Body Paragraph II: Mental Health of Men
Since men feel neglected by physicians when it comes to this topic, they are also scared of telling their loved ones because they feel they don’t know enough information to explain it to their families.
----Men developing anxiety
----Dealing with depression
----how public awareness could help reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety
Due to men being diagnosed so late it affects the household men live in. Men are always seen as the provider in the family. A responsible man does everything they can to fput pod on the table, and being diagnosed with Breast Cancer affects the gender roles a lot.
----how breast cancer affects men
----men not being able to work( how it affects his family )
Body Paragraph III: Men Vs. Women
When it comes to men and women there is nothing really different but our body parts. Therefore, why is it that men aren't recommended to be tested annually? Men’s health is just as important as women’s health.
----Testing is the same for men and women
----percentage of men who are diagnosed with breast cancer
----men being hormone receptor positive
----survival rates (similar)
Since survival rates are so similar, men should be receiving the same treatment as women. It is only fair. This disease when it comes to men is being “poorly understood”(Robinson).
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Men&Breast Cancer (10/13/10)
Men are Equally Important
It’s like a scar; it won’t heal on its own. It needs your help to disappear, if you can’t help yourself it can kill you. It’s Breast cancer. Breast cancer is mostly seen as a disease that targets mostly women, but it also targets a majority of men as well. Breast cancer was discovered in Egypt, back in this time there was said to be no cure for this cancer. Now, thanks to modern medicine there are many ways to be able to detect this type of cancer. Just like any other cancer, you never know when breast cancer is going to target you. Now, women usually are required by their doctors to get tested for breast cancer after forty. While men are not even thinking that they can be targeted by this type of cancer. There are ways that men and women can self test themselves at home everyday. Breast cancer is no joke, the earlier it’s detected, the better chances you have of living through this horrible roller coaster. Especially for men, usually when men are diagnosed, the cancer has already spread. People don’t usually think about how men are affected once they are diagnosed with this disease. Also, when it comes to men with breast cancer some may feel like no one cares, because everything that has to do with breast cancer relates to women with the disease. Getting tested frequently is very important, breast cancer doesn't choose it’s targets by race, gender or age. Every six months, it is suggested you go to the dentist. Every year, it is suggested you check yourself for diseases such as Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Another type of check up that should be on men’s “to-do” list is breast cancer examinations. Just like women, men should be frequently getting tested for Breast Cancer.
“Males are more likely to view breast as vestigial anatomy or something to flex on the beach” (Robinson). The main reason that men are usually diagnosed with advanced breast cancer is because they are not aware that they can be affected with this type of cancer. Many people see breast associated to women, femininity, and sexuality. To most men breast or as others call it “pecs” are just there to make their bodies look good. Men are only worried about making there bodies look good for the beach; they are not thinking that they can be the next victim of Cancer. This is all because of the lack of awareness that physicians provides men with. Women are recommended by physicians to do periodic self-examinations, which physicians usually don’t tell men to perform. “Many male breast cancer patients report feeling ignored by their physician, with symptoms initially dismissed” (Pituskin). This clearly states that men don’t even feel well attended when they visit their physicians. Especially since they have just been diagnosed with breast cancer, and they feel their physician does not know enough about men with breast cancer. Although more women than men are diagnosed with breast cancer, all physicians need to remain aware that this disease targets everyone.
It’s like a scar; it won’t heal on its own. It needs your help to disappear, if you can’t help yourself it can kill you. It’s Breast cancer. Breast cancer is mostly seen as a disease that targets mostly women, but it also targets a majority of men as well. Breast cancer was discovered in Egypt, back in this time there was said to be no cure for this cancer. Now, thanks to modern medicine there are many ways to be able to detect this type of cancer. Just like any other cancer, you never know when breast cancer is going to target you. Now, women usually are required by their doctors to get tested for breast cancer after forty. While men are not even thinking that they can be targeted by this type of cancer. There are ways that men and women can self test themselves at home everyday. Breast cancer is no joke, the earlier it’s detected, the better chances you have of living through this horrible roller coaster. Especially for men, usually when men are diagnosed, the cancer has already spread. People don’t usually think about how men are affected once they are diagnosed with this disease. Also, when it comes to men with breast cancer some may feel like no one cares, because everything that has to do with breast cancer relates to women with the disease. Getting tested frequently is very important, breast cancer doesn't choose it’s targets by race, gender or age. Every six months, it is suggested you go to the dentist. Every year, it is suggested you check yourself for diseases such as Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Another type of check up that should be on men’s “to-do” list is breast cancer examinations. Just like women, men should be frequently getting tested for Breast Cancer.
