Breast Cancer

: Impact of families who have a member with breast cancer as health issue INTRODUCTION

Family members usually sit beside a mother or grandmother or a sister who has been diagnosed as having breast cancer . Breast Cancer is a cancer of the part of the male and female human body called glandular breast tissue . Around the world , breast cancer accounts temporarily pegged as the fifth most common cause of death . This follows after the more prevalent lung cancer , stomach cancer , liver cancer and colon cancer (Fallowfield , 1991

.74 . In 2005 , breast

cancer was the culprit in more than five

hundred two cases of deaths . This represents roughly seven percent of all cancer deaths around the world . The following paragraphs will explain the technicalities surrounding breast cancer in to unveil the secrets and the fears of inevitable death lurking around the corner BODY

Critically analyse the literature in relation to the issue including the following where appropriate Current prevalence theory , principles and issues in relation to family health

Breast Cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in women in 2005 alone . In the United States alone , thirty -three percent of cancer deaths were classified as breast cancer . Also , it has predicted that breast cancer deaths in the United States would reach about 41 ,000 in 2007 alone . This represents seven percent of the the same demography . In terms of probability , the United States females stand to have a one out of eight probability of contracting breast cancer and a thirty three percent chance of dying by way of breast cancer . Research has shown that the rise in breast cancer has been influenced by the lavish and life -threatening lifestyle of the Western population

Usually , breast cancer starts off as a tiny microscopic cell that then multiples counter to the normal growth procedure of non-cancer cells . The cells stay put temporarily in the basement membrane of the lobule or duct part of the woman 's breast . Unchecked , they then have grown very visible in numbers and could be felt as a hard lump on the breast . The cancer will then burst out of its hiding place in the breast and invade far away places like the other organs in the female 's body

In our modern day society , breast cancer can be literally removed by surgery . The process is to the lymph nodes in the armpit , the breast tissue and the chest muscle hidden below the breast during the 17th century by Jean Louis Petit , a surgeon from France . This is successful only if the breast cancer will be spotted earlier

Families for many generations have passed on the belief that cancer is caused by heredity . And , environmental factors also play an important part . Thus , family members are taught at a young age not to eat cancer igniting foods like too much fat and smoking . The family members are admonished not the exceed the maximum body mass index . This is based on the height and the age of...