BREAST CANCER - Article By Hina Fatima

BREAST CANCER

(Article By: Hina Fatima, 4th Year MBBS Rawalpindi Medical College)

Cancer in its numerous forms is becoming a in every dimension growing problem in our modern all providing life and lifestyle.

Cancer is defined as rapid creation of abnormal cells that grow beyond their usual boundaries, and which can then invade adjoining parts of the body and spread to other organs.

It is a leading cause of death and accounted for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all the deaths) in year 2008 according to the estimates of Global Health Observatory.

Among all the cancers, lung, BREAST, colorectal, stomach and prostate cancer cause the majority of cancer related deaths. So the cancer type which would be focussed upon in this article stands

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POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS

POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS (PRIMARY TYPE 1 OSTEOPOROSIS)

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(ARTICLE BY: Hina Fatima, 3rd Year MBBS, Rawalpindi Medical College)

The term osteoporosis as defined by The National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference reveals “a disease of increased skeletal fragility accompanied by a low bone mineral density (a T score for bone mineral density lower than 2.5) and microarchitectural deterioration”.
Postmenopausal osteoporosis,however strongly refers to

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