Everything About Breast Cancer

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Here are some crucial information about the disease that usually triggers a woman. A woman’s risk for developing breast cancer increases as she ages but breast cancer rarely strikes a woman in her 20’s. According to studies, less than five percent of all breast cancer cases occur in women under 40. It usually hits after menopause; nearly 80 percent of cases are in woman over 50. Sometimes, gynecologist don’t always take symptoms seriously because breast cancer is so common on younger women, the doctor may blow-off a lamp or other worrisome sign like bloody nipple discharge. Insist that she perform a clinical breast exam and a needle biopsy or ultrasound. It is also important to trace our family history since it puts younger women at risk. When a 20 to 30 something women develop the disease, they may have gene mutation. Ask your gynecologist about your risks of getting breast cancer so that it can help you to prevent it.

Men are not exempted from the scythe of breast cancer simply because they themselves have breasts too. They are however, 90% less likely to catch the disease but when they do, their chances at survival are no less precarious than that of the women. Last 2007, heart disease trumped the death toll in the United States but up to date, breast cancer still ranks first on being the most feared condition in America. This is most probably because of the media millage given to the condition and the torturous process involved in fighting the disease. The society for women’s health research stated that breast cancer fatalities have decreased because of preventive information dissemination.

What kind of men are more likely to get breast cancer?

At the age of 35, very few men are prone to get breast cancer, but the likelihood of developing the disease increases with age. African-American men appear to be at greater risk than white men. In fact, in some places in Africa, breast cancer in men is much more common than in women. Also, among those who are found to have a higher risk are college-graduated professionals.

The most conceivable risk for developing breast cancer in men seems to be limited to those who have had an abnormal enlargement of their breasts in response to drug or hormone treatments, poison, and other factors.

How can they get breast cancer?Although it is painfully obvious that a man doesn’t have breasts, he does have a small amount of breast tissue. In fact the “breasts” of an adult man are similar to the breasts of a girl before puberty. These “breasts” consist of a few ducts surrounded by breast and other tissue. In girls, female hormones make these tissue grow and develop, but in men, who do not secrete the same amounts of these hormones, this tissue does not develop.The point is, it is still breast tissue, and as such men can develop breast cancer. In fact, men and women have the same types of breast cancer .