Breast Cancer : Causes
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Over the course of a lifetime, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Risk factors you cannot change include: Age and gender - Your risk of developing breast cancer increases as you get older. The majority of advanced breast canc...
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More than 90% of all breast cancers are detected by mammogram (a low-dose x ray of the breast). Mammograms should be done to evaluate a suspicious lump. Screening mammograms should be ordered according to the doctor's guidelines. Despite the contr...
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Breast cancer is caused by the development of malignant cells in the breast. The malignant cells originate in the lining of the milk glands or ducts of the breast (ductal epithelium), defining this malignancy as a cancer. Cancer cells are characte...
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Cells in breast tissue normally divide and grow, according to controls and instructions of various genes. If these genes have changes within them, the instructions for cellular growth and division may go awry. Abnormal, uncontrolled cell growth ma...
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Cells in breast tissue normally divide and grow, according to controls and instructions of various genes. If these genes have changes within them, the instructions for cellular growth and division may go awry. Abnormal, uncontrolled cell growth ma...
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The diagnosis of breast cancer is accomplished by the biopsy of any suspicious lump or mammographic abnormality that has been identified. (A biopsy is the removal of tissue for examination by a pathologist. A mammogram is a low-dose, 2-view, x-ray...
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There are a number of risk factors for the development of breast cancer, including: family history of breast cancer in first-degree relatives (mother, sister, or daughter) early onset of menstruation and late menopause reproductive history (women ...
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