2. What is Breast Cancer?
Breast cancer is a cancer that begins within the tissue of the
breast.
There are two types of cancer:
Ductal
Lobular
Most breast cancers begin within cells that line the ducts
(Ductal)
While some start within cells lining the lobules (Lobular)
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-what-isbreast-cancer
3. What is Leukemia
Leukemia (the term leukemia means white blood cells) is a type of
blood cancer in which begins in the bone marrow.
The bone marrow, the soft tissue in the center of a bone, is
where blood cells are produced.
Someone who leukemia has an abnormal (out of control)
production of blood cells.
Unlike normal blood cells that die and are replaced by other
blood cells, abnormal blood cells keep on dividing and taking
up more and more space.
Due to dividing blood cells, there is less space for normal cells
and the person gets sick.
6. Number of deaths with breast cancer
per year
• What researchers had hypothesized that about
232,340 women get diagnosed with and 39,620
women will die of breast cancer in 2013.
7. Number of deaths with Leukemia per
year
• The estimate of scientist had predicted is that
27,880 men and 20,730 women will be
diagnosed with leukemia and 23,720 men and
women will die of leukemia.
