Monday, December 28, 2009

Is there a connection between abortions & breast cancer

Is there a connection between abortions & breast cancer?
I read an article this past weekend about some kind of connection between 1st trimester abortions and breast cancer. Is this true? Has anyone heard of something similar to this? The article in whole was talking about a certain group of people who were for extreme population control. It was very interesting but I don't know how much to believe of it.
Women's Health - 5 Answers
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There is no association between abortion and breast cancer.
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Yes,sites to read: http://www.etters.net/cancerTP.htm, http://www.abortionbreastcancer.com/ as usual the US drags its feet when it comes to women's issues many of the research was done in Britain who are usually head of the game they don't have this gender specific problem. In the US anything that might contradict which is someone's "right" might upset them and cause anger, etc, etc, so they take the safe path and say they dont' have enough data.
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There's a lot of controversy about this issue, but this web site does a good job of sorting it out -- http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_canc.htm In a nutshell, what they say is that it boils down to which kind of study you're doing. There are pro-life advocates who are looking at individual case-studies, where people asked one group of women with breast cancer if they'd ever had abortions, and another group of women without breast cancer if they'd ever had abortions. More women in the breast cancer group said "yes." But -- people with breast cancer are more likely to be truthful about their complete medical history, because they're so used to giving out medical information all the time, while women without breast cancer may be more likely to cover it up because they're embarrassed or they believe that information is private. So while those are surveys that would report "more women with breast cancer say they've had abortions", you can't go by those results, becuase they're not as accurate. There are more accurate kinds of studies, where you pull a whole bunch of doctors' records from a given area and count up how many women had abortions, how many had breast cancer, and comparing who had both. That's a more clinical study of data, and that kind of study shows NO link between abortions and breast cancer. The ONE study of that latter sort that has found ANY kind of link was a study done in Denmark in 1997, that examined the records of every last woman in Denmark -- that was about a million women, and was the biggest such study. They found a very slight increase in risk for women who had had a LATE-TERM abortion, but because the number of women who had had a late-term abortion was itself so low, it's actually a little controversial whether there actually WAS a link or it was just a quirk in the data.
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No... thats just crap.. its an election year and any chance they get to spew their political vomit all over the place they will .. even stooping to fear tactics..
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No there is not. It is propaganda!

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

If you have multiple similar breast lumps, is it unlikely cancer

If you have multiple similar breast lumps, is it unlikely cancer?
It's said that usually breast cancer lumps are not symmetric (appearing on both breasts). So if you have say 2-3 small pea-sized rather hard lumps in each breast (that is 4-6 total), most movable but some maybe hard to tell whether movable or not, is it unlikely to be cancer?
Cancer - 1 Answers
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It depends..See your doctor.. I have multiple small nodules on both breasts and was detected when I was 22 yrs old but surgery is not recommended. The doctor's advise is to have an ultrasound and mammogram yearly to monitor it...After more than 10 yrs now...the nodules are still here but no health risks..I just continue to have it monitored and checked. Not all lumps are cancerous but of course you have to check with your doctor and do not assume. It is easier and safe to have a regular check up than get surprised

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

What are my chances of getting breast cancer

What are my chances of getting breast cancer?
I am slightly overweight, breast cancer runs in my Dads family,
Cancer - 11 Answers
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ASK DR
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Probably pretty high. Ask your doctor about it and do everything you can to cut your risks.
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chances are high. Check your breast monthly and if you find something, have the doctor check RIGHT away. After 34, you can have yearly mammographies. Good luck
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Higher then the norm I say. It is good you know you have an increased risk as this will make you more vigilant. If, god forbid, you did get anything it is more likely you will notice it early and you would be more likely to servive. Remember in most cases it is ignorance that kills.
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I had brest cancer. See your doctor. They can find out of you have the gene that causes the hereditery breast cancer which I have. But it is not a death sentence anymore. My mom died from it but it was also years ago and they know more and early detection is the key - for real.
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Since it runs in your family, two things you must do: 1. Take a mammogram check at least once a year. 2. Avoid oral contraceptives which, if taken over a long period, can lead to cancer (one of my relatives got it that way - there was no cancer in her family)
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1/4 women get breast cancer, if it runs in your fam you should definitely get checked regularly 'cause your odds are probably greater than 1/4
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you need to have genetic testing done but there is a down fall if you try to get insurance most will consider it as a pre existing condition and will either charge you a fortune or won't insure you your best bet is to be tested on a regular basis i have been going through this since my sister died of colon cancer i have to be tested every two years cause the first time they found cancerous polyps i have one more time doing this and then i go to every five year's good luck just think about what i have told you
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Well, you do have ahigh chances of getting it if you don't start doing something about your body. excercise, eat moderately and healthyly.You don't have to excercise everyday just 10-20 minutes a day 2-3 times a week. walk, household chores,are also part of excercising.
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It would be advisable to go and have your breast screen by your G.P.a mammogram is the correct term I think. Breast cancer runs in my family on my mother side so I frequently check my breast and my G.P calls me in for the mammograms once a year,if detected early then there is alot that can me done. Look after you self and go to the G.P soon.
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The current estimates are 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer.

