Fifty
percent of breast cancer is diagnosed in women over sixty-five.
III) Risk factors
Early onset of menses/menstrual cycle prior to age 12
Menopause
Diets high in saturated fats
Family history
Late or no pregnancies
Moderate alcohol intake
Smoking
History of prior breast cancer
Estrogen replacement therapy
Therapeutic radiation to chest wall
Gene mutations
Moderate obesity
Female
**Every woman is at some risk for breast cancer (does not necessarily mean that just because it does not run in your family that you will not develop breast cancer ? According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation 85% of women with breast cancer have a negative family history
IV) Symptoms/Early signs
A lump in or near your breast
A change in the size or shape of your breast
Veins on the surface become more prominent on one breast
Discharge from the nipple other than breast milk
Breast tenderness
Ridges or depression/pitting of the breast
A change in the way the breast feels
**The earlier breast cancer is found and diagnosed, the better your chances of beating it... displayed 300 characters
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Not for routine evaluations.
PET Scans ? Positron Emission Tomography ? patient is injected with a small
amount of radioactive material.
Biopsy ? a small operation that removes tissue from an area of concern from the
body to get cells for microscope analysis.
Chest X-Ray - performed in those who have or ay have breast cancer to evaluate
the possibility that cancer may have spread to the lungs... displayed 300 characters
