Breast Cancer Awareness Tips
Sponsored By: College Station Medical Center.
We will be adding a new tip every day for the entire month of October. Check back tomorrow for another great tip.
- Our bodies have freat capacity to forgive,repair, and rebound. There is HOPE!
- Sleep deprivation raises serious concers about breast cancer risk.
- Many chemicals have been linked to an increased risk for breast cancer.
- Ongoing stress raise serious concerns about brest cancer risk.
- Women who have breast cancer tend to have low levels of vitamin D.
- Losing excess pounds reduces the body's production of female hormones, which may protect against breast cancer.
- If you notice any changes in your breasts, such as a new lump or skin changes, consult your doctor.
- Women who have had both breasts surgically removed reduce their risk of breast cancer by over 90 percent.
- MRI or ultrasound screenings can add valuable information to a regular mammogram screening.
- Eating cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli and cauliflower, may help to lower the risk of developing breast cancer.
- Adult women of all ages are encourage to perform breast self-exams at least once a month.
- Mammograms can often show a breast lump before it can be felt.
- Never having given birth can increase your risk for breast cancer.
- Every 2 minutes, there is a new breast cancer diagnosis,
- Every 14 minutes, a life is lost to breast cancer,
- 85% of all breast cancer diagnoses have no family history.
- Most breast cancers and breast cancer deaths occur in women age 50 and older.
- Fewer than five percent of breast cancers occur in women under age 40.
- Mammography is the most effective breast cancer screening tool used today.
- Breast cancers in younger women tend to grow faster than breast cancers in older women.
- Women who breast-feed their babies for at least a year in total have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer later.
- Alcohol use is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.
- Menopausal hormone therapy increases risk for breast.
- Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women of all races.
- Breast cancer is the most common cancer among African-American women.
- When Breast cancer is found early, the chances for survival are highest.
- Increased physical activity reduces overall breast-cancer risk by 10 percent to 30 percent.
- In the U.S., about one percent of all breast cancer occurs in men.
- Research suggests that long-term smoking is associated with increased risk of breast cancer in some women.
- Obesity raises the risk of breast cancer after menopause.
- Follow your health care provider's recommendation to decide the type of breast cancer screening you need.
- About one in eight U.S women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
- Every 2 minutes, there is a new breast cancer diagnosis.