| Introduction | | | | cancer, and may have an increased risk of |
| Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant | | | | developing other cancers. Age and health history |
| (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the breast. It | | | | can affect the risk of developing breast cancer. |
| is the leading cause of death among women | | | | Each woman's risk may be higher or lower, |
| between 40 and 55 years of age,the second | | | | depending upon several factors, including family |
| overall cause of death among women (exceeded | | | | history, genetics, age of menstruation, and other |
| only by lung cancer). and is on the rise worldwide. | | | | factors that have not yet been identified. Breast |
| Breast cancer is more easily treated and often | | | | feeding for several months also seems to reduce |
| curable if it is found early. | | | | breast cancer risk. |
| Lumps | | | | Treatment |
| Most breast tumors (abnormal lumps or masses | | | | Treatment for breast cancer usually depends on |
| of tissue) are benign (not cancerous). Using the | | | | the type of cancer and whether it has spread |
| fingertips, a lump may be detected within the | | | | outside of the breast to the rest of the body. |
| breast. If a lump in the is found, the doctor may | | | | Treatment for includes surgery, radiation, |
| need to cut out a small piece of the lump. Four | | | | chemotherapy, and endocrine/anti-hormone |
| types of biopsies are as follows: Excisional biopsy: | | | | therapy. Treatment for male breast cancer is |
| The removal of an entire lump or suspicious | | | | usually a mastectomy, which is surgery to |
| tissue. Incisional biopsy: The removal of part of a | | | | remove the breast. |
| lump or suspicious tissue. Needle biopsy: The | | | | Conclusion |
| removal of part of a lump, suspicious tissue, or | | | | Previously a malady that mostly afflicted white, |
| fluid, using a thin needle. Core biopsy: The removal | | | | affluent women in the industrial hubs of North |
| of part of a lump or suspicious tissue using a wide | | | | America and Western Europe, breast cancer is |
| needle. | | | | everywhere. But in China, as in most other |
| A group of rapidly dividing cells may form a lump | | | | emerging economies, it is a relatively new |
| or mass of extra tissue. For example, fibrocystic | | | | concern, something that both patients and |
| change is a non-cancerous condition in which | | | | doctors are only haltingly learning how to treat. |
| women develop cysts (accumulated packets of | | | | But the latest age-specific data in Denmark show |
| fluid), fibrosis (formation of scar-like connective | | | | that the incidence of breast cancer is maximal for |
| tissue), lumpiness, areas of thickening, tenderness, | | | | women born between 1945 and 1950, and is on |
| or breast pain. | | | | the decline for women born more recently. More |
| Risks | | | | than 90 out of 100 women whose cancer is |
| Women who have an altered gene related to | | | | found early will be cured. The leading cause of |
| breast cancer and who have had cancer in one | | | | breast cancer is said to be the use of |
| breast have an increased risk of developing | | | | anti-perspirant. The good news is that it is a |
| cancer in the other breast. These women also | | | | disease that can be treated and cured. |
| have an increased risk of developing ovarian | | | | |