Breast Cancer

BREAST CANCER

Breast cancer is a cancer of the breast tissue. Worldwide, it is the most common form of cancer in females - affecting, at some time in their lives, approximately one out of thirty-nine to one out of three women who reach age ninety in the Western world. It is the second most fatal cancer in women (after lung cancer), and the number of cases has significantly increased since the 1970s, a phenomenon partly blamed on modern lifestyles in the Western world. Because the breast is composed of identical tissues in males and females, breast cancer also occurs in males, and as statistics show, it is on a massive increase, hence the mass TV promotions aimed at men at present.

INDEX

History of breast cancer
Types of breast cancer
Risk factors and etiology
          Age
          Alcohol
          Environmental causes
          Genes
          Hormones
          Light levels
          Obesity
          Unproven
Prevention in high-risk individuals
Prevention of Environmental Causes
Symptoms
Screening
Diagnosis
Treatment
          Surgery
          Radiation therapy
          Indications for radiation
          Types of radiotherapy
          Side effects of radiation
          Systemic therapy
          Chemotherapy
          Hormonal treatment
          Targeted therapy
          Preclinical
          Flax seeds
          Alternative medicine
Prognosis
Breast cancer in males
Spreading elsewhere
Breast cancer awareness

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