What are the chances (percentage) in females if they have a strong family history?
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Generally, women have 5-10 per cent more chances of suffering from breast cancer if they have a family history. But in case of a strong family history, the chances may increase up to 40 per cent. It is a disease which is usually caused due to gene defects (also known as mutations) passed on by a parent. The most common cause of hereditary breast cancer is an inherited mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene.
Is breast cancer curable?
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In Stage 1 breast cancer, cancer is evident, but it is contained to only the area where the first abnormal cells began to develop. Breast cancer has been detected in the early stages and can be very effectively treated.
Which food items to be avoided which contains a strong carcinogen named aflatoxin ?
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Aflatoxin is a potent carcinogen produced by the Asergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus molds, which grow on corn, peanuts, cottonseed, milk, walnuts, pistachios and Brazil nuts. The proliferation of these molds and the resulting contamination by the poison they produce occur when crops have been weakened by insects, drought or other adverse conditions, or have been stored improperly.
By which age women should be vigilant for breast cancer?
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Nulliparous women above 30 years have chances of breast cancer.
Which is the earliest way to detect the breast cancer?
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Breast cancer patients self-detect their disease at a stage when it presents with a palpable lump, or even at a stage when it has resulted in secondary changes such as local skin or chest wall changes or distant metastases. Don t medicate yourself, consult a good expertise homeopathic doctor because it will depend on many risk factors out of which the family history is most important, homeopathic medicines act constitutionally on both physical & mental levels.
Which community has the highest possible predisposition of breast cancer?
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The possible reasons for high breast cancer incidence in the Parsi community are their westernized lifestyle, consanguineous marriages, and late age of marriage and childbirth.
Which is the most important risk factor for breast cancer?
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Women who have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer are at a higher risk for breast cancer than those without such a history. Women with two or more close relatives [a mother, daughter, or sister] who have had pre-menopausal breast or ovarian cancer, have a greater chance of developing breast cancer.