Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer is the number one disease for women in the United States of America. Over 1 million women have had this disease, some have survived or they’re deceased. Scientist over the years has been researching this disease to find a cure. Breast Cancer is a tumor that starts in the cells of the breast. The way the cancer forms, the tumor is a group of cancer cells that grows into a surrounding of tissues or areas of the body. Breast Cancer can come from your family history, race and ethnicity, or dense breast tissue. Early Detection for breast cancer you can get a mammogram. A mammogram is an x-ray that exams the breast. It is used to see if the woman has cancer in her breast. Another form of early detection is self-exam your breast. Women who are 40 and older should get a mammogram. Women who are in their 20s and 30s should get a breast exam from your doctor. Breast Cancer is a diagnosed after symptoms appear. Signs and symptoms of being diagnosed with breast cancer are: swelling in all parts of the breast, irritation or dimpling, nipple pain or pain in the breast, nipple retraction, redness or thickening of the breast or the nipple. Breast Cancer can sometimes can spread to lymph nodes underneath the arm or spread around the collar bone. To detect if you really have breast cancer go to your doctor and get a diagnostic mammogram, MRI, breast ultrasound, or ductogram. A MRI is a scan that uses radio waves and strong magnets. The energy from the waves absorbs and the releases a pattern formed by the body tissue and by a certain disease. A breast ultrasound is also known as a sonography, it uses sound waves to outline parts of the body. A ductogram sometimes helps to determine the cause of the nipple discharge. Breast Cancer is staged to describe the area where the cancer is at in the body. “It is based on whether the cancer is invasive or non-invasive, the size of the tumor, how many lymph nodes are involved, and if it had spread to other parts of the