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Breast Cancer
(Risk and factor you can control and you can't)

• Cancer Care Pune

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Breast Cancer

• Breast cancer is cancer which occurs in either
  the ducts or the lobules of the breast. Cancer
  can also affect the fatty tissue of the breast
  and later on move to the lymph nodes thus making
  it more severe. Let us have a look at the
  different risk factors of breast cancer and
  whether they can be controlled or not.

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Controllable risk factors of Breast cancer

• Weight If you have a BMI of 25 then be sure that
  you become prone to getting affected with Breast
  cancer. Keeping your weight restricted is one
  risk factor that is under your control. Extra fat
  cells mean more estrogen which increases the
  chance of cancer cells to grow.

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• Drinking Alcohol In comparison to women who do
  not drink those who do at least three times a
  week increase their chances of getting the
  disease by 15 . The number of drinks you
  increase per day also increases this chance by
  another 10. Same holds true for smoking as well.

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• Unhealthy diet It is an underlying truth that no
  food can make you get breast cancer. But by
  consuming certain healthy foods, you definitely
  reduce the probability of getting it. These would
  include items like fruits, legumes, vegetables,
  and whole grains would reduce any unhealthy cell
  changes seen in the body.

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• Less exercise There have been researches which
  prove that if you exercise regularly every week,
  you reduce the chance of getting breast cancer.
  Regular exercise would limit your blood sugar and
  a hormone named insulin growth factor which
  regulates the behavior of your breast cells.

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Uncontrollable risk factors of Breast cancer

• Genetics If someone in your family has had
  mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene chances are
  you would get the disease too. You will receive a
  mutated copy of this gene from your parent, and
  then you are exposed to the risk of getting
  affected.

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• The previous history of breast cancer Supposing
  you have been affected by breast cancer in the
  past then you may get it again, and there is
  nothing you can do about it. Similarly, if your
  mother or sister has had it your chances of
  getting it nearly doubles.

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• Dense breast tissue Fatty tissue, glandular
  tissue, and fibrous tissue are what makes a
  typical breast. If a woman has less of fatty
  tissue and more of the other two, then she is
  supposed to have dense breasts. Such women have
  1.5 to 2 times higher risk of getting breast
  cancer as opposed to a woman with normal breast
  density.

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• Radiation therapy on chest If at a young age
  you had to get radiation therapy on your chest
  for some other treatment you may face breast
  cancer incidence later in life. However, this
  situation does not hold true for women who have
  had the same done after the age of 40.

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• Breast cancer can be detected on time provided
  women learn to detect the symptoms. There are
  some risk factors which increase your scope of
  contracting the ailment, but if you are careful
  and maintain a healthy lifestyle, you may be able
  to keep it away.

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Contact Us

• Address Express Clinic, Old Mumbai Pune Hwy,
  Empire Estate Phase 1, Empire Estate Phase-II,
  Chinchwad, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra 411033
• Phone [phone] 9049935685
• Email dr.jagdish3007_at_gmail.com
• Website www.cancercarepune.com