Breastcancer: Information

Who can get breast cancer?


Any female. That's right, its true. Any female is at risk of getting breast cancer. What makes one person getting it over another? There are risk factors that can elevate your chance of getting breast cancer. However, even the healthiest person can get breast cancer.

What are some changes in your life that you can make that will help REDUCE your risk?

QUIT SMOKING- Smoking increases your chance of breast cancer and of course will lead to other diseases as well. It will also affect treatments for breast cancer. Quit smoking now!



GET EXERCISE- Exercise is good in many ways but it also helps keep your estrogen level down. Low estrogen means less breast cell growth which also means less chance of breast cancer. Also your risk for breast cancer increases when you are overweight after menopause.


EAT HEALTHY- Eating healthy can also help maintain your weight loss and over all health. Staying healthy means a healthy immune system to help fight off harmful things in your body.


MAMOGRAMS- Regularly getting mamograms will help catch breast cancer sooner rather than later. A mamogram is basically an exray to detect lumps or masses. Mamogram

BREASTFEEDING- There was a link found between breast feeding and cancer. Women who were breastfed when they were younger have a 25% less chance to get breast cancer in their life compared to women who were bottlefed.

Breastfeeding your children for any amount of time, but for a minimum of three months, can decrease your chance of getting breast cancer anywhere from 11%-25%. Check out more information on breastfeeding.