Breast Cancer :[

A mutation in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene is the cause of breast cancer. This disease, discovered in 2002, is when cells divide and multiply at an uncontrolled rate. The amount of women diagnosed with this cancer is ridiculous. I find it very sad to know that by age 50, 60 out of 100 women who inherit the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes will develop breast cancer. By age 70, 80 out of 100 women will have it! Those aren't great odds for women. And it's not just women who can develop it; men can get it too. Obviously it is not as common for them, but it is possible. Unfortunately for African American women, they are more likely to have this genetic disorder. Their mortality rate in African Americans is twice that of Caucasians. That is crazy! I feel so bad for them. The odds are bad enough as it is for Caucasians. Imagine having twice the risk of it. Sadly, about 1.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer in one year. About 465,000 of them will die from it. However the good news is, is that the death rate is dropping steadily every year. There is hope for them and there are quite a few treatments for it. Some of them include to treat the main tumor with surgery or to have masectomy. This is where you have one or both breasts removed. You could also have radiation therapy or take a special medicine that is believed to help protect against breast cancer. The earlier breast cancer is detected, the better. Some symptoms that you might have that can help detect breast cancer are unusual lumps in breast or armpit, sometimes a rash, nipple discharge, pain in nipple, inverted nipple, scaly or pitted skin on nipple and some more sever cases can result in bone pain, shortness of breath, drop in appetite, unintentional weight loss and headaches. Luckily, people are working every day to find new cures and treatments. Maybe one day there won’t even be any breast cancer. I think that would be super swell!

I got this information from: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/
and http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp