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A Special Advertising Section October 18, 2012
Breast Cancer Awareness
Sec. B
Understanding breast cancer Exploring the different forms of the disease
B
reast cancer is a universal term to describe several different cancers that form in and around the breasts.
"REAST CANCER TYPES ARE GENERALLY CATEGORIZED BASED ON WHERE THE ILLNESS BEGINS MOST OFTEN IN THE DUCTS OR LOB ULES THE PARTS OF THE FEMALE ANATOMY RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING BREAST MILK !BOUT NEW CASES OF INVA SIVE BREAST CANCER IN !MERICAN WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED IN WHILE MORE THAN #ANADIAN WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD 4HE .ATIONAL "REAST #ANCER &OUND ATION LISTS SEVEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF BREAST CANCER (EREmS A LOOK AT THEM $UCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU $#)3 4HIS IS AN EARLY FORM OF BREAST CANCER THAT REFERS TO THE PRESENCE OF ABNORMAL CELLS INSIDE A MILK DUCT IN THE BREAST 4HIS TYPE OF CANCER IS GENERALLY FOUND DURING MAMMOGRAMS AND IS CONSIDERED NON INVASIVE 4HIS MEANS IT HASNmT
CER CELLS ARE LARGE AND FORM A BARRIER BETWEEN HEALTHY TISSUE AND TUMORS )NFILTRATING LOBULAR CARCINOMA ),# 4HE !MERICAN #ANCER 3OCIETY SAYS THAT IN WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH ),# WHICH ORIGINATES IN THE MILK PRO DUCING GLANDS OF THE BREAST )N ),# ABNORMAL CELLS INSIDE THE LOBULE BEGIN TO DIVIDE AND BREAK THROUGH THE WALL OF THE LOBULE TO INVADE THE SURROUNDING CONNECTING TISSUES 4UBULAR CARCINOMA 4HIS IS A COM MON CANCER FOR WOMEN AGES AND OLDER 7HEN VIEWED UNDER THE MICRO SCOPE TUBULAR CARCINOMA CELLS HAVE A DISTINCTIVE TUBULAR STRUCTURE 4HERE IS A PERCENT SURVIVAL RATE FOR TUBULAR CAR CINOMA -UCINOUS CARCINOMA #OLLOID 4HIS IS A RARE CONDITION IN WHICH THE BREAST
MYTH VS. FACT
AFTER DIAGNOSIS
FINDING HOPE
Separating truth from misinformation
The next steps...
Survivors share their stories
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SPREAD YET 4HIS MAKES TREATMENT FOR $#)3 EASIER THAN FOR OTHER FORMS OF BREAST CANCER )NFILTRATING DUCTAL CARCINOMA )$# !LSO KNOWN AS INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINO MA THIS IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF BREAST CANCER !CCORDING TO "REAST#ANCER ORG ROUGHLY PERCENT OF ALL BREAST CANCER CASES ARE )$# 4HIS CANCER STARTS IN THE DUCTS BUT nINFILTRAT INGo MEANS THAT IT SPREADS TO THE SUR ROUNDING BREAST TISSUE /VER TIME )$# CAN SPREAD TO THE LYMPH NODES AND POS SIBLY TO OTHER AREAS OF THE BODY -EDULLARY CARCINOMA 4HIS IS A LESS COMMON FORM OF BREAST CANCER )T IS A TYPE OF )$# BUT IT GETS ITS NAME FROM THE COLOR OF THE TUMORS WHICH ARE CLOSE TO THE COLOR OF BRAIN TISSUE OR MEDULLA -EDULLARY CARCINOMA IS QUITE VISIBLE DURING MAMMOGRAMS BECAUSE THE CAN
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