| Breast cancer is the abnormal growth of the breast | | | | you are into the risk of getting breast cancer. Hence, |
| cells. It occurs as a result of mutation in the cell | | | | it is advisable for you to self examine your breast |
| growth or any unusual changes in the genes. | | | | and go for mammogram once in a year. |
| Normally, cells in our body adapt an orderly process | | | | The diagnosis involved many different kinds of test. |
| of replacing themselves. Healthy new cells replace the | | | | It would take weeks. Once you found the abnormal |
| old cells to die out. Genes are the mandatory element | | | | tumor or lumps packages on your breast, you need |
| located in each cell nucleus. It acts as a control room | | | | to go for cancer diagnosis. The tests include |
| of each cell. Mutation can turn on certain genes and | | | | mammograms, ultrasound, MRI, CAT scans and more. |
| turn off certain genes in other cells. If the control | | | | You do not have to worry once you diagnosed with |
| room is off, the cells will not have any instruction and | | | | cancer. It is curable in early stages with the help of |
| it will keep dividing without any order. It will generate | | | | radiations, medicines etc. |
| more cells and everything will club together and form | | | | Coping up with breast cancer: |
| as a tumor. All the tumors are not cancerous. But it is | | | | Once you undergone for the radiations and |
| advisable to check if you have any unusual tumor or | | | | treatments there are chances to get the cancerous |
| lumps on your chest or any other parts of your | | | | tumor again on your body. But you can prevent them |
| body. There are two types of tumor formation called | | | | by following a low fat diet food. It is evident by a |
| as "benign" and "malignant". Benign tumors are not | | | | study taken with 2400 post menopausal women. |
| dangerous where as malignant are finally can spread | | | | Obviously you get devastated when you come to |
| the tumor to other parts of the body. | | | | know you have breast cancer. It is a life changing |
| A malignant tumor that has developed in the breast | | | | moment for you and your beloved ones. Even then |
| cells causes breast cancer. Usually it begins in the cells | | | | you have to understand that there are lots of |
| of the lobules which are the glands that produce milk | | | | treatments for cancer and most of them cured |
| on the breast. In due course, cancer cells can attack | | | | cancer completely. Please do not leave the cancer |
| the healthy tissues on the breast and make their | | | | patients alone. They would be distressed and want |
| way into underarm lymph nodes. Instead of analyzing | | | | some one to share their feelings and emotions. |
| the reasons for breast cancer, we can look into the | | | | Everyone gets the same experience, if they are |
| symptoms and tips to cope up with breast cancer as | | | | counting their living days. It is advisable to take them |
| human gets this disease through several modes. | | | | to a support meetings conducted by cancer relief |
| Symptoms of Breast cancer: | | | | groups etc. Many helping organization conducts |
| To be truthful, many breast cancer have no obvious | | | | counseling and recovering programs for cancer |
| symptoms at all. Sometimes symptoms that are | | | | patients. If you have belief in god, talk to your |
| same to breast cancer finally results the non | | | | pastor and priest. A strong faith and prayer could |
| cancerous conditions such as infection or cyst. Hence | | | | heal any kind of diseases as we heard of many |
| we cannot decide on anything. It is better to go | | | | cases and testimony. |
| through proper tests. If you are over 40 years old, | | | | |