BREAST CANCER

CAUSES

• Heredity
• Old age
• Diet and lifestyle choices
• A hormone called Estrogen
• Having children late in life
• Environmental factors such as industrialization play a role as well
• Biggest risk factors are gender and age

SYMPTOMS

• Painless lumps on the breast
• There also may not be any signs at all

PREVENTION

RADIATION THERAPY

• High energy energy X-rays are used to kill the cancerous cells and makes sure they don't grow back
• Side effects include: soreness, skin peeling, swelling, tanning, red discoloration, lymphedema

ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS

• Lumpectomy- removal of part of the breast
• Mastectomy- removal of the whole breast
• Other medicines have come out but none have been proven to work

STATISTICS

• Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among American women, one in eight will get it
• Breast cancer is less common among women under 50
• White women are more likely to develop breast cancer, however in women under 45, it is more common in African-American women

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