PREVENTION
LOWERING CHANCES
- Stay physically active
- Follow A Nutritious Diet
- Maintain A Healthy Weight
- Quit Smoking
- Limit Alcohol
- Breastfeed
RISK FACTORS
INCREASED CHANCES
- Increasing Age
- Obesity
- Harmful Use Of Alcohol
- History of Radiation Exposure
- Reproductive History (age of 1st pregnancy)
- Tobacco Use
- Family History
- Postmenopausal HRT
- Inherited Genetic Factors (Human Cancer Gene–BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations)
- Physical Inactivity
Male Breast Cancer make up 1% (age 60-70)
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FIGHT, BELIEVE, STRENGTH
SIGNS/ SYMPTOMS
- Lump or Swelling in Breast
- Dimpling
- Color Changes
- Nipple Changes
- Rash or Crust Around Nipple
- Painless Hard Mass
- Breast Pain
- Discharge from Nipple
- Breast Size or Shape Changes
TREATMENT
- Surgery
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Stem Cell Transplant
- Immunotherapy
- Supportive Drug Therapy
- Bisphosphonates
- Targeted Therapy
- Cancer Vaccines
- Hormone Therapy
American Cancer Society Program Services (rides, lodging, etc.).
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