BREAST+CANCER+GB+BZ

Pathology- the science of the causes and effects of diseases, esp. the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes
 * 1.) DEFINITIONS:**

Lymph- a colorless fluid containing white blood cells, that bathes the tissues and drains through the lymphatic system into the bloodstream

Lymph node- each of a number of small swellings in the lymphatic system where lymph is filtered and lymphocytes are formed.

Biopsy- an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease

Mastectomy- is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely.

Tumor- a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant

Lymphovascular invasion- there is cancer in the lymph glands, which means it has metastasized, or spread

Morphology- the study of the forms of things, in particular

Laterality- dominance of one side of the brain in controlling particular activities or functions, or of one of a pair of organs such as the eyes or hands

Histological grade- a system that scores along with the metastic (whole-body-level cancer-spread) staging are used to evaluate each specific cancer patient, develop their individual treatment strategy and to predict their prognosis

Ductal carcinoma- a type of tumor that primarily presents in the ducts of a gland

2. What do I know?

Jonathan Woolsey has stage three, breast cancer. He is a male born in 1950. His left breast is infected and had to get a mastectomy. The doctors found out he had cancer through a biopsy. He has more than one tumor and the largest measures 2.3 centimeters. 20 nodes were examined and only 6 were named positive. He has 102 chromosomes and his tumor suppressor gene is low. He has 200 abnormal cells/millimeter squared.

3. How do you find out what this information means? You can ask a doctor or a professional. Also, you can use the context clues and definitions to figure it out yourself. You can ask a survivor of breast cancer what happened to them to get a more personal feel for the subject.

4. 5 Questions


 * 1) What is the percentage of males who get breast cancer?


 * 1) Why do people with breast cancer get mastectomies?


 * 1) What are the treatments for a person with breast cancer?


 * 1) What are the stages of breast cancer and what do they mean?


 * 1) How can you get breast cancer?