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

What are ways you can support breast cancer

What are ways you can support breast cancer?
So I'm making something for school and i need stuff you can do to help people with breast cancer. I'm not talking about donating money though like this is the kind of stuff i need. : I helped a friend. i made a difference. i donated some love. anything that starts with an I please thanks :)
Cancer - 5 Answers
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Why would you support Breast cancer?
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i have had cancer twice now and the main thing i would say is a person needs to hear that people will try and understand you.it would be a lovely thing to say.because having cancer is so scary. I GAVE AS MUCH SUPPORT AS I COULD,I GAVE A LISTENING EAR,I GAVE A SHOULDER TO CRY ON OR I GAVE A HAND TO HOLD.because that is what money cant buy.i hope that is the kind of thing you mean,i hope it is also some help.
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I had mastectomies done and when coming home from the hospital I wish someone had asked to come and clean the house for me and wash my little pug. That would have been so helpful because you cant get around too good after surgery for breast cancer. And I wish someone would have volunteered to go to the store for me to pick up stuff for me. Guess I could have asked someone but I am just not the type to do that. (I guess this answers your question, not sure if that is what you were asking) Thank you for wanting to help people with breast cancer.
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This is a lovely thought. As a breast cancer patient thank you for that. I have written a website about nice things that happened - if you go to www.after-cancer.com/treats you can read about things kind neighbours did - and perhaps you could copy some - I did xxx andxxxx VeriteR
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You can volunteer time in a hospital cancer information reference section (where there are materials that are given out or books checked out about all types of cancer including breast) You donated time and energy either making a knit cap to cover the head of a cancer patients bald head. If you don't know how to knit, you could find a new hobby. (my wife appreciated the free knit caps that the volunteers provided for her bare head) You drove a patient to her chemotherapy treatments or just stayed with her when she had nobody else to support her. You helped a person with breast cancer clean her house or do food shopping for her because she did not have anyone else to depend upon for that. The project brings awareness to breast cancer and even to cancer itself

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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Has anyone here used Black Salve or the Red Salve on Breast Cancer

Has anyone here used Black Salve or the Red Salve on Breast Cancer?
Hi, I have been looking into alternative methods of healing and found two difference salves for skin cancer. Has anyone here used Black Salve or the Red Salve on Breast Cancer or Tumors? I would love to speak with someone who has.
Cancer - 5 Answers
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If that's the only treatment they used, then you can't speak with them, as they've died from breast cancer sorry. Lol Denise! Sometimes after reading your answers, I just can't do any better!
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April is right. No scientific documented evidence exists that alternative meds, especially something like a salve cures breast or any other type of cancer. Consider first that tumors have the ability to shed hundreds of malignant cells into the blood stream or lymphatic system .. those hundreds of cells travel to a distant location and set up new cancer colonies .. so exactly what good is a salve going to be in treating new tumors cropping up in the brain, the bones, or in the liver . . think about it. If all it took was a salve wiped on a breast tumor . . than people would not be dying from metastatic cancer. Good luck with your search . . try the alternative med section as their are people literally dying to help you out.
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Anyone who relied on a corrosive externally applies salve to treat their breast cancer would be dead. Anyone who relied on it to treat their skin cancer would be, at best, maimed. There is certainly no possible way that any externally applied salve could affect a tumour deep within the breast. I don't know where you have been looking, but those advising these salve are either well-meaning but gullible or they are unscrupulous salesmen eager to part desperate people from their money. Here are some descriptions of people who treated themselves with salve. With pictures (not for the faint-hearted). http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/eschar.html http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/harmquack.html
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Thatâ€™s our April!! You may be the only person around here who is more blunt than I am.
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Gee, my dad used to use a black salve on the cows utters. It was called bear grease. Only it didn't eat holes in the utters. It was a disinfectant to kill all the bacteria so it wouldn't get into the milk. Sorry, I agree with April. If I could give a star for an answer, it would be April's lol If you want to treat cancer correctly, do what the rest of us did and don't rely on stupid phony so called cures that are the epitome of all scams. come on. treating a tumor INSIDE the breast and putting a salve OUTSIDE to kill the tumor????? Gee, it has to eat a hole in your breast to get at the tumor. Now, does that make sense?? NO!!!

