

Written by
Dr Jana Martiskova
Are you a first year medical student who has to hand in a thesis or dissertation to graduate?
Then don’t wait till the third year to start the work.
Start searching for the right topic today.
Breast cancer is one of the most concerning diseases in the world.
Although there are awareness campaigns and sessions organized all over the world, this subject still needs further research and study to minimize, if not eliminate, the number of affecters.
This makes it the perfect theme for your medical thesis.
Below mentioned are some
But before we move on to that, let’s have a look at what cancer actually is.
What is Cancer?
Cancer is a disease caused by the abnormal uncontrolled cell growth in the body. There are two properties that make the cancer cells malignant. They have uncontrolled growth and they are metastasis (which means that they spread from one part of the body to another).
Students can cover this topic from several points of views. You can cover the disease from the doctor’s point of view or students’. You can conduct study on the prevention, incidence or the cure of the research. Another interesting aspect is the psychological mind frame of the patients. You can also conduct your study on the many problems that the patients have to go through like strained family relations, social acceptance and economic problems.
Basically, for writing breast cancer literature review you need to include related terminology in you literature review to make it narrower. While searching for the right topic on this theme, you need to make sure that your research topic is supported with relevant articles that will help in the study. Before taking the topic to your supervisor, make sure that it is supported by articles that have been published in authentic journals. You also need to make sure that your research topic will not become obsolete in the near future and that the scope of the research is just right. It should be wide enough to be significant but should be narrow enough to be covered within the designated time frame.