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Why go for Early Breast Cancer Screening?

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Why go for Early Breast Cancer Screening?

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  1. 13 Breast Cancer Risk Factors

  2. Introduction • A risk factor tells a person about his/her chance of acquiring a disease. • It is not always necessary that the person will develop the illness, like in the case of breast cancer. • As per a Breast Cancer Doctors in India, many women with one or more breast cancer risk factors do not develop it. • Breast cancer risk factors can be of the following types: • Inherent or unchangeable • Environmental • Behavioural

  3. Risk Factors • Age • Risk of breast cancer increases with age, say over the age of 40 or 55 and more. • Gender • Breast cancer does happen in men too. • But breast cancer affects more women than men. • This is attributed to the higher levels of female hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, in women, which can trigger cancerous cell growth in the breasts.

  4. Risk Factors 3. Genetics • A small percentage of breast cancer cases develop from heredity. • Research on breast cancer has identified specific genes that are altered in breast cancer patients, the most common one being the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. • In normal conditions, the 2 genes actually prevent cancer by producing proteins that inhibit abnormal cell proliferation. • It is seen that breast cancers that result from mutated genes occur more frequently in younger women, and these women are also prone to developing other forms of cancer such as ovarian cancer. • Other less commonly occurring mutated genes that increase breast cancer risk are ATM, TP53, CHEK2, PTEN, CDH1, STK11, and PALB2 genes.

  5. Risk Factors 5. Previous personal history of breast cancer • The risk of redeveloping breast cancer in the other breast or a different area of the same breast is high in a woman who has already had the cancer once. 4. History of breast cancer in family • Women with close relatives who have had or have breast cancer are at higher risk. • The risk is double-fold in women with first-degree relations like sister, mother or daughter with breast cancer, and three-fold risk with second-degree relations like cousins, aunts, etc.

  6. Risk Factors 7.  Ethnicity • African-American women are at a higher risk of breast cancer as compared to women of Asian, Hispanic and Native American descent. 6. Dense breast tissue • A breast consists of fibrous, glandular and fatty tissue. • A woman with dense breast tissue has a higher proportion of fibrous and glandular tissues and less of fatty tissue. • This increases the risk of breast cancer. • Dense breast tissue can result from certain medications, age (nearing menopause), pregnancy and genes.

  7. Risk Factors 8. Benign breast ailments • Breast conditions of benign nature increase the risk of breast cancer. • Common are the non-proliferative lesions – These may only slightly affect the risk of breast cancer. • Conditions include • Fibrosis or cysts, periductal fibrosis • Mild hyperplasia • Non-sceloringadenosis • Benign phyllodes tumour • Ductal ectasia • Papilloma • Fat necrosis • Epithelial calcifications • Benign tumours like lipoma, hemangioma, neurofibroma, hamartoma, adenomyoepthelioma

  8. Risk Factors 9. Early Menstrual Periods • Women who started menstruating at an early age (before 12) and/or undergo menopause late (after 55) are exposed to oestrogen and progesterone longer, and thus are at a slightly higher risk. 10. Bearing Children • Women with no children or has had children after the age of 30 seem to increase the risk of breast cancer.

  9. Risk Factors 11. Alcohol  • Alcohol increases the risk of developing breast cancer in women, and risk increases with the amount consumed. 12. Being Overweight or Obese • Overweight women tend to produce oestrogen from fat tissue and their high insulin levels together make them prone to breast cancer. You can consult Breast Cancer Doctor in India here.

  10. Risk Factors 13. Hormone therapy • Hormone replacement therapy, like that given during menopause, is one of the breast cancer risk factors. GetBreast Cancer Treatment Cost in Indiafrom NABH & JCI accredited hospitals – FREE of cost. You can also read aboutSuperfoods that Fight Cancer.

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