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

why is the nfl doing stuff for breast cancer

why is the nfl doing stuff for breast cancer?
isn't the game played by men, coached by men, watched by men, invented by men, so why should the nfl be promoting breast cancer instead of something like Colan cancer or prostate cancer? i think its great that the nfl is doing things to promote cancer research, but shouldn't it be something that affects men not women? i mean can you see the wnba doing prostate promotion?
Football (American) - 15 Answers
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Because women make men happy. Well, some of them, some of them make us utterly and completely miserable. But really, the answer is "public image".
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Testicular Cancer doesnt have a month so why not breast cancer. Here is a list of reasons 1. Guys love Boobies 2. Guys love Boobies and 3. Guys love boobies
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Breast cancer also does effect men, and is much more lethal in men than in women. Shoot yourself in the face please and thank you.
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b/c real men love boobies.
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Maybe because breast cancer kills almost twice as much as prostate cancer, even though prostate cancer is more common. But it's probably more because breast cancer awareness marketing is superior over to prostate cancer awareness.
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Because those men have mothers, sisters, nieces, aunts, daughters and wives. They said last week so many WOMEN watch football, that this was a good way to get the message out. Some teams are owned by women (so those men work for a woman). Can you imagine?
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PR
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Are you pro-breast cancer? Probably not! I'm sure you're anti-breast cancer like everyone else in the world. So is the NFL. Anyway, there are several reasons: 1. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Businesses and charities all over the country are reaching out to raise awareness of the disease, and hopefully raise money. The NFL is just one of many large organizations involved. 2. It makes the NFL look good. Sure, many of the players are dim-witted thugs who commit senseless crimes. But at least they can do this one good thing for a month. 3. The NFL is reaching out to women. About 5 years ago, I read that 41% of Monday Night Football's audience is female. I'm sure it has only increased since then. Though males play the games, a growing number of women follow them. Men are going to watch football anyway, no matter what kind of cancer they advertise. Women are a new audience that they'd like to attract. 4. Breast cancer is the most prominent type of cancer in America. But if we can find a cure for breast cancer, it is likely that we'll be able to cure all cancers. Thus, it will benefit both men and women. 5. You may have noticed, but there are a lot of NFL players who are jerks toward women. There are a bunch of lowlife wife-beaters and girlfriend beaters (if you ask me, men like that should be shot). We all know about Big Ben and Brett Favre. Maybe it's a good thing for the NFL to do something that shows that they don't all hate women. 6. You have to admit, it's kind of amusing to see a bunch of big, burly men running around in pink shoes!
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This is October and they what show they care it's for good things people can say they care so yeah they raise money for them so I hope some good comes out of it
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Men get breast cancer as well. Former Kiss drummer Peter Criss is a prime example. Besides some football fans are women aren't they?? So why wouldn't the NFL do something about it??
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these men have mothers and sisters and aunts some of them have breast cancer
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Breast Cancer Awareness month
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In a spirit of activism carried over from breast cancer support initiatives in weeks prior, NFL players will be sporting pubic hair wristbands this weekend for testicular cancer awareness!
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I think they should wear brown ribbons for prostate cancer.
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Because you have people like Brady and Romo playing who are not men and they protested that the NFL was sexist

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Friday, December 4, 2009

People with breast cancer has better odds of survival now than before what changed since then

People with breast cancer has better odds of survival now than before what changed since then?
I was talking to a man who's mother in law passed away from breast cancer twenty five years ago. He did not remember what stage it was in. I then told him my wife survived breast cancer and her treatments ended a few months ago. He then said breast cancer diagnosis today is a lot better now then it was in the past. How long past and what changes were made to make the statement true?
Cancer - 3 Answers
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Great strides in technology made in the last 10 to 15 years have made a big difference in survival. New medications offer hope for more patients, screening and diagnostic tests catch the problem earlier which offers better chances, and educating women on the importance of self-examinations and what to look for has helped. Just in the last few years, changes in chemo treatments and surgical procedures have made a difference as well.
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When my grandmother had breast cancer, I was only a kid. I'm 63 now. Back then, there was no chemo. They didn't even perform surgery on her. The first thing they gave her believe it or not, was an antibiotic. Breast cancer has been around since man walked the earth I'm sure. A lot of new treatments are coming up all the time. In a few years, who knows, chemo may be old and they will have newer, better treatments. It also depends now on how soon it's discovered. Early detection today is the best hope, Early detection for my grandmother wasn't even a matter of concern. When they said she had breast cancer, my mother was told that her mother would not survive. She didn't either. They just didn't have the technology that they have today. It's that simple. I'm glad I live in this day and age. I'm also glad my grandchildren will live in the age when even better techniques will be discovered. Hope that helps. God bless
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Mammograms were probably the first breakthrough for breast cancer, as they allow for earlier detection before there is spread to other parts of the body. Herceptin which targets a particular type of breast cancer was a big change for some types, I think it came in the mid 90's. There have been other things like Neulasta which aids the immune system allowing for more agressive treatment with less harm. Tamoxifen, Arimidex are drugs that have helped many

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

help for words of encouragement to someone whos mom has breast cancer

help for words of encouragement to someone whos mom has breast cancer?
One of my sisters in my sorority just found out her mom has breast cancer.. my job is to send out cards but i dont know what to write in the card to my sister.. any ideas would be awesome!
Cancer - 2 Answers
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just write... we are all thinking about you and your mom through this time of worry. Just remember we are here for you if you need us.... change any words as you need and sign off as you like.. simple is always best.
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Ask her to look up the Budwig diet on the web; it might be helpful.

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