Breast cancer is a collection of cancer cells arising from the cells of the breast. Although breast cancer predominantly occurs in women, it can also affect men. Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue.
Symptoms of Breast Cancer
- Lump in the breast or armpit
- Inverted nipple
- Lump in the breast or armpit
- Sore nipple
- Orange-peel texture or dimpling of the breast’s skin
- Change in the size or shape of the breast or nipple.
Tips to Avoid breast Cancer
- Pomegranate – It contains Antioxidants which saves you from breast cancer.
- Almond – It contains phytochemicals and selenium which stops formation of cell of breast cancer.
- Garlic – It contains sulphur compound and allicin which stops formation of cell of breast cancer.
- Kidney Beans – It contains polyphenols which saves you from breast cancer.
- Spinach – It contains folate which saves you from breast cancer.
- Turmeric – it contains Curcumin antioxidant which stops formation of cell of breast cancer.
- Green Tea – It contains polyphenols and Catechins which reduce breast cancer chances
How do you get breast cancer?
- Age: The chances of breast cancer increase as one gets older.
- Family history: The risk of breast cancer is higher among women who have relatives with the disease. Having a close relative with the disease (sister, mother, daughter) doubles a woman’s risk.
- Personal history: Having been diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast increases the risk of cancer in the other breast or the chance of an additional cancer in the original breast.
- Race: White women have a higher risk of developing breast cancer, but African-American women tend to have more aggressive tumors when they do develop breast cancer.
- Exposure to previous chest radiation or use of diethylstilbestrol increases the risk of breast cancer.
- Early age at first menstruation
- Having no children or the first child after age 30 increases the risk of breast cancer.
- Hormone replacement therapy during menopause
- Breastfeeding for one and a half to two years might slightly lower the risk of breast cancer.
- Being overweight or obese increases the risk of breast cancer both in pre- and postmenopausal women but at different rates.
- Using combined hormone therapy after menopause increases the risk of breast cancer
- Alcohol use increases the risk of breast cancer
- Lack of exercise
Treatment of Breast Cancer
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Hormonal therapy
- Targeted therapy.
