Question

Part I: Ann is a 27-year-old nurse working at the local hospital in surgery. She had worked hard to move into the specialty, and she was enjoying her career, friends, and family. She and her partner had been living together for about a year, and she was content. As a nurse, Ann knew the importance of doing breast self-exams, and did them regularly. In the shower one morning, she felt a lump she wasn’t familiar with. Ann was a bit worried, even though there was no history of breast cancer in her family, so she made an appointment with her doctor. 1. If Ann has a tumor in her breast, is it necessarily cancerous? Differentiate between a benign tumor and cancer at the cellular level. INSERT ANSWER

Answer 1

1.Not all the lump or tumour are cancerous.It could be a breast lump or a fibroadenoma (abnormal growth of tissues) which are generally non cancerous.It is usually prevalent in women less than 30 years of age.

2.The differences between benign tumour and cancer are as following

Benign tumour	Cancer
non cancerous,has a definitive shape size,boundaries	cancerous, no definite size,shape or boundaries
does not spread or invade to nearby cells or tissues	invade to nearby cells or tissues
can settle without treatment	needs treatment
It grows slowly	This grows faster by fasted multiplication
No hormones are secreted	Cells have abnormal chromosomes ,DNA
May not occur in future	Recurrence rate is high
does not need radiation ,after excision treated with pain killer and antibiotics	needs radiation and chemo Therapy,at most cases a surgical excision is done.