Breast Cancer - Improve Your Knowledge, Save Your Life

By Antin. Breast cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the cells of female and male breast tissue. Breast cancer is more common in women, but men do get breast cancer as well. Breast cancer is not only one disease, but rather is a wide-ranging term applied to explain numerous various types of cancers that happen in the breast. Most of them could be categorized into one of the classifications: infiltrating ductal carcinoma, infiltrating lobular carcinoma, ductal carcinoma in situ, lobular carcinoma in situ, inflammatory carcinoma, paget’s disease, and cystosarcoma phyllodes.

Breast cancer remains the most common of cancers affecting women. It kills more women than any other kind, except lung cancer. About 150,000 women in the United States develop breast cancer each year, and 25 percent die of the disease.

There are some facts in breast cancer that may improve our awareness to do regular breast examination. Some studies have found that there is relationship between breast cancer and lifestyle. If you live in the United States, please double-check your lifestyle because women in the United States have the highest incidence. However, this does not mean that the further you live away from the States, the lower your chances are of getting the disease. Medical experts attribute this to the fast-paced lifestyle of city women. A study was actually done on the breasts of women living in urban areas and rural areas. Those who live in urban areas are revealed to have glandular breasts, thus making them four times more susceptible to this illness.

It is a well-known fact that 80% of such situations are discovered because of a lump in the breast or near the armpit. Usually, the first sign of breast cancer is a lump in the breast. Everyone, especially women are advised to regularly check their breasts for lumps and bumps to catch it early if they are unfortunate enough to get breast cancer. Finding a lump in the breast is usually the first thing women do before they go for a check with the doctor.This is why women all over the world are encouraged to give themselves a self-breast examination every month in order to safe their life from breast cancer.


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