Breast Cancer
Thesis: Breast cancer, however, remains one of the major concerns in the medical field, mainly because it has many forms and happens to strike a large number of women.

I-Cancer as the disease of the twentieth century
A-Definition of cancer
B-Statistics on cancer victims

II-The nature of breast cancer
A-Breast cancer as a leading cause of death among women
B-Types of breast cancer
1-In situ cancers
2-Invasive cancers
3-Inflammatory cancers
III-Causes of breast cancer
A-The heredity factor
B-Menstruation and age
C-The diet relationship
IV-Treatment of breast cancer
A-Detection of the cancer
B-Therapy methods
C-Coping with consequences of surgery

V-Conclusion

I-Cancer as the disease of twentieth Century

The twentieth century has often been called as the cancer century. This is because more than a hundred types of cancer have been discovered in this century, and secondly, because enormous medical efforts were made to fight all kinds of cancers all over the world. In the early decades of the century, cancer was considered to be a fatal disease, and although many cancers remain fatal, medical therapy has developed significantly over the years such that most cancers can be treated and cured. After decades of struggling with various cancers, doctors are now becoming more aware of the causes of these diseases, how they can be treated, and what can be done to prevent them. Breast cancer, however, remains one of the major concerns in the medical field, mainly because it has many forms and happens to strike a large number of women. A- Definition of Cancer
By definition, a cancer is a disease that is characterized by “controlled growth and spread of abnormal cells” (Laino, online). When such a growth takes place, the cancer cells form a tumor from which cells will invade the neighboring tissues and organs. Some of these cells may