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Isearch topic: Breast Cancer in Young Women

What do you want to find out about your topic:

a: risk factors associated with early breast cancer
b: what causes breast cancer
c: is there earlier detection other than breast self exam in women under 40
d: why is breast cancer more aggressive/invasive in younger women
e: why is breast cancer in young women not “publicized” as much as it is with women over the age of 40?
f: screening tools for family members that have a family member with breast cancer

Questions about the topic:a: does every patient need a mastectomy?
b: does every patient need to undergo chemotherapy and radiation?
c: what are the chances of recurrence of the disease and what are the symptoms?
　
How does the topic connect to your life:-I had an aunt who passed away from breast cancer and I was diagnosed at thirty-two years of age

3 reasons why you like the topic:a: I have some knowledge about the topic based on my own personal experiences
b: the disease affects so many young women nationally but I was “hard pressed” to find a woman my age who was undergoing the same treatment/issues that I was facing at an early age. I wanted to meet people that had survived the disease for thirty years and that was hard to come by.
c: awareness: the more that I talk to people about the disease not just being a disease for “people forty years and older”--the more I’m heightening awareness and possibly am saving someones life.

3 Reasons why your life may change if you answer your questions:a: feel better knowing that I’ve done all that I can do for myself as well as for my young daughter to research all of the current medical protocols/facts about the disease.
b: allows me to move on and put the “nightmare” behind me--but also provides awareness to someone who may be hesitating seeking medical consultation.
c: I would be very happy to someday see insurance companies lower the mammography screening guidelines to women age thirty instead of forty.