The Fight For Breast Cancer
Posted on April 17, 2008
There’s nothing more frightening than knowing that you have something inside your body destroying your organs and your health. Breast Cancer is women biggest fear, today there are treatments that are known to work and even cure cancer. Removing the breast is no longer an necessary step for treatment. If found early enough you have a great chance of beating this ugly disease, doctors don’t know what exactly causes breast cancer. Breast Cancer is when abnormal cells grow out of control in one or both breasts. A mass is formed and can spread to other areas of the body, the mass is called an malignant tumor. Most people do not know this but breast cancer also effects men, one in every hundred cases of breast cancer effects men.
The risk factors for breast cancer are aging this disease is much more common in older women, family history, hormones after menopause it raises your risk of getting the disease. Women who inherit genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2 are more likely to get it. Having too much body fat, drinking to much alcohol can raise your estrogen higher and put you at risk. Being inactive is not good either, if you find an usual lump or your breast has changed looking like dimples on them similar to a orange go see your doctor right away.
The symptoms of Breast Cancer is a change in the way the breast feel, a thickening of the breast or underarm, a painless lump or a change in the size or shape of your breasts. A change in the nipple, it might turn in or look scaly. Clear or bloody fluid that comes out of the nipple. It is very important to have regular check-ups and mammograms. Mammograms is an x-ray of the breast to detect anything usual about the breast. If a lump is found your doctor will want to do a biopsy, that’s when your doctor takes some cells from your breast and do test on them. Surgery is necessary with cancer you may have radiation therapy to destroy cancer cells and also get chemotherapy or hormone therapy. Your doctor will decide what is best for you between treatments.
Try to stay healthy eating nutritious foods, lots of vegetables and fruits. Be active exercise for at least 30 minutes 5 days a week. if you drink alcohol try drinking in moderation and even after menopause even one drink can raise your risk. Breast Cancer effects:
- 4 out of 1,000 women in their 30s.
- 15 out of 1,000 women in their 40s.
- 26 out of 1,000 women in their 50s.
- 37 out of 1,000 women in their 60s
Avon helps fight this disease everyday they have a foundation that helps women with breast cancer and domestic violence. Help fight and find a cure 580 million dollars were raised for a cure. One day there will be no more fear because they are working hard to battle this war of cancer.
Lorna Darden
Article Author :Lorna_Darden
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