BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

FAITH, HOPE, LOVE
PREVENTIONRISK FACTORS
PREVENTION

LOWERING CHANCES

  • Stay physically active
  • Follow A Nutritious Diet
  • Maintain A Healthy Weight
  • Quit Smoking
  • Limit Alcohol
  • Breastfeed

  • Caution Birth Control and Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRT)
  • Know Your Family History
  • Get Screened Regularly
  • TLC

**Touch (Self Breast Exam Monthly)

**Look (Any Visual Changes?)

**Check (Follow-Up With Doc)

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RISK FACTORS

INCREASED CHANCES

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  • Increasing Age
  • Obesity
  • Harmful Use Of Alcohol
  • History of Radiation Exposure
  • Reproductive History (age of 1st pregnancy)
  • Tobacco Use
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  • 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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“EARLY DETECTION SAVES LIVES. CHECK, SCREEN, PREVENT!”

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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.).

Call Cancer Knowledge Hub at 1-800-227-2345 to speak with a cancer specialist.

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by Dolly Parton, Monica, Jordin Sparks, Rita Wilson & Sara Evans

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