Breast Cancer Warden

While it is an established fact that Estrogen is responsible for development of Cancer, a study by University of California, San Diego has linked that Estrogen to recurrence of breast cancer as well.

Anti-estrogen durgs like tamoxifen have not been observed to be an end-all solution, since this pilot group for this study included a proportion of women who were on tamoxifen.

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Sydney Singer and Soma Grismaijer, authors of “Dressed to Kill”, suggest that wearing a bra for many hours a day may significantly increase a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer.They believe that wearing a bra, especially a tight-fitting bra with underwires, prevents normal lymphatic flow and hampers with circulation which could then result in fibrocystic changes which may increase the risk of developing breast cancer.
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Rumours have long existed that piercing of nipples cause breast cancer, however no scientific link has been established between the two.

That said, it should be noted that if piercing is not done by professionals there can be several problems like infections, damage (sometimes permanent) to duct leading to problems in breast feeding, etc.

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The shortest answer is, ‘Not Really’.

Occurrence of  breast cancer, or any other condition for that part, is extremely hard to trace back to one single factor, often there are several factors at work in each case. Deodorants / antiperspirants have long been rumoured to cause cancer of the breast but there have been no studies so far which have either proved or disproved this.

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There are some factors that are associated with placing a woman more or less at risk. These factors might include increasing age, a family history of breast cancer, age at birth of first child, say , well into her thirties, never given birth, early menstrual period, late menopause, high- fat diet, obesity, high alcohol consumption, or a high dose of radiation to the chest.

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We are going to talk about some signs and symptoms today which are highly likely indicators of breast cancer, on observing any one of these signs, immediate specialist referral is recommended.
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