Thursday, July 28, 2011

How much alcohol increases your risk for breast cancer

How much alcohol increases your risk for breast cancer?
I read that alcohol increases your risk of breast cancer, but how much do you have to consume to increase your risk of getting it?
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Every drink you consume.
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As little a half a glass of day of wine can increase a woman's chance of getting breast cancer. And the more alcohol, the more your risk is increased. Here is information from a major study that gave those results. When compared with teetotalers: Women who drank the equivalent of a half glass of wine a day were 6% more likely to develop breast cancer. Women who drank a glass or two a day faced a 21% increased risk of breast cancer. Those who drank more than two drinks a day were 37% more likely to develop breast cancer. However, the risk was much greater in menopausal women: Menopausal women who drank a half glass of wine daily increased their chance of breast cancer by 18%. The elevated risk was also more pronounced for women whose tumor growth was fueled by the hormones estrogen or progesterone -- a group that accounts for about 70% of women with breast cancer. Most people agree occasional drinks are okay, but alcohol on a regular use is not good for breast cancer. The person who said alcohol by itself will not cause breast cancer is flat out wrong. These studies that were done separated out alcohol as a risk factor, INDEPENDENT of other factors such as family history. The reason why it's controversial is drinking red wine can possibly help with heart disease, and heart disease kills a lot more women in the US than breast cancer (although breast cancer still kills tens of thousands a year). So it really depends upon what you are more concerned about. Best is to reduce your other heart disease factors and stay away from alcohol except occasionally socially.
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Alchohol will not cause breast cancer by itself, if you have a family history, then dont drink at all, if you smoke, have a family history and drink..well go on and get measured for a prosthetic breast

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

How can you tell if you have breast cancer or not

How can you tell if you have breast cancer or not?
Yesterday my sister punched me really hard in my chest and ever since then, I have this VERY hard knot in my right boob! I'm scared I don't want breast cancer.. and if I do have it, will I have to get it chopped off? :[ I'm scared please help me I'm only 14!
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You probably just have a bruise hun.
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cancer is abnomal cells and can only be determined by lab tests. You have a bruised boob, you will be fine in a few days
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You are not going to get breast cancer from getting punched in the boob. Masses or lumps develop on their own. If you have a history of breast cancer in your family you are at greater risk, but not because your sister hit you. Say someday in the future you do get breast cancer, you may or may not have to get your breasts removed (mastectomy) depending on the stage and degree the cancer has developed. But rest your fears sweetie, as of now enjoy your life as a normal healthy 14 year old.
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Well you can't get breast cancer by being punched in the boobs. You have to raise one arm so that your breasts tighten and then feel for lumps. It's best to do it before you go to bed and doing it in the shower does not work, because your breasts have to tighten. If you find a lump go to the doctor. But really kid stop overreacting.
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What an awful place to get punched in. I would say that you're bruised from the punch. If it doesn't go away in a few days then have your parents take you to the doctor.
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breat cancer is really rare in 14 year olds. if she punched you hard enough you probably burst a blood vessel sometimes that can cause a bump in your breast. but it will go away dont worry about it
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this is your sister you do not have it lmao

