Sunday, August 8, 2010

How fast does breast cancer or non-cancerous breast lump grow

How fast does breast cancer or non-cancerous breast lump grow?
Hi, I would like to know: 1. How fast does cancerous lump in breast grow? e.g. from pea size to small grape size in months? 1-2 years? etc.... 2. What about non-cancerous lumps that resemble cancer (not the cysts but maybe fibroadenoma that does not have cyclic feature)? Thank you! Thank you Dave. I hope your wife will recover soon.
Cancer - 1 Answers
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It depends on the type of cancer that makes up the tumor. Some are hormones dependent and some are not. My wife felt a lump in her breast in December of '07. She forgot about it and had it checked late June of '08. So within 6 months it was diagnosed at stage 2B. Which means that it had grown to 4.78 cm. (about the size of a fifty-cent piece). The team of doctors that looked at the mammogram thought the tumor was very aggressive. It was a "triple-negative" tumor and did not depend upon hormones to grow. So, it grew faster. Once it gets to a certain size it begins to spread to other parts of the body. My wife's cancer moved into her lymph nodes. They found a non-cancerous lump in her other breast. It had not grown at all. I hope this helps, it just depends upon the conditions that are there that are ripe for the tumor to grow for example how much sugars does the patient digest? Tumors love sugar...it speeds up cell division.

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Is there any range of people that are easily affected to breast cancer

Is there any range of people that are easily affected to breast cancer?
If in the family tree,nobody have gotten breast cancer before will there be a range of people getting breast cancer?
Cancer - 4 Answers
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Malignant cells show up almost completly randomly, allthough it is more common in families that have had it before. It will usually occour sometime after ages 25 and is most common in women. Although Breast cancer is the most common type, it is also the easiest to treat and considering the number of people with it has one of the highest rates of survival
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Yes, women who's mothers and/or aunts off of mothers side have been previously afflicted, site British study.
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In fact only a very small number of breast cancer cases(5-10%) are due to inherited factors. For most people, increasing age is the greatest risk factor. Most cases (approximately 80%) of breast cancers occur in post-menopausal women (women aged over 50 years). Other known risk factors for breast cancer are: Having children at at an older age or not at all. The more children a woman has may also slightly lower her risk. Breast-feeding helps protect against the disease. The longer a woman breast feeds her children, the more she lowers her risk. Starting periods at a younger than average age (under 12) or having a late menopause (after 55) . Taking the contraceptive pill or hormone replacement therapy (HRT) causes a small increase in risk. However, the risk gradually returns to normal after you stop taking them. Being overweight (especially after the menopause). Regularly drinking more than 1 unit of alcohol per day slightly increases the risk of breast cancer. Having a previous diagnosis of breast cancer increases the risk of developing a new cancer in the other breast. These are only risk factors though, and by no means everyone who ticks one or even all boxes will develop breast cancer. Breast cancer causes more than 12,500 deaths each year in the UK. Thatâ€™s around 33 a day.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Is it legal to use the breast cancer ribbon on a bag im making for a fundraiser

Is it legal to use the breast cancer ribbon on a bag im making for a fundraiser?
There is an auction going on and i was thinking about making a breast cancer tote bag. It would have the ribbon on it, but the money I get from it won't be going to beast cancer, it'll go to my organization for school. Is that legal? Would I get in trouble for that? Also, would it be illegal to do the same with a college mascot?
Law & Ethics - 4 Answers
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Technically not illegal if you don't say it's going to breast cancer research--but very, very bad form.
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im sure youl be fine wither its illegal or not.
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I doubt the breast cancer charity would give you any trouble (if anything, it helps them), but it would be dishonest and fraudulent for you to give the buyer the impression that they are supporting the breast cancer charity when that isn't where the money is going. Added: Using the college mascot would be copyright infringement.
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Yes it's illegal - If you use the ribbon it would be under the assumption to the buyer that proceeds would be going to the organization that the logo is used for. You could be sued by the company that owns the ribbon/logo

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