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    Gene BRCA1 is a tumor suppressor gene. This means they tell c ells to slow down cell division, repair DNA mistakes, or tell cells when to die. Breast Cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in the nipple cells of the breast. The disease occurs almost entirely in women, but men can get it, too.

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    Gene BRCA1 is a tumor suppressor gene. This means they tell c ells to slow down cell division, repair DNA mistakes, or tell cells when to die. Breast Cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in the nipple cells of the breast. The disease occurs almost entirely in women, but men can get it, too.

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    Gene BRCA1 is a tumor suppressor gene. This means they tell c ells to slow down cell division, repair DNA mistakes, or tell cells when to die. Breast Cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in the nipple cells of the breast. The disease occurs almost entirely in women, but men can get it, too.

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    Treatment

    Thereisaplethoraoftreatmentsforbreastcancer.
    Specifictreatmentsarechosenforspecificcasesofcancer.
    Hereisalistofthemostcommontreatments.

    Breast Cancer
    (Gene BRCA1)

    Bibliography

    By:JackDeMarco

    Surgery
    Chemotherapy
    RadiationTherapy
    TargetedTherapy
    Immunotherapy

    1.

    http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/files/201
    4/04/shutterstock_155269400.jpg
    2. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/
    detailedguide/breast-cancer-what-is-breast-c
    ancer
    3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1247
    /
    4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P
    MC3005727/
    5. http://www.nytimes.com/health/guides/disea
    se/breast-cancer/print.html
    6. http://www.integratedhealthcare.eu/1/en/brea
    stcancer/1512/
    7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_syndrome
    #mediaviewer/File:Autosomal_dominant.png
    8. http://www.intechopen.com/books/future-asp
    ects-of-tumor-suppressor-gene/to-grow-stop-o
    r-die-novel-tumor-suppressive-mechanism-reg
    ulated-by-the-transcription-factor-e2f
    9. http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsa
    ndsideeffects/treatmenttypes/treatment-types
    -landing
    10. http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-c
    ancer-treatment

    Detailedinformationonthesetreatmentscanbefound
    at:
    http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/t
    reatmenttypes/treatmenttypeslanding

    10

    Is Breast Cancer life


    threatening?

    Theshortanswertothisquestionisyes,unfortunately
    thisdiseaseisfatalifleftuntreated.Thecancerouscellswill
    continuetospreadandmultiplyuntiltheaffectedindividual
    dies.

    Fortunatelythetreatmentsabovecanhelpstoptheabove
    fromhappening!

    Symptoms

    What exactly is Gene BRCA1?

    GeneBRCA1isatumorsuppressorgene.Thismeans

    What is Breast
    Cancer?

    theytellc
    ellstoslowdowncelldivision,repairDNA
    mistakes,ortellcellswhentodie.Thisgeneislocatedon
    chromosome17.

    Changeinbreastornippleappearance(Recent
    asymmetry,rednessofskin,unexplainedchange
    inshapeorsize)

    Breastcancerisamalignanttumorthatstartsinthe

    Changeinhowthebreastfeels

    Anynippledischarge

    cellsofthebreast.Amalignanttumorisagroupofcancer
    cellsthatcangrowinto(invade)surroundingtissuesor
    spread(metastasize)todistantareasofthebody.The
    diseaseoccursalmostentirelyinwomen,butmencanget
    2
    it,too.

    What causes Breast Cancer?

    Mutationsthatturnon
    oncogenes
    orturnoff
    tumorsuppressorgenes
    .
    Mutationsinthetumorsuppressorgenes
    BRCA1andBRCA2cancausebreastcancer
    MutationsinBRCA1andBRCA2canbe
    hereditaryandpasseddowninanautosomal
    dominantmanner
    environmentalfactors
    likeradiationand
    carcinogenscanalsocausemutationsin
    oncogenesandtumorsuppressorgenesthat
    causecancer.

    Facts about disease

    Estimated1.4millioncasesofbreastcancer
    worldwide
    BreastCancerismorecommoninwomen
    Breastcancerisdiagnosedinallpartsofthe
    world
    Breastcancerisdangerousbecauseitisso
    easyforittospreadtothebones,lungsand
    otherpartsofthebodythroughthelymphatic
    system

    Pedigree

    of brca1 gene mutations:

    Ifyouorsomeoneyouknowhasanyoftheabove
    symptomsyou/theyneedtovisitadoctorimmediately
    asanyofthesesymptomscanindicatebreastcancer
    anditisgoodtocatchcancerearly.

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