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Because the causes and cure of breast cancer are not yet fully known, many people have misconceptions about
the disease. Here is what we know for sure:
MYTH: Women with a family history of breast cancer are the ones who typically get breast cancer.
FACT: Actually, most women who get breast cancer have no family history of the disease. However, a woman whose mother, sister, daughter or grandmother had breast cancer has an increased risk. [click to continue…]
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Getting older — the older you get, the greater your risk of breast cancer
A personal history of breast or ovarian cancer
Having a mother, daughter or sister who has had breast cancer
Having a previous biopsy showing hyperplasia or carcinoma in situ
being young (<12 years) at the time of your first period
starting menopause after age 55
having an inherited mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 breast cancer genes
having more than one drink of alcohol per day
being overweight after menopause or gaining weight as an adult
taking birth control pills for 5 years or longer
never having children [click to continue…]
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Breast cancer: how to recognize it?
Exceptional human breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Exceptional in humans, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, with 42 000 new cases each year . Breast cancer will affect a woman on eight of his life. Breast cancer affects one woman in eight during his life.
Risk Factors some risk factors could be identified (a woman presenting these factors will be more risk than another of developing breast cancer). Some risk factors have been identified (a woman with these factors will have a higher risk of developing breast cancer another).
Breast cancer screening first, most it advance in age, the risk is high: two-thirds of these cancers occur actually after 50 years. First, the more we advance in age, the greater the risk is high: two thirds of these cancers actually occur after 50 years.
Family history then: the breast of a first degree parent, mother or sister, multiplies the risk by fifteen. The family history then a cancer in a first degree relative, mother or sister increases the risk by five.
Hereditary cancers are rare: only 5 % of women with breast cancer are bearers of a genetic predisposition they transmit their daughters. [click to continue…]
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breast cancer risk factorsRisk Factors
In studies, the following factors were clearly associated with a higher risk of breast cancer. In studies, the following factors were clearly associated with a higher risk of breast cancer.
* Absorption of estrogens. Hormones, especially estrogen, might precipitate a cancer. Hormones, especially estrogen, might precipitate a cancer. Oral contraceptives (the pill) and the hormone replacement therapy (for menopause) provide both an additional estrogen. Oral contraceptives (the pill) and the hormone replacement therapy (at menopause) provide both an additional estrogen. Some data indicate that the hormone estrogen in only increases the risk of suffering from breast cancer in a proportion of about 10% for each five years of use, while also including hormone progesterone increases the risk approximately 24% for each five years of use . Some data indicate that the hormone estrogen in only increases the risk of suffering from breast cancer in a proportion of about 10% for each five years of use, while also including hormone progesterone increases the risk approximately 24% for each five years of use. [click to continue…]
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