Breast Cancer Mortality rate in UK

Breast Cancer Mortality rate in UK

Introduction

According to the latest report it has been suggested that one in every eight females in the country of UK have the chance or probability of developing the killer disease of breast cancer at any point or time in their lives. This has been evident from the fact that above 48000 new cases of breast cancer were identified and diagnosed in the year 2009. Breast cancer has becomes one of the most common type of cancer and major reason behind majority of the death cases in females especially who belong to the age group of 34 to 54. Men are also at the risk of developing this deadly disease but the probability of developing breast cancer in males is considerably lower in comparison to that of females which is evident from the low number of new breast cancer cases in the year 2009 which were as low as 371 in contrast to 48000 cases in females. There has been considerable improvement in the quality and standard of breast cancer treatment so that it could be detected at early stages for better treatment and improvement of survival statistics. Despite this improvement in the treatment and detection at early stages, UK is still considered as one of the leading countries with highest mortality rates n breast cancer disease. Recent researches and studies in the area of breast cancer does show some improvement as far as comprehending the mechanism of breast cancer cells is concerned (Jenkins, 2012).

Discussion

Breast cancer is a type of a disease in which there is formation and development of certain cancerous or malignant cells within the tissues of the breast. These results in the damage of the DNA of the breast cells which starts to grow in an uncontrolled manner through cell division. These uncontrolled cells divide and grow rapidly to develop a lump in the breast. After this there is no stopping of the cell division process. These abnormal cells start to take over the surrounding normal breast tissues from the source of the primary lump or accumulated cells. As these cells have the ability to spread and grow since they are malignant they start to spread in the lymph channels and in the blood stream. Through blood stream these cells can move to other parts or organs of the body thus resulting in the formation of secondary lumps. As the breast is comprised of ducts and lobules therefore the most common reason for the incidence of breast cancer is from the ducts. This type of cancer is known as invasive ducal carcinoma. This type of cancer is more common in comparison to the cancer which is caused from the lobules and is known as invasive lobular carcinomas. As with any other type of cancer, the main resolution to deal with the issue of breast cancer is early detection and diagnosis that is before the point when it starts to spread to other organs or parts of the body and ...