Here's where to find the Table of Contents for this unique book that really gets to the bottom of why
women get breast cancer and how to prevent it.
Patients who had a strong desire for testing reported being worried that other members of their family might
get breast cancer in the future.
New cases of breast cancer are about 100 times more common in women than in men, but yes, men can
get breast cancer too.
Beyond preventing unwanted litters of puppies, spaying has been proven to significantly reduce the chance of your
dog getting breast cancer and uterine infections.
She says animals are following similar health patterns as humans, like how around one out of eight females of either
species gets breast cancer.
Far from every woman
who gets breast cancer carries BRCA gene mutations, but those who do have one of the mutations (they re more common to women of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, for instance, and a recent study suggested that U.S. Hispanic women are also at higher than normal risk) are three to seven times more likely to get the disease than women without alterations in those genes.
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 do
n't get breast cancer.
The most hopeful studies suggest that just half the carriers will
get breast cancer during their lifetimes, the least hopeful that 90 percent will.
They estimated that, for each step - by - step increase in the women's consumption of red meat, there was a step - by - step increase in the risk of
getting breast cancer over the 20 year study period.
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.
Getting Breast Cancer Drugs Right to the Source Breast cancers most often arise in the cells that line the breast ducts, so breast cancer researchers developed an intraductal therapy in which anticancer drugs are administered via a tiny catheter inserted through the nipple into the breast ducts.
In a recent study performed in China, women who were genetically inclined to
get breast cancer lowered their risks by about 50 % through eating a diet rich in cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, bok choy, etc.) «These vegetables are the major source of some chemicals thought to be important for cancer protection,» says study author Jay Fowke, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and cancer epidemiologist at Vanderbilt - Ingram Cancer Center.
The Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project reported that women who eat more grilled, barbecued, or smoked meats over their lifetimes may have as much as 47 percent higher odds of breast cancer, and the Iowa Women's Health Study found that women who ate their bacon, beefsteak, and burgers «very well done» had nearly five times the odds of
getting breast cancer compared with women who preferred these meats rare or medium.
Doing so could not only increase many womens» chances of recovering from breast cancer — as the latest research indicates — but could also help them to
avoid getting breast cancer in the first place.
And because a woman's chances of
getting breast cancer increase with age, she decided that it made sense for Cathy to be the one giving her mother health advice.
If you spay a female dog when she's young, prior to her initial estrus, you can greatly minimize her chances of
ever getting breast cancer, according to author Betsy Brevitz.
If your dog is spayed (ovariohysterectomy) before it goes into its first heat cycle, the chances this dog will
get breast cancer later in life is virtually nil.
MYTH: The Pill increases breast cancer risk There is a slightly increased risk of
getting breast cancer if you are on the Pill.
You should also consider testing if you have two or more female relatives
who got breast cancer at any age on the same side of the family, or one who developed breast cancer before 50, said Mary Freivogel, a genetic counselor in Denver who is the president - elect of the National Society of Genetic Counselors.
One thing is certain, a person does
n't get breast cancer or other cancers from a deficiency in chemotherapy drugs, and while these are often used to treat the obvious problem, they don't address the cause.
Women who followed weight, exercise and alcohol consumption guidelines had about the same lowered risk
for getting breast cancer, even if they had a strong family history of the disease
At 11 a.m., NYC Councilman Andy King hosts a «Men
Get Breast Cancer Too» event with demonstrations of how men can examine their own breasts for cancer, 940 East Gun Hill Rd., the Bronx.
«We need to make sure our mothers, wives, daughters and grandmothers — all of them —
get breast cancer screening to avoid this type of epidemic.»