My wife had breast cancer her mother had it & it seems like every one is getting it.
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Breast cancer rates are declining: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5622a1.htm
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HRT Your wife and her mother could have, whats called "the breast cancer gene" http://www.breastcancer.org/risk/genetic/
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Odds are the rates are pretty similar to the ones in the past, my guess is that it is just getting diagnosed more because of better awareness. and you are seeing it more in the media because it is a hot button topic. Also, once something shows up in peoples lives they tend to notice it more.
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Cancer rates are declining. They still take a backseat to cardiovascular disease in terms of causes of death in the United States each year, but I can see one reason why the incidence of breast cancer may appear to be increasing. The "Baby Boomers" are aging and developing age-related problems. Heart disease, cancer, etc. may all appear to go up in the next few years simply because there will be a larger population of the elderly than there has been in the past who are prone to such things as prostate and breast cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, etc.
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I don't know about it being on the rise, but younger and younger women are being diagnosed. I think it is due to all of the soy products that are being introduced into our food. Read your labels. Soy mimics estrogen. Some cancers are driven by estrogen.
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It isn't. Breast cancer incidence rates haven't changed significantly for 20 years. Deaths from it have declined due to screening and women's awareness - earlier detection and treatment. It's primarily a disease of ageing though - 80% of those diagnosed are over 50 - and people in the west are living longer because of better health care, so there are more older women and therefore more women susceptible to breast cancer. Also breast cancer, like other cancers but probably even more so, is talked about far more openly than in the past, when many people mouthed the word cancer rather than say it aloud. This can make it appear that breast cancer is more widespread these days, although it isn't. The fact that your wife and her mother have both had breast cancer may indicate that there is a faulty inherited breast cancer gene in their family, especially if one or both of them was diagnosed at a younger than usual age (under 50). 5-10% of breast cancer cases are hereditary. Your wife will have been regarded as at increased risk because of her mother's breast cancer even if no faulty gene has been detected. With one in nine women developing it though, it's not unusual for two or more members of the same family to develop non-hereditary breast cancer
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