| Recent developments in medicine and technology | | | | part or most of their breast. This therapy is a major |
| have had a big part to play in altering popular | | | | advancement for women in advanced stages of |
| conceptions about many subjects. Cancer is one such | | | | cancer, as it will kill the tumour without the loss of |
| area that has benefited from the giant advances in | | | | the breast. |
| medical science. | | | | The World Health Organisation has now officially |
| One recent research claims that traumatic events | | | | declared tanning beds as carcinogens. Lawmakers in |
| experienced in early life increases the chances of | | | | the United Kingdom have already made a move to |
| developing lung cancer in later life. It says that | | | | ban teens from using tanning beds. The study says |
| children who go through extreme stress in childhood | | | | that the use of tanning beds by individuals under the |
| become more prone to harmful behaviours such as | | | | age of 30 increases the risk of melanoma by 75%. |
| smoking. Excessive smoking may lead to | | | | On the other side of the spectrum, a recent review |
| development of lung cancer. | | | | by the NHS claims that there is no convincing |
| Researchers in the University of Oklahoma have | | | | evidence that routine breast screening checks have |
| developed a new form of heat treatment to be used | | | | saved lives. Also, as a result of the screening, many |
| in conjunction with traditional chemotherapy. This | | | | thousands of women receive an erroneous breast |
| treatment is capable of destroying large breast | | | | cancer diagnosis each year and are made to endure |
| tumours without the need for a mastectomy. Until | | | | unnecessary treatment and emotional trauma. |
| now, most women with large tumours would lose | | | | |