Breast+Cancer-Description

Description HIstory
 * It forms in the cells of the breast
 * There are numerous types of breast cancer
 * It begins in the milk ducts (most common type)
 * The abnormal cells in the breast become cancerous
 * Then it invades nearby tissue
 * 1st lady of United States ; Betty Ford was the 1st person "go public" about her cancer in 1974
 * Breast Cancer was rarely discussed in the medical fields
 * In 1600 B.C only treatment was burning or cutting tumor out
 * Leonides; a Greek Physican, in 1st century A.D probably was the 1st surgeon to remove the breast (mastectomy)
 * In that time no anesthesia or anything didn't exist to lose sensation



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