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Breast Cancer Kelsey

Breast cancer is caused by an abnormal buildup of cells in the breast forming a tumor, which can be either benign or cancerous. Risk factors include being female, over age 50, having a family history of breast cancer, previous cancer diagnoses, late menopause, dense breast tissue, early menstruation, hormone usage, excess weight, late childbearing, alcohol consumption, and radiation exposure. Symptoms include breast lumps, skin changes, or nipple abnormalities. Treatment options are chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. Reducing risks involves healthy habits like sun protection, diet, early childbearing, and limiting hormones and alcohol.

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Breast Cancer Kelsey

Breast cancer is caused by an abnormal buildup of cells in the breast forming a tumor, which can be either benign or cancerous. Risk factors include being female, over age 50, having a family history of breast cancer, previous cancer diagnoses, late menopause, dense breast tissue, early menstruation, hormone usage, excess weight, late childbearing, alcohol consumption, and radiation exposure. Symptoms include breast lumps, skin changes, or nipple abnormalities. Treatment options are chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. Reducing risks involves healthy habits like sun protection, diet, early childbearing, and limiting hormones and alcohol.

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What are the risks and

causes?
By Kelsey Adams
• Breast cancer is the build up of
many cells in the breast forming
extra tissue that is a tumor.

• Not all tumors are cancerous


there are the benign tumors
which are non cancerous.

• Usually cancer comes from ducts


or glands in the breast.
• You can only get • If you find a lump in
breast cancer if you your breast you
are an old woman have cancer.

• If breast cancer is not • Being diagnosed


in your family history with breast cancer
then you won’t get it. means you will die
• Every 13 minutes a • Only 3-4% of people
woman dies from with the cancer will
breast cancer. die from it.
• 12.6% of women will • About 182,800 people
form breast cancer in form breast cancer
her life. each year.
• 77% of woman with • 1,400 of the people
breast cancer are diagnosed will be
over 50. men.
Signs of Breast Cancer

• Lumps,
thickening or
dimples in the
breast or
underarm.
• A change of color
or size and shape
• Nipple turning
inward.
• Almost anyone can get Breast
Cancer.
• The people that are more at risk are :
• Women
• Women over the age of 50
• Women with a family history of
cancer.
• People with a previous cancer.
Unchangeable Risks
• Just getting older • Going through
increases the risk for menopause late.
breast cancer.
• A women with dense
• Having a family breast tissue
history of breast
cancer.

• A women starting her


menstrual cycle early
• Hormone usage. • Being over weight.

• Being exposed to the • Not having children


sun to much. until later in life.

• Your diet. • Having 2 to 5


alcoholic drinks a day.
• Amount of exercise
you get.
• Chemotherapy : stop the cancerous cells
from growing and stops cancer from
spreading.
• Radiotherapy : use of radiation to kill
cancer cells.
• Surgery: doctor removes the cancerous
tumor and part the tissue around it.
Conclusion
• There are many ways that you can form
breast cancer. Many are something that
you have no control over but a lot you do.
• So to decrease your chances for breast
cancer use protection in
• the sun or stay away from any radiation
• have a healthy diet
• Have children earlier in life
• Try to minimize the use of hormones
• Don’t drink more than one alcoholic
beverage a day
Bibliography
• http://www.breastcancer.org/cmn_myt_idx.html
• http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/default.asp
• http://www.oncolink.org/types/article.cfm?c=3&s=5&ss=33&id

• http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTD

• http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcent
• http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcent

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