Breast Cancer Cancer And Cancer - 1115 Words

One out of eight women around the world develops the most common disease called Breast Cancer. In the United States, about 200,000 women suffer from this disease and it causes more than 40,000 death each year. Breast cancer is a cancer cell (malignant tumor) that forms in the breast. The cancerous cells grow in the breast and then invade the healthy cells and the surrounding tissues of the breast and it can also spread into other parts of the body. Breast cancer is more common in women but men can also get it too. One of the reasons that males are less likely to develop breast cancer because males have less estrogen and progesterone hormones which is a higher risk of breast cancer cell to grow. There are many risks factors that can cause†¦show more content†¦According to Stephanie R. Land (2014), Cigarette smoking, physical activity, and alcohol consumption have been implicated in previous studies as risk or protective factors for cancer at a number of organ sites. Cigarette smoking, long known to increase the risk of lung cancer, is also associated with increased risk of many other cancers, including those of the colon and breast (1-10). There is an inverse effect of cigarette smoking for endometrial cancer, especially among postmenopausal overweight or obese women (due possibly to an antiestrogenic effect of smoking; refs. (11-16). Physical activity seems to be a protective factor for many cancers (17-21). Alcohol consumption has been associated with increased risks of breast, lung, and colon cancer, among others (22-24). The evidence is stronger for some of these associations than others, and the generalizability across populations varies as well. Every women is different so they develop different types of breast cancer. Breast cancer occurs under two categories: invasive and noninvasive. Invasive breast cancer is cancerous cells that can break through breast tissues and spread into different parts of the body through bloodstreams and lymph nodes. Noninvasive breast cancer is cancerous cells that stay in only one area of the breast and it cannot extend in other surrounding tissue. Other types of breast cancer are; Paget s disease of the nipple, phyllodes tumor, mucinous carcinoma, sarcoma of the