“Males are more likely to view breast as vestigial anatomy or something to flex on the beach” (Robinson). The main reason that men are usually diagnosed with advanced breast cancer is because they are not aware that they can be affected with this type of cancer. Many people see breast associated to women, femininity, and sexuality. To most men breast or as others call it “pecs” are just there to make their bodies look good. Men are only worried about making there bodies look good for the beach; they are not thinking that they can be the next victim of Cancer. This is all because of the lack of awareness that physicians provides men with. Women are recommended by physicians to do periodic self-examinations, which physicians usually don’t tell men to perform. “Many male breast cancer patients report feeling ignored by their physician, with symptoms initially dismissed” (Pituskin). This clearly states that men don’t even feel well attended when they visit their physicians. Especially since they have just been diagnosed with breast cancer, and they feel their physician does not know enough about men with breast cancer. Although more women than men are diagnosed with breast cancer, all physicians need to remain aware that this disease targets everyone.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Annotated Biblograghy
"Breast Cancer Awareness Month - October 2009." MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 58.40 (2009): 1126. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 2 Oct. 2010.
This article will help my research because it contains information about being on the look out for Breast Cancer. It also contains information about October being the Breast Cancer awareness month.
"Breast Cancer. (cover story)." Nutrition Action Health Letter 37.6 (2010): 3. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 3 Oct. 2010.
This source contains ways that Men and Women can lower the risk of getting Breast Cancer. It also includes information pertaining to early detection and pretention.
"Breast Cancer Treatment & Side Effects." BreastCancer.org - Breast Cancer Treatment Information and Pictures. 29 Apr. 2010. Web. 02 Oct. 2010.
This source will help me in my research because it contains the way Treatment of Breast Cancer affects the human body. It also contains ways to help deal with all of the side effects.
"Cost of Chemotherapy." Chemotherapy - Cancer Treatment and Side Effects. 2009. Web. 05 Oct. 2010..
One thing some people fail to think of when confronted with breast cancer is the medication that goes into it in order to prevent it. It is not a inexpensive thing, in fact there are organizations who help out those people who cant afford treatment and tests.
Doheny, Kathleen. "Breast Lumps and Cancer: 7 Myths and Facts." WebMD - Better Information. Better Health. WebMD, 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 01 Oct. 2010..
This article dicusses early prevention. The simplest thing as a self test can help a potential breast cancer candidate. The early the detections are spotted the quicker the doctor can do his job.
LeMura, Linda M., and Duvillard Serge P. Von. Clinical Exercise Physiology: Application and Physiological Principles. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004. Print
This book discusses breast cancer, how it happens, and how it is cured and in some cases even prevented. Breast cancer happens affects thousands and thousands of people a year and this book focuses much on that.
Robinson, John D., Kenneth P. Metoyer, and Neil Bhayani. "Breast Cancer in Men: A Need for Psychological Intervention." Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 15.2 (2008): 134-139. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 4 Oct. 2010.
This article discusses the relation of cancer and men. Many times breast cancer is associated with woman but it does also happen to men. Men as much as women need to be aware that breast cancer is as much a risk to them as it is to women.
"Types of Breast Cancer - National Breast Cancer Foundation." National Breast Cancer Foundation® Official Site - Information, Awareness & Donations. 2010. Web. 03 Oct. 2010..
This website helps to fund some of the research for breast cancer. Being prepared is key and this website gives tips on how early detection can help the process much better than not being aware at all.
This article will help my research because it contains information about being on the look out for Breast Cancer. It also contains information about October being the Breast Cancer awareness month.
"Breast Cancer. (cover story)." Nutrition Action Health Letter 37.6 (2010): 3. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 3 Oct. 2010.
This source contains ways that Men and Women can lower the risk of getting Breast Cancer. It also includes information pertaining to early detection and pretention.
"Breast Cancer Treatment & Side Effects." BreastCancer.org - Breast Cancer Treatment Information and Pictures. 29 Apr. 2010. Web. 02 Oct. 2010.
This source will help me in my research because it contains the way Treatment of Breast Cancer affects the human body. It also contains ways to help deal with all of the side effects.
"Cost of Chemotherapy." Chemotherapy - Cancer Treatment and Side Effects. 2009. Web. 05 Oct. 2010.
One thing some people fail to think of when confronted with breast cancer is the medication that goes into it in order to prevent it. It is not a inexpensive thing, in fact there are organizations who help out those people who cant afford treatment and tests.
Doheny, Kathleen. "Breast Lumps and Cancer: 7 Myths and Facts." WebMD - Better Information. Better Health. WebMD, 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 01 Oct. 2010.
This article dicusses early prevention. The simplest thing as a self test can help a potential breast cancer candidate. The early the detections are spotted the quicker the doctor can do his job.