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

at what age are you more likely to get breast cancer

at what age are you more likely to get breast cancer?
thing is my great grandma died of breast cancer, my nan got breast cancer but got rid of it. that makes my mum at risk of getting it. i was just wondering if i could potentially get breast cancer and at what age? im 14 now and i know i wont get it in like the next year, i might not get it at all, but i was just curious. also if i could potentially get breast cancer later in life would it be best ti get my breasts removed when im older to lessen the risk. thank you.
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The likely hood that you will get it before 30 is rare. Usually breast cancer hits women around 40+ years of age. Lots of questions here about the chance of girls getting it in their teens and that rarely happens. So, enjoy life now and consider getting checkups at about late thirties.
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You are most likely to get breast cancer when you are over 50. 80% of those diagnosed are over 50 and the average age on diagnosis is a little over 60. Only 5% of those diagnosed are under 40, fewer than 0.1% are under 30 and it's almost unheard of in under 25s. Breast cancer is rarely hereditary; only 5 - 10% of all cases are hereditary due to a rare inherited faulty gene. Several people on the same side of your family having had breast cancer is an indication that it may be hereditary, especially if some developed it at a younger than usual age. The fact that your mother's mother had breast cancer doesn't put her at significantly increased risk unless your grandmother carried one of the two BRCA genes known to be responsible for hereditary breast cancer, though as the daughter of someone with breast cancer she is probably treated as at increased risk as a precaution. You don't say how old your relatives were; cancer diagnosed after the age of 50 is rarely hereditary Don't waste time worrying about a disease you don't have and are not likely to have for many years if at all
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Breast cancer does not discriminate against age, race, or sex. I have heard of woman 19 years old with breast cancer. I had breast cancer almost 2 years ago when i was only 26 years old and i had no family history of it. Edit: I disagree with what the first person said that you should get tested for cancer when you are in your thirties. With you having a family history of cancer you need to start getting tested i think at least when you are 25. Don't wait until it is too late.
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Women are faced with a tremendous amount of decisions during this time. Focusing on the absolute best nutritional support for your body so that it can more effectively fight a disease. No matter what you may or may not decide to do; it is important that you begin an aggressive nutritional supplement program to build up your body's natural immune, repair, and antioxidant defense system. Almost all researchers now believe that development of cancer is not an event but rather a multistage process that takes years or decades to develop. The history of breast cancer in your family may pre-despose you to it. More and more researchers are beginning to realize that this repeated damage to the DNA by excessive "free radicals" over 10 to 20 years that in fact may be the root cause of all cancers. A free radical is a molecule with unpaired electrons in its outer shell. It is highly reactive, and will â€œrobâ€ a neighboring molecule of its electron, which in turn becomes a free radical â€“ setting off a chain reaction of destruction. Free radicals come not only from pollution and toxins from the outside, but are also generated by our cells during the process of burning food for energy. What we put into our mouth matters a lot. So there is no practical way of avoiding them. What we need are Antioxidants to protect our cells. Antioxidants donate electrons to free radicals, but do not become free radicals as a result. Hence they stop the chain reaction of destruction. We should get a significant amount of antioxidants from our food and antioxodant rich supplement. The more the antioxidants in our body, the less damage free radicals cause. For more information of the source of the BEST of the BEST antioxidant supplement send email to adolfo.nierva@yahoo.com

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Will having a mammogram before 40 increase risk for breast cancer

Will having a mammogram before 40 increase risk for breast cancer?
I am 33 years old. This morning I awoke to lightning streaks of pain all around my left breast. The pain was sudden shocks back to back and became more intense. They lasted for maybe 60 seconds, but it was a long and scary 60 seconds. For over a month, I have been experiencing itchy nipples on both breast. Will having a mammogram increase the risk of cancer in the future for people who are not yet 40 years old?
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No, it won't. The American Cancer Society recommends a screening mammogram for all women when they reach age 35, and though you're only 33 it isn't too early to go ahead and get one. But first, talk to your physician about what you've experienced. It may well be that you don't need that mammogram just now. When I trained as an x-ray technician, I learned that those who do mammograms receive intensive additional training in that procedure precisely because it utilizes ionizing radiation. The newest techniques have reduced the patient's exposure to that radiation to levels far, far below what was common just thirty years ago. In fact, if you took a commercial flight from LaGuardia airport in New York to Chicago, you'd receive several times the radiation level during that flight than you'd receive from routine mammography - even though that exam requires more than one exposure to the x-rays. Again, do tell your physician what you felt. Together, you both will decide whether or not mammography is appropriate.
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No, but at your age a mammogram is likely to be inconclusive. An ultrasound (sonnogram) will give a much clearer indication of any problems. However, what you are describing does not sound like breast cancer, the pain sounds like a pinched nerve that may require investigation if it recurs. The itchiness sounds more like a reaction to a new soap or laundry powder

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Is it true that sleeping with your bra on, will cause breast cancer

