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= Breast Cancer = Breast Cancer is the number one leading cause of cancer related deaths amongst women throughout the United States. Although breast cancer is mainly found in females, male breast cancer does occur and accounts for about 1% of all cancer deaths in men. Back in the 1600s and 1700s work was done by many doctors who learned that cancer of the breast was connected with the lymph nodes in the armpit near the breast. During the late 1800s the technique of removing the infected breast and underlying tissue (mastectomy) became a treatment for breast cancer. Mastectomies were a common and partially successful procedure until the 1970s, when cancer studies were improved once again. __Figure1__ : Diagnosis - Breast cancer patients can be diagnosed as a result of an abnormality seen on a mammogram, a lump, or change in consistency of the breast tissue can also be a warning sign of the disease. Another machine that can be used to detect breast cancer is an ultrasound which can determine whether a bump is filled with liquid, which isn’t necessarily cancer, or a solid lump, which is most likely cancer. One last resort of imaging tests is an MRI machine. The MRI makes detailed pictures of breast tissue that can show the difference between normal and diseased tissues within the breast.

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