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==[[Breast cancer]]== |
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'''Breast cancer''' is a [[cancer]] that starts in the [[Cell (biology)|cells]] of the [[breast]].<ref name="acs what is bc">{{cite web |author=[[American Cancer Society]] |month=September 26, |year=2007 |title=What Is Breast Cancer? |url=http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_What_is_breast_cancer_5.asp?sitearea= |accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after [[lung cancer]] (10.4% of all cancer incidence, both sexes counted)<ref name="WHO WCR">{{cite web |author=[[World Health Organization]] [[International Agency for Research on Cancer]] |month=June |year=2003 |title=World Cancer Report |url=http://www.iarc.fr/IARCPress/pdfs/wcr/index.php |accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> and the fifth most common cause of cancer death.<ref name="who fact sheet">{{cite web |author=World Health Organization |month=February |year=2006 |title=Fact sheet No. 297: Cancer |url=http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs297/en/index.html |accessdate=2007-04-26}}</ref> However, among women worldwide, breast cancer is by far the most common cause of cancer, both in incidence and death.<ref name="who fact sheet"/> In 2005, breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths worldwide (7% of cancer deaths; almost 1% of all deaths).<ref name="who fact sheet"/> The number of cases worldwide has significantly increased since the 1970s, a phenomenon partly blamed on modern lifestyles in the Western world.<ref name=indy>{{cite news | last = Laurance | first = Jeremy | title = Breast cancer cases rise 80% since Seventies | work = [[The Independent]] |date=2006-09-29 | url = http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1771835.ece | accessdate = 2006-10-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Breast Cancer: Statistics on Incidence, Survival, and Screening | work = [http://imaginis.com Imaginis Corporation] |date=2006 | url = http://imaginis.com/breasthealth/statistics.asp | accessdate = 2006-10-09 }}</ref> |
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Breast cancer incidence is much higher in the Western world, whether in Europe or North America, than in third world countries. North American women have the highest incidence of breast cancer in the world.<ref name="acs bc key stats"/> Among women in the U.S., breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second-most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer).<ref name="acs bc key stats">{{cite web |author=American Cancer Society |month=September 13, |year=2007 |title=What Are the Key Statistics for Breast Cancer? |url=http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_are_the_key_statistics_for_breast_cancer_5.asp |accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> Women in the U.S. have a 1 in 8 (12.5%) lifetime chance of developing invasive breast cancer and a 1 in 35 (3%) chance of breast cancer causing their death.<ref name="acs bc key stats"/> In 2007, breast cancer was expected to cause 40,910 deaths in the U.S. (7% of cancer deaths; almost 2% of all deaths).<ref name="acs cancer facts 2007">{{cite web |author=American Cancer Society |year=2007 |title=Cancer Facts & Figures 2007 |url=http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2007PWSecured.pdf |accessdate=2007-04-26}}</ref> |
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In the U.S., both incidence and death rates for breast cancer have been declining in the last few years.<ref name="pmid17939129">{{cite journal |author=Espey DK, Wu XC, Swan J, ''et al'' |title=Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2004, featuring cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives |journal=Cancer |volume=110 |issue=10 |pages=2119–52 |year=2007 |pmid=17939129 |doi=10.1002/cncr.23044 |accessdate=2007-11-09}}</ref><ref name="acs cancer facts 2007"/> Nevertheless, a U.S. study conducted in 2005 by the [[Society for Women's Health Research]] indicated that breast cancer remains the most feared disease,<ref>{{cite press release |title=Women's Fear of Heart Disease Has Almost Doubled in Three Years, But Breast Cancer Remains Most Feared Disease | publisher=Society for Women's Health Research |date=2005-07-07 | url=http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5459&news_iv_ctrl=0&abbr=press_ |accessdate=2007-10-15 }} |
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</ref> even though [[heart disease]] is a much more common cause of death among women.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/press/infograph_dressgraph.pdf |title=Leading Causes of Death for American Women 2004 |accessdate=2007-10-15 |format=PDF |work=National Heart Lung and Blood Institute }}</ref> |
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Because the breast is composed of identical tissues in males and females, breast cancer also occurs in males.<ref name=Dave>{{cite web | title = Male Breast Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute | work = [http://www.cancer.gov/ National Cancer Institute] |date=2006 | url = http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/malebreast/healthprofessional | accessdate = 2006-10-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Breast Cancer in Men: Cancer Research UK | work = [http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk Cancer Research UK] |date=2007 | url = http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=5075 | accessdate = 2007-11-06 }}</ref> Incidences of breast cancer in men are approximately 100 times less common than in women, but men with breast cancer are considered to have the same statistical survival rates as women.<ref name="acs bc key stats men">{{cite web |author=American Cancer Society |month=September 27, |year=2007 |title=What Are the Key Statistics About Breast Cancer in Men? |url=http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_are_the_key_statistics_for_male_breast_cancer_28.asp?sitearea= |accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> |
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===Proposed Lead=== |
