0 to 4. The higher the number is the more the cancer will spread to the organs.  So for example if a person has stage 0 that means, the cancer has not spread beyond the layer of cells.

 Until now breast cancer remains unknown of how you get it. But scientist found out risk that may cause the person of getting the disease. But the main problem would be the person’s age and or drinking habits.

 If you’re at the age of 50 years of age, Breast cancer is at high risk for you, than a person who is in her 30’s.  80% of breast cancer develops in woman over the age 50. Or the ages between (40 to 45)  Breast cancer is ranked first among all causes of death in women, and is uncommon to get breast cancer if you are younger than the age 35. Expect if you have a family member who has had breast cancer run in the family.

 If a woman already has breast cancer, most likely she will end up developing a new cancer in her other breast, but also can be in a different location in the body.  If the cancer left it can also come back  The likely hood of a new cancer increases by 0.5% to 0.7% each year.  After 20 years a woman has a 10% to 15% chance of developing a new breast cancer.

 15% of this disorder is a genetic factor in BreastCarena case.  85% of woman with breast caner do NOT repeat a history of breast caner with their families.  You can get it if it’s from your mother and passed down to her daughter, it can’t be passed down from your mother to cousin.

 In the United States, it is estimated that approximately 40,000 women will die from breast cancer.  1,500 people die each day  3,400 people are diagnosed with cancer each day

 Surgery to remove the Brest so we can take the cancer cell tumor out. After the surgery there is an option of plastic and reconstruction surgery to remake the Brest and make it look most natural as possible by combining the patient’s own tissue during reconstructive procedure.

 Chemo therapy: which uses medicines to slow or stop the growth of cancer cells. Patients with small tumors or earlier stage breast cancer may participate in clinical trials of adjuvant chemotherapy (medication given after surgery)

 The final plan will be radiation therapy to kill all of the censor cells before they infect more of the body and surgery to remove the tumor in the Brest

 Since BreastCarena has stage 1 breast cancer, she did NOT die, but she has to stop smoking and stay fit.  Knowing that her mother died of Breast Cancer, her cancer may come back again.

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