BREAST CANCER

WHO DISCOVERED BREAST CANCER

• Edwin Smith

CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH

• There are cures for early stages
• It is possibly curable for later stages

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

• Lump near or on breast
• Change in shape or size nipple or breast
• Clear discharge or bloody discharge from
• Breast when not feeding

WHAT BODY SYSTEMS ARE EFFECTED

• Reproductive mostly since breast have fertility

CAUSES

• Having children after 30,being overweight or obese
• Breast implants,not breast feeding, and menopause therapy
• Alcohol,chemicals, and radiation
• Many more

TREATMENTS FOR BREAST CANCER

• The treatments depend on the stage
• combination of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy
• Hormonal therapy, and/or targeted therapy

HOW ITS DIAGNOSED

• Biopsies
• Signs of it on chest
• Breast cancer screening
• Breast MRI
• Breast Ultrasound