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Breast Cancer - Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment

   

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Breast Cancer
Name of Student
Name of the University
Authors Note
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Neoplasm Type and
Pathophysiology
Neoplasm Type
• Ducal Carcinoma
No Special Type
(NST)
• Ductal
Carcinoma In-
Situ
• Inflammatory
Breast cancer
• Metastatic
Breast cancer
Etiology
• BRCA1 and
BRCA2 gene
predisposition
• Hormonal
Imbalance after
menopause
• Estrogen-
progesterone
contraceptives (Di
Sibio et al., 2016)
Pathophysiology
• The cancer starts
by the
uncontrolled cell
division by the
cells in the
breast.
• This is usually
caused by a series
of modifications
in molecular
level.
Breast Cancer - Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment_2

Prevale
nce and
Inciden
ce (U.S.)
245,299
new cases
3,810
cases in
Alabama
130.3 out
of
100,000
African-
American
women
41,487
deaths
2016
Report
(Gis.cdc.gov.,
2020)
Breast Cancer - Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment_3

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