Is it true that sleeping with your bra on, will cause breast cancer?
I sleep with my bra on EVERY NIGHT. But my friend said I might not want to do that anymore because it could cause breast cancer. Can it? And if so, what causes it?
Cancer - 14 Answers
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Your friend is batshit. Sleeping with your bra on is not going to harm or benefit you in any way.
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It depends on the kind of bra, you should post a picture of yourself wearing it and I'll give you an "honest" opinion.
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Totally false. Old wives tale and nonsense.
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sethSpeaks truth. Old wives tale.
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False. There was a report out a while ago saying that it could yada yada. There isn't enough evidence to prove such a thing. It's good and bad to sleep with a bra on. good-support while rolling around bad-gotta let the girls breathe sometime. let them outta the cage.
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This Q has been answered many times here. IT IS ABSOLUTE WRONG KNOWLEDGE. It does not cause cancer.
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Your friend is a little gullible. I sleep in one often and my mammo was great last summer and I'm at the age to be checked every year.
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no,
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no
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The ONLY possible risk would be if it is an under wire bra and you live close to a radio or tv station transmitter antenna.You could potentially receive radio frequency radiation through the wire. It's pretty far fetched.
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Subject: Do you wear a bra the whole day and even at home- You should read this article! > > Do you wear bra for the whole day and even at home? I think we should go bra-free after reading this article. It's a message for your health. Please pass this to all female friends you know. I think it's important to be aware of the following facts... > > For years, a lot of articles with regards to the causes of breast cancer point to an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise as the major links to this disease which happens to be the biggest killer among women during these last two decades. > > These studies would have been most credible if it were not for the fact that several women including Linda McCartney who have been religious vegetarians and exercise- freaks have also been unfortunate in suffering breast cancer. > > Perhaps the most convincing article I have ever read with regards to this matter is one which links breast cancer to the wearing of bras. In the 'Bra and Breast Cancer Study' in the United States , It was discovered that women with breast cancer had a history of sporting tighter and longer bra-wearing than did the women who had not (yet) developed the disease. > > In fact, virtually the entire cancer group wore bras over 12 hours. When a woman wears a tight bra, she subjects her breasts to pressure, closing off the lymphatic pathway from the breast to the nodes. This causes fluid built-up swelling, tenderness and cyst formation. Toxins must be flushed out via the lymphatic. However, a bra-constricted breast cannot adequately perform this cleansing process, resulting in toxin accumulation in the breast. > > Truthfully, bras are creating droopy, weak breasts....the breast relies on the bras for artificial support; the body loses its ability to support the breast by itself. This is why many women feel uncomfortable without the bra. > What is the solution to breast cancer then? DON'T WEAR A TIGHT BRA! And maybe sleep without them.. > > There is a remarkable success rate for recovery from fibrocystic breast disease within 10 days to two weeks of going bra-free.. Many women have tried going bra-less and recorded > a miraculous improvement in their health! Bra burning is no longer a feminist issue....It is now a battle between life and death. We should make others more aware of the hazards of wearing them...... > To create awareness Malaysian Women welfare organization declare Sundays as Bra free day in Malaysia . > > .... Please pass this to every female you know. >
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No. It is Not True. But it is also not NEEDED. You're Breasts Need some Air...let them breathe.
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I'd NEVER (knowingly) sleep in my Bra, (except when I pass out at parties, giggle) \ But I don't think that it would make any difference Anyway .
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yes it increases your chance of getting it according to research

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Friday, July 8, 2011

Does getting hit in the boob increase your risk of getting breast cancer

Does getting hit in the boob increase your risk of getting breast cancer?
My sister hits me there ALL the time and she told me it could increase my risk of getting breast cancer. So I was wondering if she was just messing with my head. I should mention she is older and stronger so physical abuse back is no option.
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No.
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Absolutely not.
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She's just messing with your head lol.
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No. she is just fucking with you, i would suggest hitting her in the boob to seek revenge
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absolutely not...tell your sister to go sniff some more glue
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i heard that too
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hahaha! no! Just that you'll get a sore and bruised boob!
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um, that is not true..... if it really did increase your chance of getting breast cancer do you really think she would do that?
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uh it can if it hurts you and why is she hitting you there -_- id get her once in the face for good or grab hers back realy hard and ask her how she likes it and walk away and shell get the point :)
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yes she is messing with your head
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shes just messin with you, you'll be fine
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Hey there!! No, hitting there should not cause you breast cancer!! However, it is not healthy and social for you people to touch your private parts in that manner!!! Breast cancer usually starts as a small lump in the breast which later spreads to other tissues surrounding breast!! So, one should always be looking out for any small lumps or swellings in their breasts while having a bath or changing over and any swelling should be examined and properly dealt with!! I hope this answers your question!!
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Cancer is cosed by an unnatural reproduction of cells in one specific body part making what is known as a tumer. Being hit repeatedly does not cause breast cancer. she was probably messing with you
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I'm no Dr. but I am an 8 year survivor of stage 3 breast cancer. My Dr. told me when I first learned I had breast cancer that by me being hit there over the years and from me hitting the area real hard on my poster bed I could have damaged tissue that could have turned into the cancer cells. My cancer first appeared as bleeding from my nipple. I never had any lumps nor was the area painful at the time. I had two mammograms once I notice the bleeding and each time my local Dr and Hospital told me I was fine and had nothing to worry about. I was given antibiotics and sent home. However after the bleeding started again I went to see another Dr. and hospital at REX Med. In Raleigh, N.C. and they told me I had a mass that looked to be malignant and to prepare myself for the worse. I then went to UNC Medical in Chapel Hill, N.C. and had a biopsy done and it came back positive. Again they said it could have been caused by repeated damage to the area among other reasons. You STOP your sister or anyone else from hitting you in the breast or anywhere now. You deserve better treatment than that. Your life may depend on it.
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No it doesn't, Cancer isn't caused by external trauma or injury, nor is the risk of it increased. Breast cancer, like all other cancers, happens when normal cells change so that they grow in an uncontrolled way. No blow to the breast, no punch, pinch, bte etc can trigger this process. Here is a link to an article about breast cancer myths, including this one: http://www.netwellness.org/question.cfm/11349.htm http://www.swedish.org/17384.cfm

