CANCER RISK TEST EXPANDING

Cancer Risk Test Expanding



Cancer Risk Test Expanding

The essay discussion is based on the newspaper article, which titles as, “Cancer Risk Test Expands,” which shows the meaning of new national guidelines which are conveyed to the readers of the article (Brigid, 2013, p.n.d). The article explains the fact of the cancer risk test where according to the new guideline, women under 70 or more than the age of 70 who are diagnosed with the ovarian cancer are more eligible for the genetic testing for the purpose of looking for the BRA1 and BRA2 gene mutation. Further the analysis would include and applies the sociological approach to the increasing problem of cancer among women, where many of thought provoking concepts regarding cancer and their origin will be discussed, in addition to this discussion, would be done in order to understand the function and the process of how these illnesses are distributed, origination and discusses in our modern surroundings. The concepts of sociology which could include in terms of medicalisation, biomedical models, will be the core concepts which will help in demonstrating the sociological knowledge that further would help the health professionals to significantly examine the media coverage of issues such as cancer risk tests. Consequently, it is of great consequence that the people obtaining the disease and the health care professional should be well aware of the media coverage about the cancer test risk and should apply sociological point of view to the concerns in the media. Cancer is one disease that demands immediate attention and must be reported to the specialist as soon as possible. Along with all the other affects that come along with cancer, in the life of an affected patient. Cancer very shoddily affects the psychosocial part of the life of a human (Jackie, 2012, pp.59).

In the article by Brigid O'Connell (2013, p.n.d), he emphasize on the mutation testing of women aged 70 or more, and moreover those women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and actually warn the women that they should be undergone for their medical test for ovaries along with the breast cancer, disregarding the trends of their family history (Donegan, 2002, p.n.d). Some research work has been done, which clearly shows about genetic mutations, which are more common in women, than women in the past. The result of the research also shows the similar outcome of having mutation test, of those women who are diagnosed with the ovarian cancer. However, according to Brigid, cancer centers in the past have just tested women for mutation in 10% of about 1300 Australian women, who were diagnosed with the ovarian cancer annually (Brigid, 2013, p.n.d). Following the research it is said that nearly 10% of women suffering from breast cancer originates due to the fact of gene mutation. These mutations can be in a set of two genes that are BRCA1 and BRCA2. These genes in normal condition have their main duty in response to form proteins of different ...