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Cancer is described as an erratic, uninhibited growth of abnormal cells that may originate in any body organ or tissue. They grow in an uncontrolled and disorganized pattern reproducing endlessly thus causing tumor, a pile up of abnormal cells, in the process (Yance, 2006). Cancer has inflicted humans with records transcribed in papyrus since 1500 B.C. in Egypt with eight cases of tumor affecting the breast until today. Breast cancer, is a potentially deadly disease affecting one out of eight women (Vadivelu, Schreck, Lopez, Kodumudi, and Narayan 2008). It is globally considered a major public health concern for it is the leading cause of death in women ages 40 to 49 years worldwide (Taghian, El-Ghamry and Merajver, 2013). More than a million develop the disease without knowing it, and almost 500,000 women die from it every year (Philippine Breast Cancer Network, 2008). The Philippines has the highest incidence of breast cancer in Southeast Asia and ranks 9 th in the world in breast cancer incidence (Asian Hospital and Medical Center, 2012). It has already overtaken lung cancer as the most prevalent form of cancer in the country as of the year 2012. The Philippines also had the lowest survival rate of people with breast cancer among 15 countries in Asia. Among the Filipino women population, 3% will get breast cancer before the age of 75 and 1% will die before reaching such age (Philippine Society of Medical Oncology, 2012). Reference: Yance, D. (2006) Targeting Angiogenesis With Integrative Cancer Therapies. Integr Cancer Ther March 2006 5: 9-2
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Cancer is described as an erratic, uninhibited growth of abnormal cells that may originate in any body organ
or tissue. They grow in an uncontrolled and disorganized pattern reproducing endlessly thus causing tumor, a
pile up of abnormal cells, in the process (Yance, 2006). Cancer has inflicted humans with records transcribed
in papyrus since 1500 B.C. in Egypt with eight cases of tumor affecting the breast until today. Breast cancer, is
a potentially deadly disease affecting one out of eight women (Vadivelu, Schreck, Lopez, Kodumudi, and
Narayan 2008). It is globally considered a major public health concern for it is the leading cause of death in
women ages 40 to 49 years worldwide (Taghian, El-Ghamry and Merajver, 2013). More than a million
develop the disease without knowing it, and almost 500,000 women die from it every year (Philippine Breast
Cancer Network, 2008). The Philippines has the highest incidence of breast cancer in Southeast Asia and
ranks 9th in the world in breast cancer incidence (Asian Hospital and Medical Center, 2012). It has already
overtaken lung cancer as the most prevalent form of cancer in the country as of the year 2012. The
Philippines also had the lowest survival rate of people with breast cancer among 15 countries in Asia. Among
the Filipino women population, 3% will get breast cancer before the age of 75 and 1% will die before reaching
such age (Philippine Society of Medical Oncology, 2012).
Reference:
Yance, D. (2006) Targeting Angiogenesis With Integrative Cancer Therapies. Integr Cancer
Ther March 2006 5: 9-2
Taghian, A., El-Ghamry, M., &Merajver, S. (2013).Overview of the treatment of the newly diagnosed,
non-metastatic breast cancer.Wolters Kluwer Health.
Vadivelu N, Schreck M, Lopez J, Kodumudi G, Narayan D. : Pain after mastectomy and breast
reconstruction
Asian Hospital and Medical Center (2012). Breast Cancer: Screening for Early Detection. Retrieved on
March 13, 2013 from http://www.asianhospital.com/health-alert/breast-cancer/
National Comprehensive Cancer Network.(2006). Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology-volume
1.Available from www.nccn.org.
