Archive for January, 2009

Breast Cancer in your Sister Increases Risk

Jan 30, 2009 in Detection and Diagnosis, Information, News and Updates, Technology

breastcancerRecent studies show that women who have breast cancer increases the likelihood of a sister to get the disease even after 20 years of that sibling being diagnosed. This heightens the need for regular check-ups which would allow proper diagnosis and treatment to prevent complications. Breast cancer is a treatable disease with early detection as key. Advents with newer digital scanning technology have increased the speed of detection and has greatly increased the ability of treatment in many women. For women who have had relatives with breast cancer, no worry for your likelihood of contracting the deadly disease is highly unlikely yet not impossible. Vaccines and other preventive measures have been in effect for many years now and has been impacting the lives of many afflicted women. Just hope a better treatment would be found to increase the chances of preventing recurrence of the cancer which in many cases does indeed return.

男性が乳がんを発病するリスク

Jan 03, 2009 in Imp @ja

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男性の乳がんの危険性は、女性に見つかった状況に似ているように家族の病歴を持つ事で増えている。だがホルモンのメカニズムは共通点を持ち、危険要因の間で違っている。
男性の乳がんは全く一般的でない為、危険要因に関すること特に環境の要因は不確実だ。 骨折は著しく男性の乳がんの確立を上げるが、女性の場合確立を下げる。 研究結果は近親の親戚が乳がんを患っている場合、男性の乳がん患者の割合をかなり上げている。 肥満は男性の乳がんの他の危険性だ。 共有の遺伝の影響や環境の危険因子は、エストロゲンからテストステロンの生物学的利用能の比率変化の為に特に反映している。 さらに進んだ研究は男性が乳がんを発症する危険性を十分に理解する為、開発中だ。