Category: Breast Cancer

Introduction Triple negative breast cancer is an aggressive subtype of breast cancer which do not have any receptors that are commonly found in other subtypes of breast cancer. It shows negative for the progesterone receptors (PR), estrogen receptors (ER) and human epidermal growth factor (HER2) protein. About 12 to 20 percent of all breast cancers…

Imagine you are a young adult with your whole life ahead of you. Marriage, children, grandchildren, all of it. One day you find out that you have a history of breast cancer in your family, that doesnt mean youll have it but there is a chance. Youre worried and stressed because you know nothing about…

Breast cancer has become a major public health issue worldwide and is the main cause of cancer-related deaths among women (1). South Africa accounts for one out of every four cancers diagnosed and one out of every five cancer deaths among women(2). The rate of breast cancer among the female South African population is rising…

Breast Cancer, as defined by Majure, breast cancer is an ‘uncontrolled growth of abnormal breast cells’ (Majure: 110). In other words, Breast cancer starts when cells in the breast begin to grow out of control. These cells usually form a tumor that can often be seen on an x-ray or felt as a lump. The…

Introduction An enormous increase in the incidence of breast cancer among women is widely seen. Prevention is always the better option, than fighting the disease. Mostly women do initiate the practice of breast feeding soon after giving birth, but majority does not put much effort to continue it .The exact relationship between duration of breast…

What is Cancer? Cancer is an abnormal growth of cells in the human body that tend to grow uncontrollably and metastasise (spread to other parts of the body via metastasis, the process of growth of a secondary malignant kind away from the primary site of cancer) rapidly (in most cases). These cancers can involve any…

Cancer is a global epidemic that takes millions of lives every year. There are many types of cancers but due to variables like the environment, there are certain ones on the rise. They can be developed through factors such as unhealthy diets, UV radiation, smoking, air pollution, etc. It is formed, in result, of a…

Meg, age 50, currently on post-menopausal, was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC), also known as one of the most common forms of breast cancer (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, n.d.). The first sign of cancer was detected through a mammogram, followed by a physical examination and later confirmed by an ultrasound and biopsy. Three tumours/ lymph…

Breast cancer is a form of cancer most common in women, but can also affect men, were cells in the breast tissue become mutated and multiply. This most commonly occurs in cells around the milk ducts and glands. In the first stages there are usually no symptoms but, as cancer develops the size or shape…

ABSTRACT Rise in deaths due to prostate and breast cancer are expected to continue in future. These diseases are the most common types of cancer for men and women across the globe. Machine Learning can be used to drop the number of deaths by these diseases with early detection. One of them is the classification…