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Nicole Matthews
Mrs. DeBock
10 November 2016
English 4
Breast Cancer Early Detection
All men and women need to self-examination and discuss their family medical history
with their physician. Early detection has three action plans like mammogram, breast exam, and
breast awareness according to American Cancer Society. Everyone needs to understand how
series the stages are and the percentage of living according to Arimidex. Also Tumor Markers
has different types of tumor in the breast cancer and it leaves marks in the body such as the
blood, urine, or the body tissues according to Breast Health Center.
First article talks about for early detection there is three action plans like mammogram,
breast exam, and breast awareness according to American Cancer Society. All women in their
20s-50s should do a mammogram, breast exam, and breast awareness. The mammogram has less
radiation than dentists x-ray it is easy, quicker, and safe according to American Cancer
Society. It gives you a head start on your treatment and the doctor might not feel the lump
inside the breast until it is the size of a pea. According to American Cancer Society.
Mammogram can find the small tumor. American Cancer Society advises the women should do
an early mammogram. Women as get older it increase the risk of having breast cancer. That is
why should go the doctor for mammogram and breast exam. The breast exam is when a doctor or
a nurse examines your breast and it is a regular checkup too. They must tell their health in their
family history so the doctors know what are they looking for and expecting to see.

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Second everyone needs to understand how series the stages are and the percentage of
living according to Arimidex. Including how the stages can affect your life and your family
members. The zero stage means it has not spread around the fatty tissue and it is lining to the
lobule or the duct and the rate for survival is 100%. First stage is when the tumor spreads to the
lobules or ducts next to the breast and rate survival is 100%. According to Arimidex, Stage 2 is
when the tumor has grown about 2 cm less than 5 cm in diameter and maybe the lymph nodes
may not be involved and the rate for survival is 92% or 80%. Stage 3A is the tumor increased to
5 cm or greater than diameter and the tumor can be any size but it depends on where the cancer
cells have grown and the rate for survival 67% according to Arimidex. The advantage stage of
breast cancer they are Stage 3B or 3C is when the tumor spreads into the skin of the breast and
the chest wall including the collarbone and the rate of survival is 54%. Stage 4 is the worst stage
of them all it cause the tumor to spread to your lungs, liver, bone, or brain and the rate for
survival is 20%.
Last article talks about different types of tumors in the breast cancer and it leaves marks
in the body such as the blood, urine, or the body tissues according to Breast Health Center. The
tumor marker can be measured by levels that include x-ray it is very helpful to do testing for
detection and diagnosis of the disease and monitoring of the treatment according to Breast
Health Center. Also the doctors can use blood to measure the level and the blood is easier and
safer. They measured the levels before the treatments for example if the tumor is HER2 they will
know that it is higher and the doctor knows what to give the patient. The tumor marker includes
Estrogen(ER) and Progesterone Receptors (PR). They are recommended to measure for every
newly diagnosed cancer patient. Also they are the predictor of the breast cancer survival. CEA is

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a family cell's-surface glycoprotein that has increased the findings the numbers of cancer.
According to Breast Health Center. DNA or S phase divides to eliminate tumors in the breast.
All men and women need to self-examination and discuss their family medical history
with their physician. All women in their 20s-50s should do a mammogram, breast exam, and
breast awareness according to American Cancer Society. Everyone needs to understand how
series the stages are and the percentage of living according to Arimidex. Tumor Markers has
different types of tumors in breast cancer and it leaves marks in the body such as the blood,
urine, or the body tissues according to Breast Health Center.
Works Cited
America Cancer Society. N.p.: American Cancer Society, 2003. Print.
Arimidex. N.p.: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, 2008. Print
Breast Health Center. Murrells Inlet: EduCare, 2006. Print