Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer

There are different types of cancer one can be in risk of. The focus here today is on breast cancer. There are different factors that can contribute to your risk of breast cancer however there are also ways to avoid becoming one of those statistics. That is why women should not take breast cancer lite, but instead focus on ways to avoid this deadly disease.

A risk factor is anything that effect one chances of getting a particular disease. Not all disease can be controlled. Those that are not controllable include genetics or family history, and environmental exposures or behaviors that have occurred in the past. Those that are controllable are the current and future environmental exposures, such as tobacco smoke or other chemicals. Those whom are at a risk for breast cancer are women age 20 to 39 with no family history of breast cancer, women between age 40 to 49 with no family history of breast cancer and women under age 50 with risk factors for breast cancer (such as family history) and women 50 to 70 and women over age 70. Each of these women ranging in different age groups is required to have a breast examination.

Although cancer can often be treated, in most cases the treatment is only partially effective. Some even develop cancer after they have done everything right to avoid becoming one of the statistic. It is stated that the side effects of the treatment is very unpleasant. The best defense against cancer is to avoid getting it in the first place. That is why risk factors are so important for one to know.

Consuming more than one alcoholic drink a day will increase the risk of breast cancer because it raise a women’s estrogen levels, and estrogen can cause breast cancer cells to become malignant. It is even said, that researchers/doctors do not know actually what causes cancer, but they can...