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How To Reduce The Risk Of Breast Cancer
For every disease there are some risk factors it is same with breast
cancer. There are some risk factors which are not under the control
of a person and some risk factors are those which depend on the life
style of a person.
First I want to write about the factors which cannot be changed,
if you are a woman your risk of getting breast cancer is automatically
increased. Women are at a greater risk of getting breast cancer as
the breast cells are persistently exposed to hormones like estrogen
and progesterone. Men can also suffer from breast cancer but breast
cancer in men is a very rare case.
Risk of breast cancer also increases with age. This is also one
of the factor which a person can not control. If some gene changes
are running in a family that means if the breast cancer is hereditary
the chance of getting affected automatically increases without any
control on it. If a woman is having cancer in one breast the chance
of getting cancer in another breast or in another part of same breast
increases. White women are at high risk of breast cancer than Asian
women. If a women started menstruating in an early age or went through
menopause in later age both of these conditions increase the risk
of breast cancer. If a women has gone under radiation therapy in
the area of chest because of treatment of other cancers are also
at increased risk of breast cancer. Some pregnant women are given
diethylstibestrol this is a drug which prevents miscarriage, but
the women taking this drug are at increased risk of breast cancer.
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