LeMura, Linda M., and Duvillard Serge P. Von. Clinical Exercise Physiology: Application and Physiological Principles. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004. Print
This book discusses breast cancer, how it happens, and how it is cured and in some cases even prevented. Breast cancer happens affects thousands and thousands of people a year and this book focuses much on that.
Robinson, John D., Kenneth P. Metoyer, and Neil Bhayani. "Breast Cancer in Men: A Need for Psychological Intervention." Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings 15.2 (2008): 134-139. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 4 Oct. 2010.
This article discusses the relation of cancer and men. Many times breast cancer is associated with woman but it does also happen to men. Men as much as women need to be aware that breast cancer is as much a risk to them as it is to women.
"Types of Breast Cancer - National Breast Cancer Foundation." National Breast Cancer Foundation® Official Site - Information, Awareness & Donations. 2010. Web. 03 Oct. 2010.
This website helps to fund some of the research for breast cancer. Being prepared is key and this website gives tips on how early detection can help the process much better than not being aware at all.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Breast Cancer
Living in New York City, or any city, where time is money and money is everything, many people mistakenly fail to think about ways they can detect, and in many cases prevent potential illnesses that the body creates. Some of these illnesses are one hundred percent preventable, some others are not. What many of these illnesses have in common though is that there are self tests individuals can perform to detect illnesses or potential illnesses. For my topic, I have decided to research something new, I will be researching Breast Cancer.
Breast cancer is at most seen as a cancer that targets women, but it also targets a vast majority of males as well. Breast cancer can happen to a forty year old mother of three, it can also happen to a twenty two year old college student. Breast cancer doesn’t have a preference for its hosts. Breast cancer doesn’t care if its host has a family or not, whether it feels that its host is emotionally strong to accept breast cancer, it just doesn’t care. Many people diagnosed with breast cancer usually have to deal with the strenuous and tedious treatment cycles that can exhaust a patient. Let’s not fail to mention, it can put a patient through a hell of an emotional rollercoaster.
Thanks to modern medicine and constant discovery of new treatments, statistics on breast cancer surviving rates have been on the rise. This means that although breast cancer is a deadly illness, modern medicine has allowed people to live through it, something that was without a doubt a reapers call back when these treatments didn’t exist. Some of the questions that will be answered in my next entry are the following; what is breast cancer? Why does breast cancer occur? How does breast cancer affect the body? Is breast cancer preventable? What types of treatments are there for a person diagnosed with breast cancer? What are the early detection signs for breast cancer? How many people were diagnosed last year? In the past ten years, what are the surviving rates of people diagnosed with breast cancer?
Many people would dread having such an illness. If people are let free to choose whether or not they want to have an breast cancer, 10 out 10 times the answer will likely be “no!”. Only problem is they people don’t have such an option and they just can’t choose. What is as important as knowing about breast cancer is being knowledgeable about the preventable measures that should be taken and when they should be taken. Life is short and heck at times its extremely hectic, but no one is going to take care of an individual’s body as well as that individual him/herself. We will study breast cancer because it’s a topic that relates to thousands of people, and within the next decade, it could affect many thousands more. The key is being prepared.
Breast cancer is at most seen as a cancer that targets women, but it also targets a vast majority of males as well. Breast cancer can happen to a forty year old mother of three, it can also happen to a twenty two year old college student. Breast cancer doesn’t have a preference for its hosts. Breast cancer doesn’t care if its host has a family or not, whether it feels that its host is emotionally strong to accept breast cancer, it just doesn’t care. Many people diagnosed with breast cancer usually have to deal with the strenuous and tedious treatment cycles that can exhaust a patient. Let’s not fail to mention, it can put a patient through a hell of an emotional rollercoaster.
Thanks to modern medicine and constant discovery of new treatments, statistics on breast cancer surviving rates have been on the rise. This means that although breast cancer is a deadly illness, modern medicine has allowed people to live through it, something that was without a doubt a reapers call back when these treatments didn’t exist. Some of the questions that will be answered in my next entry are the following; what is breast cancer? Why does breast cancer occur? How does breast cancer affect the body? Is breast cancer preventable? What types of treatments are there for a person diagnosed with breast cancer? What are the early detection signs for breast cancer? How many people were diagnosed last year? In the past ten years, what are the surviving rates of people diagnosed with breast cancer?
Many people would dread having such an illness. If people are let free to choose whether or not they want to have an breast cancer, 10 out 10 times the answer will likely be “no!”. Only problem is they people don’t have such an option and they just can’t choose. What is as important as knowing about breast cancer is being knowledgeable about the preventable measures that should be taken and when they should be taken. Life is short and heck at times its extremely hectic, but no one is going to take care of an individual’s body as well as that individual him/herself. We will study breast cancer because it’s a topic that relates to thousands of people, and within the next decade, it could affect many thousands more. The key is being prepared.
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