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Breast Cancer

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:02:07
Category: / Social Sciences
Length: 8 pages (2283 words)
Views: 192109

"In 2004, it is estimated that about 216,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S, along with 59,390 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer." (Breast 1) Cancer is a very complex being. It has the ability to transform cells, grow, migrate (metastasize), grow its own blood vessels, and virtually take over the being it inhabits. While the previous lyric is very apt in its meaning, scientists have come close to identifying the causes …

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…different in its own way, but the underlying genome remains the same. Each cell has a P53 gene, a BRCA1 gene, and a BRCA2 gene. When functioning properly we live life to the fullest, not a worry in the world, but when we undergo LOH, we begin to see the effects of chaos on our lives - an unknown future and a race against time to alter our genetic "destiny." <Tab/>

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