Essay - Literature Review on Breast Cancer Introduction the Amount of Cancer...

Literature Review on Breast Cancer

Introduction

The amount of cancer related research is enormous, and for that reason it becomes a matter urgency that literature reviews are conducted to evaluate the thoroughness, and the extent to which ***** studies are tangential to fur*****ring the learning and study of cancer ***** physicians, nurses, and o*****r medical personnel. This means ***** ongoing literature reviews must be ***** ***** critique and rate the content ***** usefulness ***** ***** research when medical disciplines are looking to further their knowledge and understanding in the diagnosis, treatment, and the search for the cure for cancer.

***** the online library search engine, Questia, and using the keyword: cancer, the ***** engine yielded 18,188 books; 7,651 journal articles; 7,607 magazine ***** 51,233 newspaper articles; and 186 encyclopedia articles on ***** subject. This emphasizes the enormity of ***** ***** ***** in*****mation available. For medical ***** ***** search through the many volumes of studies and ***** on ***** subject, would take years of reading.

Using ***** again, narrowing the search to focus on a specific type of c*****ncer, the keyword: breast cancer, search returned 8,211 books; 1,753 journal articles; 1,362 magazine articles; 9,714 newspaper articles; and 16 encyclopedia articles on the subject. Since Questia is a limited library service, the search on the keyword is no doubt much smaller than the search engine of a major university or college with access to a larger body of academic works. For this study, however, *****'s limited library serves the purpose.

This study is a brief liter*****ture ***** the existing body of work on breast cancer. It will evaluate the works in terms of timeliness, *****, the presentation of new and original data gained through original study design, ***** audience the ***** is targeting, (e.g., physicians, *****, technicians, hospice), and whe*****r or *****t the ideas ***** conveyed in a clear and concise way. This is the nature of a literature review that is helpful ***** professionals who need to keep a***** of the l*****test studies ***** information on the ***** of breast cancer.

Literature *****

Julene Diedrich, MSN, RN, FNP; Jill Depke, MSN, *****, ANP; and Jessica Engel, MSN, RN, FNP (2007) conducted an informative study that summarized and evaluated ***** existing body ***** re***** on b*****ast cancer risk. Diedrich *****ed on the relationship between socioeconomic status and nutrition. About one in eight women will be diagnosed ***** breast cancer during *****ir lifetime, ***** is the most common type of cancer among females in the United States. Diedrich's study begins by clearly stating ***** problem, which ***** ***** the high incidence of ***** ***** among American women, *****n segueing ***** the *****sis of the study, the relationship between socioeconomic status, nutrition, and breast cancer.

As a ***** of the existing ***** of work that Diedrich and Depke reviewed, the study is thorough. Unfortunately, however, ***** reader ***** limited to the ***** selected ***** ***** and Depke for their review. It ***** be impossible for this ***** ***** be inclusive of the vast body