Sentences with phrase «do get breast cancer»

But to find out about the risk stemming from your father's side of the family, you need to look primarily at the women; while men do get breast cancer, women are more vulnerable to it.

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If circumsation is «the routine health - maintenence» and for example one reason doing it is to prevent forskin cancer, should women also get their breasts removed in order to prevent breast cancer?

Despite these statistics, though, breastfeeding doesn't mean you won't get breast cancer or that, conversely, if you don't breastfeed you will.

So when one of the best ways to prevent breast cancer is breastfeeding and you are «raising breast cancer awareness» by sexualizing breasts, I just don't get it.

It's not just buying cool organic tee shirts, but it's women recognizing that they need to buy products without phthalates so that my unborn baby has a healthy life and deodorant without parabens so I don't get breast cancer.

It doesn't hurt that they have great sales and I purchase their breast cancer card to get additional 25 % off on top of my purchase.

It's time for the liberals to end their politically motivated attacks on the Komen Foundation and let them get back to what the do best: raise money and awareness for breast cancer,» Long said.

The American Cancer Society's guidelines say women ages 40 to 44 «should have the choice to start annual breast cancer screening with mammograms if they wish to do so»; women from 45 to 54 «should get mammograms every year»; and women 55 and older «should switch to mammograms every 2 years, or have the choice to continue yearly screening.&Cancer Society's guidelines say women ages 40 to 44 «should have the choice to start annual breast cancer screening with mammograms if they wish to do so»; women from 45 to 54 «should get mammograms every year»; and women 55 and older «should switch to mammograms every 2 years, or have the choice to continue yearly screening.&cancer screening with mammograms if they wish to do so»; women from 45 to 54 «should get mammograms every year»; and women 55 and older «should switch to mammograms every 2 years, or have the choice to continue yearly screening.»

Why some women get breast cancer and others do not is a mystery — genes are to blame for only about 1 in 10 cases.

One of my nightmares is that a woman learns that she doesn't have the high - risk form of the gene for breast cancer susceptibility, so she decides she no longer needs to get mammograms.

Although women who got mammograms had more breast cancers detected than those who didn't, this increase in detection did not translate into lives saved.

A study done by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center shows that many relatives of patients who undergo testing for a gene linked to breast and ovarian cancers misinterpret the results, and less than half of those who could benefit from genetic testing say they plan to get tested themselves — despite the fact that knowing your genetic status may help catch the disease in its earliest stages.

«Unfortunately, there's no way to prevent breast cancer, although women can reduce the risk by doing a few things such as getting regular physical activity and limiting alcohol intake to lower their risks,» says Dr. Barnhart.

«It doesn't explain why women with dense breasts get cancer in the first place.

A carrier is likely, but not certain, to get breast cancer, and if she does it may (or may not) be curable.

«Many breast cancer patients don't get treatment for heart problems.»

If the gene gets damaged in cells in the breast or ovary, they reasoned, it should be able to cause cancer just as it does when a damaged form of the gene is inherited.

A genetic test can therefore help breast cancer patients — and their relatives — get the care they need, while avoiding what they don't.

But 20 to 30 percent of all BRCA carriers never get breast cancer, and most women who do get it don't even carry those genes.

Why do some people get metastatic breast cancer at a young age?

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February 2, 2017 Under and misuse of hormone therapy decreasing, but still high A nationwide cancer registry of almost one million patients treated for hormone - sensitive breast cancer shows that one out of six women who should have received post-surgical treatment known as adjuvant endocrine therapy did not get this recommended component of care, which can reduce the odds of recurrence.

«Black women have been noted to present [at a doctor's office] with later stage cancer, which has a worse outcome — and they don't always get adequate care,» says Ruth ORegan, MD, associate professor of hematology and oncology and director of the translational breast cancer research program at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in Atcancer, which has a worse outcome — and they don't always get adequate care,» says Ruth ORegan, MD, associate professor of hematology and oncology and director of the translational breast cancer research program at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in Atcancer research program at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in AtCancer Institute in Atlanta.

BSEs as you age For premenopausal women, «the easiest day to remember to do a BSE is the first day of your cycle, when you get your period,» suggests Julia A. Smith, MD, director of the NYU Cancer Institute's breast cancer screening and prevention program and director of the Lynne Cohen breast cancer preventive care program at NYU in New YorkCancer Institute's breast cancer screening and prevention program and director of the Lynne Cohen breast cancer preventive care program at NYU in New Yorkcancer screening and prevention program and director of the Lynne Cohen breast cancer preventive care program at NYU in New Yorkcancer preventive care program at NYU in New York City.

Thanks to the practice of hara hachi bu, which means «eat until you are eight parts (or 80 per cent) full», people in Japan are less likely to get breast or colon cancer and consume an average of 840 fewer kilojoules per day than Westerners do.

«University of California researchers estimate 250,000 cases of colon cancer and 350,000 cases of breast cancer could be prevented worldwide by increasing intake of vitamin D. Sunlight spurs production of vitamin D in the skin, and people who don't get much sun exposure tend to have lower levels of the vitamin.»

Most breast cancers are diagnosed in women over age 50, but it's not clear why some women get breast cancer (including women with no risk factors) and others do not (including those who do have risk factors).

Now I don't mean to alarm you, but the number of men getting breast cancer has been increasing over time.

If you've recently gone through menopause and you just don't feel the same anymore, if you've had a major life event like breast cancer and you're experiencing some of the symptoms above, then it may be time to consider getting testosterone replacement therapy.

If you are looking to get involved and support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, there are plenty of things you can do to spread awareness and contribute to the cause.

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At the same time, studies have repeatedly found that women who eat lots of soy appear to have a lower risk of getting breast cancer, and a better risk of surviving breast cancer than those who don't eat soy.

For instance, did you know that women who have high estrogen typically get cancer of the breast, dementia, stroke, heart disease?

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Getting called back after a screening mammogram is fairly common and doesn't mean you have breast cancer.

It doesn't hurt that they have great sales and I purchase their breast cancer card to get additional 25 % off on top of my purchase.

Did you know that dogs and cats get breast, or mammary, cancer too?

Spaying a female dog dramatically reduces the odds of getting breast cancer if done early in the dog's life.

The single most important thing you can do to protect your dog from breast cancer is to get her spayed before her first heat cycle.

Other common misconceptions that are spread by agents that don't know any better are that you can't get life insurance if you have asthma, if you're over age 75, if you weigh too much, if you have had hepatitis, breast cancer or prostate cancer.