Breast Cancer Detection

In 2004 alone, it was estimated that 216,000 new cases of breast cancer would be diagnosed among American women. Each year, the number of women treated for the disease has risen at least 1 percent since the 1940s and has only recently appeared to be leveling off. Keeping these startling facts in mind, it's important for women to schedule regular checkups so that any signs of cancer can be detected early.Even with mammography, it is estimated...

There are nearly as many cancer types as there are parts in the human body. Cancer is not just a single disease, but rather a class of diseases in which the common denominator is abnormal cell growth.Cancer can start in a variety of places. For example, there are bone, breast, colon, lung, skin, cervical, prostate, esophageal, and thyroid cancer just to name a few. Each of these cancers affects a different area of the body and some will require...

Early Breast Cancer DetectionMost women are familiar with mammography as our "gold standard" for breast cancer screening. However, there are additional tools available that women can add to their arsenal.One of the most effective tools in breast cancer screening is breast self-exam (BSE). However, BSE works best when women are appropriately trained in the procedure, and then followed-up with annual clinical breast exams (CBE) from their...

Breast Cancer - Aside from October being one of the cooler months of the year, and a special month for kids to go trick or treating dressed up as an eerie ghoul to scare people witless, it is however on a more serious note Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For some women being greeted at the door by a vampire, devil or witch, the fright at that moment is nothing in comparison to the fear they feel inside after being diagnosed with breast...

You see them everywhere from jewelry, to car magnets, to symbols on grocery products, to major companies displaying them on their advertisements. The pink ribbons show everyone that you care about and are interested in finding a cure for breast cancer. Whether you just wear a pink ribbon or you are more socially active in the issue depends upon your own personal experiences with breast cancer.Today, prominent people in the movie industry and...