All Entries in the "Breast Cancer" Category
Male Breast Cancer – Some Facts
While breast cancer is largely seen to occur in women, it is not unheard of for men to have it too. There are some facts and figures about male breast cancer: Though male breast cancer is rare, 1% of all breast cancer cases are found to be among men. A man’s lifetime risk of developing [...]
Buy Breast Cancer Products And Donate To Charity
Do you know of patients suffering from breast cancer? Do you want to help patients in your own little way? Do you want to express your support in breast cancer awareness without having to attend campaigns and information drives? Regardless of age and race, you can now do your part in fighting this deadly killer [...]
Breast Cancer Rates Four Times Higher In Britain Than East Africa
It is a telling indictment of western lifestyles that rates of breast cancer are so much higher in developed nations when compared with less developed countries. According to a recent report, 4 times as many women in Britain have breast cancer as their counterparts in East African countries such as Tanzania and Kenya. Even other [...]
What Is Breast Cancer? Answers From Doctors
Statistics shows that the most common form of cancer among women all over the world is breast cancer. Curable at an early stage, awareness of this particular disease has intensified. What is breast cancer? How does it develop? What are its causes? Breast cancer in a nutshell Whenever doctors are asked about what is breast [...]
Is Radiation Therapy Acceptable For Women With Breast Cancer?
Two years ago, almost 240,000 women in the United States have been diagnosed with breast cancer. The numbers have declined because women are now more aware of their risks to breast cancer and several treatment options are developed. One of these treatments is radiation for breast cancer. Radiation for breast cancer uses a specialized machine [...]
Paget’s Disease Of The Breast
Paget’s disease refers more commonly to a chronic bone disorder. However Paget’s disease of the Breast (also known as Paget’s disease of the Nipple) is a rare and very malignant condition where large and irregular malignant cancerous cells form on the breast and which is also indicative of an underlying breast cancer. The reason that [...]
5 Ways To Help Breast Cancer Survivors Deal With Their Second Life
Being one of the lucky breast cancer survivors is already a wonderful blessing. Not all breast cancer patients are given a second chance at life. If you know anyone, your relative or friend, who is able to survive breast cancer, you should come up with ways to help her deal with her second life. Doing [...]
Nutritional Supplements For Breast Cancer – Part 2
While there are conflicting opinions in the medical community about the efficacy of nutritional supplements to fight breast cancer, it helps to know one’s options when this deadly disease strikes: Vitamin E and its antioxidant properties are thought to be useful for fighting prevention. One must exercise caution with this supplement however, because over dosage [...]