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Monday, July 4, 2011

Your thoughts on breast cancer awareness month

Your thoughts on breast cancer awareness month?
The month of October is breast cancer awareness month as you probably know. I need to write a paper for school about breast cancer awareness month. I already included my thoughts but I thought it would be interesting to include what other people think of it. I like it. If you say you like or don't like it that's great but could you also say why? This stuff would be great for my paper. Thanks. For example, I like it because everyone works hard to help breast cancer foundations.
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i heart boobies!
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I'm probably going to get a lot of heat for this, but I think an entire month dedicated to breast cancer month is pointless. The money doesn't even go to help people, most of it goes to corporate fat cats counting their millions... Everyone has their causes they support, but mine ain't breast cancer...there a lot of diseases out there. Why breast cancer? @Cateyes I did not mean to offend you and I am sorry to hear about your sister's situation. I am simply stating facts. The money does not actually help people. I understand you have been personally touched by that horrible disease but the facts still stand and cannot be ignored. There are too many, many horrible diseases. Why don't they get the attention they deserve? Its not marketable, that's why. Open your eyes. Added: Cateyes, I am sorry your sister has to go through that. I am not being malicious. Disease is a terrible thing. I know; I can sympathize. And marketing disease is sick in my opinion.
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I think that breast-cancer awareness month is amazingly fantastic cause it gets people who didnt even know about this horrible disease become aware of it and also because of all of the fundraisers to help fin a cure, hope your paper goes well!!!!!!!BD (nerd smiley)
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Bringing about awareness of any cancer is good, but breast cancer awareness has absolutely no place in the schools. If you are studying cancer in science to understand the disease process that is one thing and all cancers should be covered. There is nothing people under 25 need to be aware of when it comes to breast cancer other than they need to start screening in 15 years.
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I don't like it and here is why: -Breast cancer is the 5th largest killer of cancer in WOMEN. -Yet breast cancer takes the lead above all other cancers that effect men and women equally. -Less the 1% of men get breast cancer, yet Prostate cancer kills men equally and gets no attention. -Breast cancer is the 'sexy' cancer and therefore it recieves attention. -Skin cancer affects men, women, and children equally. -If detected early a woman can live without breasts. -Brain cancer affects the person and their families. Breast cancer awareness is way overdone and since it generates charity for only an older female dominated illness......less is left for men, women, and children who suffer from many other forms of cancer.....many of which are deadly.
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I I have had breast cancer, and I hate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as do most other women I've met who have or have had breast cancer. Many of us call it Pink October, and not affectionately. Why do I hate it? Firstly because I object to a deadly disease being used as a marketing opportunity, secondly because I believe all the pink, fluffy nonsense has negative consequences for breast cancer patients. Every October - magazines carrying stories from cheerful survivors who claim to have the all-clear (there is no all-clear with breast cancer), and often say bc has changed their lives for the better â€“ very different from anybody I know whoâ€™s had breast cancer. The negative consequences for breast cancer patients are that all the marketing and fund-raising hype surrounding breast cancer, all the pink trivia and 'fun', by trivialising a deadly disease, are leading people to believe, wrongly, that breast cancer is 1) not very serious, certainly not as serious as many other cancers (many women with breast cancer have been told â€“ by people who donâ€™t have it â€“ that itâ€™s a â€˜goodâ€™ cancer to get) and 2) easily curable. I've even heard it described as a 'sexy' cancer; my sexy, scarred, one-breasted body, sexy swollen arm, and sexy fear of recurrence and metastases say otherwise. In all the pink trivia, itâ€™s easy for people to lose sight of the fact that breast cancer is a devastating illness with disfiguring surgery, gruelling treatments and so far no cure. All the overpriced pink tat you see in shops results in a donation of as little as 1% of the price to breast cancer charities and research, with the rest going straight into retailers pockets. I truly resent the disease that - who knows? - may yet kill me being turned into a marketing opportunity by Asda/Walmart and others. I donâ€™t wear a pink ribbon or contribute to BCAM, and as someone in remission from breast cancer I incline towards the Think Before You Pink and Pink Stinks! campaigns, both started by women with breast cancer: http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?page_id=13 BUT - on the other hand, while I hate 'competitive illness' and understand why some people feel resentment about an imbalance of funding and awareness, it does annoy me a little when people complain about the attention breast cancer receives in comparison to other cancers. The reason breast cancer is higher profile is simple - sheer hard work Breast cancer awareness campaigns and