Symptoms for Breast Cancer

I often felt that as a woman the possibilities of being stricken with either diabetes or cancer were very
possible. The afflictions were damned and embedded in me only because of my heritage and gender,
in addition, in the past, it was almost unheard of not assuming that African Americans were at a higher rate than any other ethnic group to succumb to either illness
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Nevertheless, statistics, as well as ethnicity, has proven my theory invalid, because breast cancer does
not victimize one particular group of people, but it strikes all races and both genders. Breast cancer can surface by means of genetics, stemming from the paternal or maternal side of one’s family, or alternatively, at random, meaning anyone can develop the disease with/without a genetic connection. Nevertheless, whatever the cause for the surfacing of the disease, it is a life-changing, mind-altering occurrence.

The early stages of cancer, like a good number of diseases, it can harbor in the body leaving a person asymptomatic; having no apparent signs to alarm the body that something is consuming and/or destroying the tissue. However, the majority of patients find out about the disease through self-examinations, sudden topical changes, or by their primary practitioners’.

There are several forms of breast cancer, but the most aggressive are Invasive Ductile Carcinoma, which can be more dangerous. The reason is that danger is heightened is due to its silent progression and rarity in producing an indication of the disease, but the formality of a mass usually shows up during a mammogram screening in either male or female.

According to the Breastcancer.org, (a nonprofit organization) there are four significant stages to the
disease and with a series of testing, your oncologist can pinpoint the starting area and if it as progressed to other organs or within the lymph nodes throughout the body. Research has also suggested that though this disease has no gender preference, it is highly diagnosed more so in women than men with a surprising 0.22 percent of men’s cancer deaths from breast cancer (American Cancer Society.) The disease can affect either gender because of the amount of hormones generated and/or constant growth of ductile tissue, use of certain drugs such as marijuana, obesity, liver dysfunction and primarily genetics.

Advanced studies are continuously searching to find the makeup and correlation within its
developmental factors. Supportive teams belong to several non-profitable organizations consisting of
Scientologists that work tenaciously for a finite cure to stop the ailment before its formation can occur.

My aunt is a recent survivor of the disease, and even though she had a less aggressive form,(Mucinous Carcinoma), she had to partake of a very aggressive therapy. Through her four-month ordeal with chemotherapy and her eight-week bout with radiation, and the mastectomy, the disease had not shrunk enough to put her in the clear. However, with additional hormonal treatment and a concoction of “other therapies”, she eventually pulled through.

Such a trying time for a woman whom I have always had a great admiration for because she was
“always” the heroic one. Very strong minded and not easily knocked down, she held up very well during the fight for her life. The fight that only she, God and other cancer survivors could ever understand.