Br*ast Cancer Treatments and Symptoms

Br*ast Cancer Treatments and Symptoms - With the exception of skin cancer, br**st cancer is diagnosed more frequently among  women around the world. Get a mammogram on a regular basis can reduce the risk of dying by br**st cancer. If you have between 50 and 74 years of age, be sure to make you a mammogram every two years. If you are between 40 and 49 years of age, consult your doctor upon when and how often you should have a mammogram.

What are the symptoms?

 

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There are different symptoms of br**st cancer, and some people have no symptoms. Some symptoms of br**st cancer are any changes in the size or shape of the br**st, pain in any part of the br**st, ni**le discharge that is not milk (including blood) and the appearance of a lump in the br**st or under the arm. If you have any symptoms or worrying sign, consult your doctor immediately.

What can I do to reduce the risk?

Among the major factors that influence your risk of having br**st cancer are being female, having older (the majority of br**st cancers detected in women age 50 or older) and have changes in certain genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) br**st cancer. Most women who have br**st cancer have unknown risk factors and no history of the disease in their families. There are things that you can do can to help reduce your risk of br**st cancer.

Brief data on br**st cancer

Annually in the United States, more than 200,000 women get br**st cancer and more than 40,000 women die of this disease.
Men can also get br**st cancer, but it is not very common. Annually in the United States, nearly 2,000 men get br**st cancer, and about 400 men die of this disease.
Most of the cases of br**st cancer are diagnosed in women 50 years of age and over, but br**st cancer also affects younger women. Around 11% of new cases of br**st cancer in the United States are in women under 45 years of age.
Studies indicate that women with disabilities are less likely to have been made a mammogram in the past two years, compared with women without disabilities.
Black women have the highest rate of deaths by cancer of br**st of all racial and ethnic groups, and are 40% more likely to die of the disease than white women.