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    Breast Cancer Is Most Aggressive in African American Women Breast cancer is the second leading cause of deaths in American women‚ with lung cancer being the first. It is the most common cancer in women not including non-melanoma skin cancers. Breast cancer is a group of related diseases in which cells in the breast‚ most commonly in the lining of the milk ducts or milk producing glands become abnormal and divide without control or order as a normal cell would. When cancer cells break away from the

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    Breast Cancer is an leading causes of death in American Women Breast Cancer is a primary reason for death in females of all nationalities in the United States of America. An early discovery of breast cancer can save a women’s life. According to American Cancer Society‚ 2012 about one in eight (12%) women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime Presently; it is anticipated that breast cancer will cause about one in thirty six (about 3%) deaths in women.

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    Breast Cancer in Women As most of us look ahead into what we expect for our future‚ we will envision a life of good health‚ success and family. What if the health factor was not good? What if the woman in the family became ill with one of the most uprising and terminal illnesses. Breast cancer is a type of cancer which develops from a mutated gene. "One in 10 American women who live to be 70 develop breast cancer‚ with more than 180‚000new cases diagnosed each year." (Predicting breast-cancer

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    Breast Cancer in Women In this essay I will be discussing breast cancer‚ a very serious issue that affects thousands of women each year. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women and is the second leading cause of death in women ages 35 to 54. The majority of breast cancer cases are sporadic‚ meaning there is no family history of the disease. Only 5% to 10% of women with breast cancer have a family history. Although there is no known cure for breast cancer‚ by educating yourself

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    The Rising Rate of Advanced Breast Cancer in Young Woman People today are surprised as well as shocked to find an increasing rate of young women with breast cancer. Breast cancer is more common in women younger than their 40s and even 30s than society thinks‚ and in reality‚ the mutation has no age requirement. The fact that more and more women under the age of 40 are rapidly developing breast cancer shows that not only has the number of young advanced breast cancer patients increased a significant

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    Breast Cancer: Introduction Breast cancer ranks as one of the leading cancer types in the number of new cases diagnosed and is second only to lung cancer as the the most prevalent cause of cancer death in women. In 2010 the American Cancer Society estimates approximately 209‚060 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed and 40‚230 deaths due to breast cancer will occur in the United States. It is important to note that men also develop breast cancer. Approximately 390 of the estimated deaths

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    Breast Cancer in African American Women Tristian L. Richard Southern University and A&M College Breast Cancer in African American Women Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in the United States‚ according to the American Cancer Society (2012). It is also the principle cause of death from cancer among women globally. The U.S. has one of the highest incidence rates worldwide‚ just under 30% of cancer in women are breast cancer (BreastCancer.Org‚ 2012). It is estimated

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    [pic] Breast Cancer.Org Lori Scott Introduction to Business Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………… I Breast Cancer.org Strategic Focus – Early detection …………………………………II Provide the most current research finding and Information…………………………...III Continuing Research (Fund raise)……………………………………………………IV Goal: Eradicate Breast cancer in our life time…………………………………………V

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    The current event article I read was “Obama on National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” It was a proclamation by the president of the United States ‚ speaking our about breast cancer awareness. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and even though the US is making great strides in the fight against breast cancer‚ every year more than 200‚ 000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and of those 200‚00‚ tens of thousands are in jeopardy of losing their life to this awful disease. Obama

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    One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes and one woman will die of breast cancer every thirteen minutes in the U.S. This is very sad but true. People know that it happens‚ but it’ll never happen to them‚ until it hits close to home. There are precautions that women can take to lower their risk of developing the disease. Knowing what to look for can save a life as far as early detection. The best thing that anyone can do is to educate themselves so that they are aware of signs

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