Essay on Breast Cancer

It is estimated that 40,030 deaths from breast cancer (39,620 women, 410 men) are will occur in 2013. Breast cancer is second only to lung cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Breast cancer death rates have been decreasing steadily since 1989, rates decreased by 3.0% per year in women younger than 50 and by 2.0% per year in women 50 and older between 2005 and 2009. This decline is attributed to prevention, early detection, improved healthcare services and reduced use of MHT.

Diet and nutritions is controversial but fat consumtion has been associated with breast cancer. Different studies have shown conflicting results and therefore this area is open for more research.

Such findings, all of which relate to hormone-based life events, suggest that breast cancer is somehow affected by prolonged exposure to female sex hormones, such as estrogen. Women with a history of breast cancer in the family are also at greater risk. About five percent of all breast cancers have been attributed to a mutated, or structurally altered, gene known as BRCA1. Mutations in a second gene, BRCA2, contribute significantly to the development of breast cancer in Jewish women. Alcohol, high levels of fat in the diet, and not exercising regularly have also been linked to increased risk for breast cancer (Garber).

Breast Cancer is the most common form of cancer found in women in the United states and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Although it is more common in women, men can also develop breast cancer as it forms through cells in the breast. As stated by the cancer center of America “The milk-producing ducts and glands are the two most likely areas to develop cancerous cells.” This is why it is most common in females, as males lack the ducts and glands that women have making them more vulnerable to develop cancerous cells.

In the United States, starting from the first breast cancer case in 1930s to today, a woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer increases to one eighth (Gray et al.). Continuously increasing breast cancer rate has caused a lot of concerns among not only ordinary people but also scientists. For decades, scientists have been working on the causes of breast cancer in order to find the corresponding methods of treatment. However, only about 25% of the breast cancer cases got explained (Brody et al.); till today, heredity, lifetime exposure to environmental estrogen (the female sex hormone), and the dietary fat are the only major known causes (“Cover Story: Breast Cancer and Environment”). For the 75% unexplained breast cancers cases,

There is many risk factors that have an increase in a woman to develop breast cancer, but it is not yet known what are the risks to develop cancerous cells. Therefore, there is a possibility that

Being a woman is the number one risk of breast cancer. “There are about 190,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 60,000 cases of non-invasive breast cancer this year in American women. While men do develop breast cancer, less than 1% of all new breast cancer cases happen in men. Approximately 2,000 cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in American men this year” (Being a Woman, 2015). Women tend to get breast cancer more often than men because of hormonal factors and the maturing of the breast.

Intro: In the United States, breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women. Alt-hough it can occur in both men and women, it is very rare in men.. The most common type of breast cancer in the U.S. is ducts carcinoma. This type of cancer begins within the cells of the ducts, but it can also begin in the cells of the lobules and other tissues of the breast. An individu-al’s breast has many components. It contains glands, ducts and breast tissue that contains fat, connective tissue, lymph nodes and blood vessels.

There is a large amount of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer every day but they usually do not know a lot about it in terms of how it forms and the many ways it can be treated. Breast cancer is a very serious disease that shouldn’t be taken lightly; if it is left untreated it can spread to other organs and eventually kill you.  Even if you do not have breast cancer, chances are that you know or will know someone who will get it, so it is imperative that people understand how breast cancer forms, know the stages of breast cancer, be familiar with who gets breast cancer and how you can possibly avert it, and understand all of the different ways to treat the cancer and prevent it from coming back.

“Although most of the breast cancers are not hereditary there are genes that determine the likelihood of getting breast cancer. This includes genes like BRCA1 and BRCA2 that can increase the risk of developing both breast and ovarian cancer” (Mandal, 2013). Furthermore, exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) can increase an individual’s chances of getting breast cancer. Age and height are also another risk factor. Taller and older women are more likely to be diagnosed with the disease (Mandal, 2013). Lastly, increased exposure to estrogen can cause breast cancer. Women who get their period at and young age and enter menopause at a later age are exposed to longer durations of estrogen (Mandal, 2013).

Parabens act as a synthetic estrogen and throws off the hormonal balance within ones body.

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Cancer is a broad term to describe a disease that the cells grow and invade the health cells in the body. Breast cancer starts in the breast and the damaged cells invade the surrounding breast tissue and can spread to other areas of the body. But if early detected as well as treatment most people are able to carry on living there life. [1]

A compound similar to estrogen is widely used in plastic products is found to be causing severe reproductive disorders, several dozen scientists gave this statement, of which four are from federal health agencies.

The impact of certain estrogenic xenobiotics on the reproductive system development and health of animals has been clearly documented. Findings, such as ours demonstrate thathumans are also exposed at risk. As data accumulate regarding to infertility, genital tract malformations and increasing cancer rates in estrogen target tissues (especially the breast),