Breast Cancer Awareness
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Breast cancer awareness is a campaign that the government is pushing forward at the moment, it is a fact that approximately eleven percent of women will suffer from breast cancer throughout their lives so it is something that needs to be addressed.
The human body is constituted of billions of cells. Usually, these cells grow, divide and die in a controlled way to produce and replace the body’s tissue. If something disrupts this controlled process cancer can develop.
Breast cancer is caused when the cells that constitute the breast tissue refuse to die, instead they chronically divide and eventually develop into tumours. Once a tumour has formed, some of the cells can split off and journey to other parts of the body to form further tumours.
If breast cancer awareness is something that is taken very seriously as it should be then the problem can be detected early on, and there is a good opportunity it can be treated with success. However, the more chance the cancer has had to progress, the more difficult it is to treat and eliminate.
The exact make-up of two genes which may lead to a tendency to breast cancer - BRCA1 and BRCA2 - is now recognised. If this make-up becomes mutated, the risk of developing breast cancer is increased, although it does not mean that the disease will definitely develop. Another gene, p53, is known to be involved in many cancers, including breast cancer.
The age that a woman begins to menstruate, and the age that she goes through menopause, can affect breast cancer risk. This is because of the female hormone oestrogen, produced during this time and known to stimulate many breast cancers. The longer a woman menstruates, the higher her risk of developing breast cancer.
An increasing body of evidence indicates that consuming alcohol increases the risk of developing breast cancer. Government guidance suggests that women drink no more than 14 units of alcohol per week. The suggested limit is slightly higher for men at 21 units per week.