| You can find much information on breast cancer | | | | It should be noted that breast cancer is the fourth |
| including treatments, ways to prevent it and things | | | | most common form of cancer, behind non-melanoma |
| that either increase or decrease the risk of | | | | skin cancer, lung cancer, and prostate cancer. This |
| development. You can also find nutritional tips, | | | | cancer is most prevalent in women in the Unite |
| exercise tips and many support groups. However | | | | States and statistics show that breast cancer |
| what is rare is information summarizing the history of | | | | accounts for 1% of deaths world wide. There is a |
| breast cancer. | | | | one in eight chance that women will develop breast |
| Breast cancer was first discovered by the ancient | | | | cancer and a 3% chance they will die from it. Experts |
| Egyptians, who noted that the disease was tumors | | | | agree that this is due mostly to lifestyle choices, |
| or ulcers around the breast. They also concluded at | | | | mental and emotional stress, dietary deficiencies as |
| the time that there was no treatment for it beyond | | | | well as hormone treatment, such as breast |
| removal or cauterization. | | | | augmentation. |
| Later on, doctors established a link between breast | | | | Steps that can help prevent breast cancer are |
| cancer and the lymph nodes. French surgeon Jean | | | | numerous and easy to implement. They can include |
| Petit and Scotsman Benjamin Hall were the first to | | | | dietary restrictions (such as cutting out junk or |
| actually remove the nodes, tissue and muscle. | | | | "comfort" food), an exercise regimen, increasing one's |
| The world's first mastectomy was performed by Dr. | | | | fiber, fruit and vegetable intake and focusing on |
| William Halsted. This procedure became known as the | | | | positive thoughts, habits and actions. |
| Halsted Radical Mastectomy and was a popular | | | | The greatest weapon against breast cancer is you, |
| procedure until 1970. | | | | the health of your body, mind and soul. |