Health: Breast Cancer Risk Factor
Mar 06, 2023 11:11 am
Hi ,
Hope this mail meets you well. Just how informed are you about breast cancer? Here is a good read on Breast Cancer Risk Factor.
Breast Cancer is cancer that forms in the cells of the breasts. Breast cancer occurs when some breast cells begin to grow abnormally.
These cells divide more rapidly than healthy cells do and continue to accumulate, forming a lump or mass. Cells may spread (metastasize) through your breast to your lymph nodes or to other parts of your body.
Breast cancer most often begins with cells in the milk-producing ducts (invasive ductal carcinoma). Breast cancer may also begin in the glandular tissue called lobules (invasive lobular carcinoma) or in other cells or tissue within the breast.
Breast cancer risk factor is anything that makes it more likely you'll get breast cancer but having one or even several breast cancer risk factors doesn't necessarily mean you'll develop breast cancer.
Many women who develop breast cancer have no known risk factors other than simply being women.
Factors that are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer include:
1.Being a female: Women are much more likely than men are to develop breast cancer.
2.Increasing age: Your risk of breast cancer increases as you age.
3.A family history of breast cancer:
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