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    Breast Cancer Pathophysiology

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    Predisposing factors like advanced age and a history of abnormal breast biopsies can lead to the formation of neoplasms or tumors in the breast through a multi-step process. Initially, a primary tumor begins and may become invasive, traveling to lymph nodes and other organs. If not treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or other methods, the primary breast cancer can progress and spread systemically, compromising major organ function and potentially leading to death.

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    Predisposing factors like advanced age and a history of abnormal breast biopsies can lead to the formation of neoplasms or tumors in the breast through a multi-step process. Initially, a primary tumor begins and may become invasive, traveling to lymph nodes and other organs. If not treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or other methods, the primary breast cancer can progress and spread systemically, compromising major organ function and potentially leading to death.

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    Predisposing factors like advanced age and a history of abnormal breast biopsies can lead to the formation of neoplasms or tumors in the breast through a multi-step process. Initially, a primary tumor begins and may become invasive, traveling to lymph nodes and other organs. If not treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or other methods, the primary breast cancer can progress and spread systemically, compromising major organ function and potentially leading to death.

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    Breast Cancer Pathophysiology

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    Predisposing factors like advanced age and a history of abnormal breast biopsies can lead to the formation of neoplasms or tumors in the breast through a multi-step process. Initially, a primary tumor begins and may become invasive, traveling to lymph nodes and other organs. If not treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or other methods, the primary breast cancer can progress and spread systemically, compromising major organ function and potentially leading to death.

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    Pathophysiology

    Predisposing factors: Precipitating factors:

    AGE, GENDER, LATE HISTORY OF


    MENOPAUSAL ABNORMAL BREAST
    BIOPSIES

    Neoplasm
    formation in the
    breast

    Primary tumor
    begins in the
    breast

    Tumor becomes
    invasive
    Travel (metastasize) Progressed beyond
    to other organ breast to regional
    systems in the body lymph nodes

    It becomes systemic

    Primary cancer
    spreads

    If treated: If not treated:


    Surgery,
    Radiotheraphy,Cahemothe
    rapy, Interstitial
    thermotheraphy
    Removal of breast Breast cancer spread
    tissure to major organs

    CANCER CELL Compromise the


    DESTROYED functions of the
    major organs

    DEATH

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