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Term Paper Title	Introduction
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Introduction

    The human body is an amazing machine which functions with systems that are more advanced than any which man has ever created.  However, as with any machine, malfunctions can occur and these are the diseases which cause death.  Cancer is one of these diseases; it causes death and devastation for many millions of people each year.  The leading cause of death of woman aged between 40-49 in North America is one of these cancer.  It is breast cancer and the recent fear of it has engulfed women of all ages.
    The fear and frustration of breast cancer has affected thousands of women and their families, mainly in recent years, and it does not seem to be slowing down.  According to the American Cancer Society, bout 184,3000 North American women will discover that they have breast cancer and another 44,300 women will die of it alone.  Breast Cancer is a horrible disease and it devastates thousands of families each year.  What makes it even more difficult to conceive is that a woman is at a very high risk just because she is a woman.  The breasts which have been with her almost all her life, those which gave her children strength and growth, those which have been a symbol of beauty are now going to destroy her.  These are facts which women who have the disease must face and the mental and psychological strain is unimaginable to those who are not affected.

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    As with mainly all diseases, there is not just one contributing factor to its existence.  Breast Cancer has numerous causes and by studying these factors, we can see who is at high risk.  In a life-time, a person will either be diagnosed with cancer or die from it.  Women between the ages of 25-29 who have used oral contraceptives, or are taking the pill, are 16% more likely to develop Breast Cancer.  Women in the United States, at an early age, have less of a risk of developing Breast Cancer than a women in her later age.  American Cancer Society Surveillance Research shows that a women in her twenties has a 1 in 2,500 chance of developing Breast Cancer in the next 10 years, where a woman in her fifties has a 1 in 39 chance of developing the cancer.
    It is a fact that if there is a family history of Breast Cancer, the risk of the offspring developing Breast Cancer increases because of the inheritance of the genes.  These genes appear in various family members over generations.  5%-10% of Breast Cancer is believed to be inherited.
    There are several known ...

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