Friday, September 26, 2008

Breast Cancer and How to Prevent It

Breast Cancer is a malignant which is the growth is in the breast tissue. Cancer can begin to grow in the mammary gland, breast tissue, and fats tissue in breast. There are some of risk factors that cause a woman suffering breast cancer such as:
- Ages, estimated 60% breast cancer attack adults more than 60 years old, the biggest risk found at women at the age of more than 75 years years.
- Ever suffer breast cancer. - Background of family sufferer breast cancer.
Women whose mother, sisters, or her child suffer cancer, has risk by 300% more to suffer breast cancer.
- Genetic factor and hormonal.
- Ever suffer disease breast non cancer. - Menarke(first menstruation) before 12 years old, menopause after 55 years old, first pregnant after 30 years old or never pregnant. - Obesity after menopause.
- User alcohol.
- DES (dietilstilbestrol).
Women who consume DES can cause breast cancer.
Preventive Action
There are many factors that can’t be controlled. Some of diet experts and cancer experts believe that by changing diet and lifestyle generally can decrease cancer risk. Advisable, do early diagnosis because the breast cancer is easier be made well if still early stadium. Controlled breast with clinical and mammography as procedure filtering are 3 instruments to detect cancer earlier.

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