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Breast cancer

#Breast cancer #Hereditary cancers #Ribbon symbolism

1 Breast cancer, like other ________, occurs because of an interaction between the environment and a defective gene.

2 ________

3 [36][43] Normal cells will commit cell suicide (________) when they are no longer needed.

4 October is recognized as ________ by the media as well as survivors, family and friends of survivors and/or victims of the disease.

5 ________

6 ________ (Herceptin), a monoclonal antibody to HER2, has dramatically improved the 5yr disease free survival of 'early' (stages 1-3) HER2+ breast cancers to about 87%.

7 ________ will cause symptoms that depend on the location of metastasis.

8 Excised human ________ tissue, showing an irregular, dense, white stellate area of cancer 2 cm in diameter, within yellow fatty tissue.

9 ________ have compared normal cells to breast cancer cells and found differences in hundreds of genes, but the significance of most of those differences is unknown.

10 ________: Usually used for stage 2-4 disease.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • breast cancer in men tends to be diagnosed later than breast cancer in women?
  • Dr. John J. Wild, credited with the first successful detection of breast cancer using ultrasonography, was awarded the $370,000 Japan Prize for his development of ultrasound imaging?
  • patient activist Rose Kushner is credited with helping to end the practice of treating breast cancer by performing both a biopsy and a mastectomy as a one-step surgical procedure?
  • Kirsten Huser Leschbrandt, a former Norwegian MP and current board member of the S-E Norway Regional Health Authority, is a breast cancer survivor?
  • Evelyn Lauder, who co-created and popularized the pink ribbon as a symbol for breast cancer awareness, helped create Estée Lauder's Pink Ribbon lipstick and blusher as a breast cancer fundraiser?
  • epidemiologist Brian MacMahon showed for the first time that women who give birth early in life have a lower risk of breast cancer?
  • Alexandra Penney, author of the best-selling book How to Make Love to a Man, has been credited as one of the creators and popularizers of the pink ribbon (pictured) as a symbol for breast cancer awareness?
  • DirectHit is the only accurate pharmacodiagnostic test to determine possible treatment outcomes of anticancer chemotherapy drugs for breast cancer?
  • state representative Dianne Primavera, a breast and cervical cancer survivor, sponsored legislation for the Colorado Breast and Women's Reproductive Cancers Fund?
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