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'''Breast cancer''' is a [[cancer]] that starts in the [[Cell (biology)|cells]] of the [[breast]].<ref name="acs what is bc">{{cite web |author=[[American Cancer Society]] |month=September 26, |year=2007 |title=What Is Breast Cancer? |url=http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_What_is_breast_cancer_5.asp?sitearea= |accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after [[lung cancer]] (10.4% of all cancer incidence, both sexes counted)<ref name="WHO WCR">{{cite web |author=[[World Health Organization]] [[International Agency for Research on Cancer]] |month=June |year=2003 |title=World Cancer Report |url=http://www.iarc.fr/IARCPress/pdfs/wcr/index.php |accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> and the fifth most common cause of cancer death.<ref name="who fact sheet">{{cite web |author=World Health Organization |month=February |year=2006 |title=Fact sheet No. 297: Cancer |url=http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs297/en/index.html |accessdate=2007-04-26}}</ref> However, among women worldwide, breast cancer is by far the most common cause of cancer, both in incidence and death.<ref name="who fact sheet"/> In 2005, breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths worldwide (7% of cancer deaths; almost 1% of all deaths).<ref name="who fact sheet"/> The number of cases worldwide has significantly increased since the 1970s, a phenomenon partly blamed on modern lifestyles in the Western world.<ref name=indy>{{cite news | last = Laurance | first = Jeremy | title = Breast cancer cases rise 80% since Seventies | work = [[The Independent]] |date=2006-09-29 | url = http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1771835.ece | accessdate = 2006-10-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Breast Cancer: Statistics on Incidence, Survival, and Screening | work = [http://imaginis.com Imaginis Corporation] |date=2006 | url = http://imaginis.com/breasthealth/statistics.asp | accessdate = 2006-10-09 }}</ref> |
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Breast cancer is most commonly classified among five types: [[ductal carcinoma]] insitu, [[lobular carcinoma]] insitu, invasive ductal carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma and [[inflammatory breast cancer]]. Breast cancer is typically detected by physical examination of the breast, and/or mammography. Once breast cancer is diagnosed, common treatment options include lumpectomy, mastectomy, chemotherapy and/or radiation. If left untreated, breast cancer will [[metastisize]] to other regions of the body including bone, liver, lung and brain. |
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The oldest description of breast cancer was recounted on papyrus scrolls dated to around 1600 BC. The disease was intially considered untreatable until the 17th and 18th centuries when radical mastectomy was used to "treat" the cancer. Radical mastectomies were a common treatment method until the 1970s. Presently, October is considered [[National Breast Cancer Awareness Month|Breast Cancer Awareness Month]] in the Western World. Breast cancer awareness is represented by a [[pink ribbon]]. |
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Because the breast is composed of identical tissues in males and females, breast cancer also occurs in males.<ref name=Dave>{{cite web | title = Male Breast Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute | work = [http://www.cancer.gov/ National Cancer Institute] |date=2006 | url = http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/malebreast/healthprofessional | accessdate = 2006-10-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Breast Cancer in Men: Cancer Research UK | work = [http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk Cancer Research UK] |date=2007 | url = http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=5075 | accessdate = 2007-11-06 }}</ref> Incidences of breast cancer in men are approximately 100 times less common than in women, but men with breast cancer are considered to have the same statistical survival rates as women.<ref name="acs bc key stats men">{{cite web |author=American Cancer Society |month=September 27, |year=2007 |title=What Are the Key Statistics About Breast Cancer in Men? |url=http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_are_the_key_statistics_for_male_breast_cancer_28.asp?sitearea= |accessdate=2008-02-03}}</ref> |
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==[[Dixie Chicks]]: LGBT-related== |
==[[Dixie Chicks]]: LGBT-related== |
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The Dixie Chicks have equated their experiences with the fallout from the Iraq War controversy with the hatred felt by the LGBT community. Maines, who has a home in Chelsea, Manhattan near band-mate Maguire, confirms that the gay community has fiercely returned the support.[1] When an interviewer from The Advocate said that the Chicks have probably gained a whole new group of gay fans, Maines responded, "We’ve wiped the slate clean as to whom we think our fans are, but we do think we have more liberals and more gay men behind us. We have a gay hairdresser and gay makeup artist who are with us every single day, so they fill us in."[2]
In 2005, the Chicks recorded the song "I Believe in Love" for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) album Love Rocks. Procedes from the album go to HRC which is an organization that "work[s] towards equality" for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals.[3]
E-mail from Humm[edit]
Sent by e-mail from Andy Humm to User:Zuejay.
Gay USA
History
Gay USA is a weekly one-hour TV program of news, analysis and interviews co-hosted by Andy Humm and Ann Northrop.
For more than two decades, Gay USA has covered LGBT people and our struggle for equal rights here and around the world.
The program began in 1985 as Pride and Progress, a gay news and features show on Lou Maletta's Gay Cable Network, and evolved into Gay USA, now produced by Manhattan Neighborhood Network and distributed nationally by Free Speech TV through the Dish Network and other cable outlets. It is also simulcast Thursdays at 11 PM at www.MNN.org channel 34. We began podcasting the show in 2006.
Andy Humm has been with the show since 1985. He has co-hosted with Ann Northrop since 1996.
In addition to all the latest LGBT news, Gay USA features an AIDS News segment covering that pandemic and other LGBT health issues. We also do an Entertainment News segment on LGBT people in show business and on gay-themed movies, TV, theater, and books.
In over twenty years of weekly programming, Gay USA has built up a loyal fan base in New York and around the nation.
Under Lou Maletta, the Gay Cable Network covered the Democratic and Republican national conventions from 1984 to 2000, mostly with Ann and Andy as correspondents asking hard questions of delegates and national political figures on LGBT and AIDS issues, while covering gay and AIDS demonstrations outside the convention halls.
For more information on who has appeared on the show and what we've covered, read the biographies of Ann and Andy and the insert on guests.
- ^ Voss, Brandon. (30 May 2006). Newly Hatched LesbianNation.com. Accessed 18 March 2007.
- ^ Kort, Michele. (20 June 2006). The Dixie Chicks The Advocate. Accessed 18 March 2007.
- ^ Human Rights Campaign. LOVE ROCKS: A Star-Studded Benefit Album to Support Equality Accessed 18 March 2007.