BC Awareness Month started as a campaign by ordinary women, many of them with breast cancer, to raise awareness so that people knew the symptoms, examined themselves regularly, attended their routine mammograms etc. Enthusiastic participation and hard work by women made it grow into something nationally, then internationally, recognised and the campaign caught the public imagination (and then big business cashed in). There is nothing to stop any group of people starting a campaign for awareness along the lines of the breast cancer campaign for any other cancer. They'd have to be prepared to be as dedicated and work as hard as those women worked around breast cancer though It's thanks to the hard work of those women that breast cancer is no longer the major killer and the automatic death sentence it used to be - but don't lose sight of the fact that in the US an average of 112 women die from breast cancer every day (that's one every 15 minutes), and in the UK.that average is 33 a day - I don't have statistics for other countries. Like Denise, I don't understand why schools are setting paters on breast cancer awareness; young people of school age are at zero risk of breast cancer, and such well-meant but ill-informed interventions in schools result in several young girls posting on here every day terrified that they have a cancer they are too young to have to worry about.
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Sofaking, I am beginning to find your attitude extremely offensive. Breast cancer is actually the number one cancer that kills women. Breast cancer is not a sexy cancer!!! I find that the most offensive comment of all. I get that you feel other diseases should get exposure but that is NOT the fault of people pushing for breast cancer awareness. Yes, we can live without breasts but that is just one aspect of breast cancer. We can live without a lot of other bits of our body too but if it is cancerous then that is still a problem. For someone who is so over all the awareness advertising you seem to know very little about the actual disease. How about you do some proper research and see if you still want to constantly put down the efforts of those passionate about breast cancer. If you put half the effort into promoting other diseases as you do in denegrating all the hard work of others you might actually get somewhere. To answer the original question, as a breast cancer sufferer I am not overly fond of breast cancer awareness month. I think it's great that so many people put the effort into it but it didn't make me any more likely to go and get myself checked when I thought there was a problem, in fact it did the opposite, it scared me. Being diagnosed in September and going through chemo in October I found it very in my face. Every time I turned the tv on to try and relax I was being told how breast cancer kills so many women. I do however realise that because of these awareness campaigns more money has been put into research which has affected me in a positive way.
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I STRONGLY support and believe in Breast Cancer Awareness month! Why? First of I'm female. Today my sister got the news that not only DOES she have breast cancer but that it's also spread through the lymph system and has spread throughout her body. I also am waiting for my own breast biopsy in a few days to see if I have it too. Yes, I buy EVERYTHING with the pink ribbons and support this cause. I am horribly offended by the comments written here stating this as a 'sexy' disease, there NOTHING sexy about chemo, radiation, my mothers and sisters hysterical tears, and death. What a disgusting comment! Then to so lightly call this an 'older woman' disease? Again, offensive! I don't consider myself and my sister to be older women, we are both in our 40's and are vital beautiful women who have a lot to offer society. My sister, the one who was just diagnosed gives back to society by being a nurse and treating cancer patients herself. I can't even bring myself to say anything more on this subject, especially as offended as I am at this moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait, you might change your mind if your mother, sister, wife, daughter were to be diagnosed with this terrible disease! EDIT: Nice people on here. My sister was basically given a death sentence today as she was diagnosed with very advanced breast cancer and a very poor prognosis and I get two thumbs down. You people disgust me!
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Breast cancer rates dropped by half in tandem with the discontinuation of hormone replacement therapy, according to a study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study was reported in the Telegraph in the United Kingdom. Dr De wrote: 'The results support the hypothesised link between the use of hormone replacement therapy and invasive breast cancer incidence and indicate that the sharp decline in breast cancer incidence in 2002 is likely explained by the concurrent decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy among Canadian women

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Friday, July 1, 2011

What is the different between HIV and Breast Cancer

What is the different between HIV and Breast Cancer?
I know what are HIV and Breast Cancer but my question is what is the different between HIV Ribbon and Breast Cancer Ribbon, they look the same?
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They support different causes. One is red. One is pink. You guess which is which...
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I also have issues with my Breast Cancer . I posted my question on wish123 and got an answer from an expert who solved my problem. Worth a try

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