Breast Cancer Facts
Breast Cancer Facts
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Alan_Wighton]Alan Wighton
Here are some well known facts about breast cancer. It is highly likely that your doctor is only aware of a few of these facts.
The causes of and all cancers are well known and have been well known for decades.
Breast cancer can appear at anytime from your mid 20s onwards.
Breast cancer is now appearing in countries where once it was unheard of.The more developed the country, the more likely one will contract the disease.
Nobody has ever died of primary breast cancer, it's metastasise cancer, cancer which has shifted, that kills.
By the time is detected, whether by self examination or mammography, it is well established.
90 percent of breast cancers are found by the women themselves.
Mammograms have 20 to 30 percent of false positives and false negatives.
There is no safe level of radiation as is used in mammograms, the effects are cumulative.
A safer and better way to detect cancer growths in the breasts are with thermography. It uses no radiation, only a heat detecting camera.
Our mainstream medical system doesn't have a cure for breast cancer, only treatments.
Breast cancer awareness month in October has done nothing to bring the cancer rate down, facts that we are all aware of. It has also been called recruitment month.
Breast cancer is classed in stages, 1 to 4. (4 being the worst)
Removing the cancerous lump in the breast only addresses the problem, not the cause of the problem. (That's why the cancer returns)
Radical mastectomies do not address
Scientists find a gene that makes cancer spread (Reuters)
Reuters - A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Diet tied to survival in breast cancer patients (Reuters)
Reuters - Women with early-stage breast cancer may live longer if they maintain a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, a new study suggests.
Genes Predict Chances of Breast Cancer's Spread (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that could help
doctors fine-tune breast cancer treatments even further, a new study
confirms that there are genes that increase the likelihood that the
disease will spread throughout a woman's body.
High Insulin May Boost Odds of Breast Cancer (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women with high levels of insulin
in their blood appear to be more likely to develop breast cancer than
those with lower insulin levels.
High insulin levels may increase breast cancer risk (Reuters)
Reuters - Data from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study show that higher than normal insulin levels are an independent risk factor for breast cancer.
Trying to prevent lymphedema after breast cancer (AP)
AP - Hospitals in about a dozen states are testing whether some simple steps, such as arm-strengthening exercises, could reduce the risk of one of breast cancer's troubling legacies — the painful and sometimes severe arm swelling called lymphedema. Lymphedema has long been a neglected side effect of cancer surgery and radiation: Many women say they never were warned, even though spotting this problem early improves outcomes.
Cancer Medicine Advances on Many Fronts (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The war against cancer gathered
steam in 2008, as new drugs tackled the toughest cancers with some
success, and advances were made in both disease prevention and risk factor
identification.
British woman to deliver baby screened for breast cancer (AFP)
AFP - A woman is to give birth this week to the first baby in Britain which has been selected to be free of a gene which greatly increases the risk of breast cancer, experts said.
Obesity raises risk of cancer-related lymphedema (Reuters)
Reuters - Painful swelling of the arm or shoulder area following treatment for breast cancer -- a condition called lymphedema - is more common in women who are overweight or obese than in women of normal weight, researchers have found.
Marital Distress May Affect Breast Cancer Recovery (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Marriage problems are
associated with poorer outcomes for women with breast cancer, a new U.S.
study finds.
why you got in the first place.
Having a double mastectomy as a preventative measure may stop but does nothing for all other cancers.
DCIS which is Ductal Carcinoma in Situ is a very mild form of breast cancer; it is classed as stage 0. (It certainly doesn't require radical treatment)
The drug tamoxifen has demonstrated its ability to prevent the recurrence of but a fact that is well know is that it can promote aggressive liver and uterine cancer.
Herceptin has been heralded as a miracle drug for but has been described by the well know cancer expert Dr Ralph W Moss as practically worthless. (Check out his website)
All cancers are only one similar disease, but found in over 100 locations. (The causes are nearly all the same)
Facts that are well known to have caused are a diet high in animal fat, salt and refined sugar, having been on the contraception pill for many years, the regular consumption of alcohol, our sedentary lifestyle (i.e. not exercising) and the use of chemicals, especially underarm antiperspirants, sunscreens and hair dyes.
Facts that prevent and stop are a healthy diet of fresh fruit and vegetables, vitamin D, exercise and removing the known factors that have caused it.
Alan Wighton, owner of http://www.cancerhealed.com author of "Cancer, its Causes and its Cure" which has been written expressly with known Cancer Facts & Information for people with cancer.
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