Breast cancer is a disease that forms from cancerous cells in the breast, most commonly found in the lobules. Around 12% of women will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime. Risk factors include family history, reproductive history, alcohol consumption, old age, race/ethnicity, and diet and exercise. Mutated BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes can also play a role in breast cancer development. Symptoms may include breast lumps, nipple discharge, skin changes, and breast shape changes. Treatment options include surgery such as lumpectomy or mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer death in women.

1. Breast CancerAn Overview of the Disease Killing Thousands

2. What is Breast Cancer?A disease that forms fromcancerous cells in the breastCancerous cells are mostcommonly found in thelobules of the breast

3. How Do You Get Breast Cancer?12% of women get breast cancer before they’re 80 years oldFactors:Family historyReproductive historyAlcohol consumptionOld ageRace/EthnicityDiet and Exercise

4. Biology Behind Breast CancerMutated BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes

5. Stages of Breast Cancer

6. Symptoms of Breast CancerLumps in the breastSubstances other than milk secreting from the nippleInverting of the nipplePeeling nipple skin Change in size and orshape of the breast Irritation of the skin over the breast such as flaking, redness, and indenting.

7. Surgery Lumpectomy Mastectomy

8. ChemotherapyRegimens

9. RadiotherapyDamages DNA

10. Not So Fun FactsAbout 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.About 39,840 women in the U.S. were expected to die in 2010 from breast cancer, though death rates have been decreasing since 1990.About 1,970 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in men in 2010. Less than 1% of all new breast cancer cases occur in men.For women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer.More than 1 in 4 cancers in women (about 28%) are breast cancer.In 2010, there were more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.

11. Bibliographyhttp://www.breastcancer.org/http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/breast-cancer/DS00328/DSECTION=symptomshttp://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/breasthttp://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/understand_bc/statistics.jsp