Risk and Risk Factors of Breast Cancer

From now you may be familiar with the statistic that says 1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer. Many people misinterpret this to mean that, on any given day, they and the women they know have a 1-in-8 risk of developing the disease. That’s simply not true.

In reality, about 1 in 8 women in the United States — 12%, or about 12 out of every 100 — can expect to develop breast cancer over the course of an entire lifetime. In the U.S., an average lifetime is about 80 years. So, it’s more accurate to say that 1 in 8 women in the U.S. who reach the age of 80 can expect to develop breast cancer. In each decade of life, the risk of getting breast cancer is actually lower than 12% for most women.

People tend to have very different ways of viewing risk. For you, a 1-in-8 lifetime risk may seem like a high likelihood of getting breast cancer. Or you may turn this around and reason that there is a 7-in-8, or 87.5%, chance you will never get breast cancer, even if you live to age 80. How you view risk often depends on your individual situation — for example, whether you or many women you know have had breast cancer, or you have reason to believe you are at higher-than-normal risk for the disease — and your usual way of looking at the world.

Even though studies have found that women have a 12% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, your individual risk may be higher or lower than that. Individual risk is affected by many different factors, such as family history, reproductive history, lifestyle, environment, and others.

This section is designed to help you better understand breast cancer risk and some of the factors that can increase risk.

Apple chief Steve Jobs had cancer

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is one of the personalities of the best known in recent times. Very few people know, however, suffering from cancer.

Steve was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004. Called to neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas is a rare cancer of the pancreas, which is required for employment is a tumor removed from his pancreas. This process is called a pancreaticoduodenectomy (or "Whipple procedure"), and revealed that the tumor had been removed. He does not need chemo or radiotherapy.

At the end of 2008, Bloomberg mistakenly published Steve Jobs obituary, in which the date and cause of death in white. Although this was quickly rectified, this is fueled by the intense speculation about his health. Then, in January 2009, Jobs has taken six months of work "is a health problem." While continuing to indirectly prohibit the problems of cancer, we know that underwent replacement surgery of the liver in April 2009, Memphis, TN.

Normally pay for the replacement requires patients to be on a waiting list until a donor was found. But private jet Jobs' for him to get two waiting lists at the same time, and chose Memphis. More than 6,000 liver transplants done annually in the United States, but the region 11 of the United Network Organ Sharing, which includes Memphis, has a relatively short waiting time.

A liver transplant operation is a long process. It can last between 5-6 hours over 10 hours in case of complications. Transplant requires a large incision in the abdomen (abdomen). The liver is removed by cutting a series of ligaments that hold it in place, and more channels, arteries and veins.

While the new liver was recently acquired from a deceased donor blood in the liver was replaced by a very cold liquid. A new liver is placed in the empty cavity and the liver is intended to cut ligaments, ducts and blood vessels. You can prevent the rejection of foreign patients often take immunosuppressive drugs for life.

Followed by a long recovery from surgery, but the survival rate is quite high. More than 5 years survival rate is over 90 percent are good services.

If Steve Jobs, the recovery was magnificent. It said it has fully recovered from the procedure. Medical experts say that if Jobs did this procedure, which means that even if the cancer had spread to the liver, no other metastases. This is because most hospitals do not perform liver transplants on you if their cancer had already spread beyond the liver.

Apple is perhaps one of the best known and loved today. It was directed by Steve Jobs innovation and smart business sense. It's sad that someone like Jobs has had to go through this at the age of 50 soon. But, perhaps even as bad as cancer can produce good results, probably in the form of an addendum to the use of research to discover better treatments for liver cancer.

Cancer Patients From The Humiliating Fate Rodgers In His Defense

Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers quart (Notes) has been under fire this weekend when a local news station showed a clip of him brushing against a cancer patient desperate for his autograph. But even that criticism was reinforced, an unlikely source defended by Rodgers: the same woman, it ignores, Jan Cavanaugh.

Before you rush to condemn, to watch the video that started the storm:

This led to a series of self-righteous handshakes in the media, particularly NBC's Mike Florio, who wrote that Rodgers Cavanaugh is treated as a "beggar leprosy" and suggested that a quarterback was a bad person to ignore a request to autograph.

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Cavanaugh heard comments like this and responded to the local ABC WBAY. From an article on the website of the station:

The film has been criticized, but the only people in January is essential for today are those that create the chat.

"I am very unhappy people make so much out, because this is really such, is not a big deal. It's up to players to decide who they want to give you an autograph, and it is their prerogative."

Just a week before, Rodgers autographed pink jersey bearing the number 12 in January, as the team left for Philadelphia. A few years ago, now the star quarterback signed a few things for her, too.

No wonder that a woman fighting cancer with a positive outlook has a solid perspective of things.

Florio over the world are right in saying that the NFL players owe their fame and wealth for the fans, and the result will accommodate if possible. But the fact that Aaron Rodgers has signed every autograph for every person that there is no reasonable claim.

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Do not think Rodgers is based on this single incident. Are you perfect every second of every day? Do you want people to form opinions about you on how you live every second of your life? Maybe he was arguing with his girlfriend. Maybe he ate bad sushi. Maybe he missed the flight. There are many reasons why he might have brushed Cavanaugh, who are all more plausible that "he does not care to cancer patients."

When I read about this incident, I immediately thought of a tangent to the Make-A-Wish "segment that aired on" SportsCenter "earlier this year. You know when Rodgers goes beyond to ensure that a patient's heart transplant 13 years had the time of his life to Packers training camp. It is strange that nobody rip Rodgers noted that the clip this week.

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ESPN segment does not mean that Rodgers is a good guy. But it is much more than an indication of his character as a fraction of a second incident at the airport.

Should I Ask Doctor about I Have Breast Cancer or Not?

If you have received a positive or possible diagnosis of breast cancer, there are a number of questions that you can ask your doctor. The answers you receive to these questions should give you a better understanding of your specific diagnosis and the corresponding treatment. It is usually helpful to write your questions down before you meet with your health-care provider. This gives you the opportunity to ask all your questions in an organized fashion.

Each question is followed by a brief explanation as to why that particular question is important. We will not attempt to answer these questions in detail here because each individual case is just that, individual. This outline is designed to provide a framework to help you and your family make certain that most of the important questions in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment have been addressed. As cancer treatments are constantly evolving, specific recommendations and treatments might change and you should always confer with your treatment team regarding any questions.

Is the doctor sure I have breast cancer?

Certain types of cancer are relatively easy to identify by standard microscopic evaluation of the tissue. This is generally true for the most common types of breast cancer.

However, as the search for earlier and rarer forms of breast cancer progresses, it can be difficult to be certain that a particular group of cells is malignant (cancerous). At the same time, benign conditions may have cells which are somewhat distorted in appearance or pattern of growth (known as atypical cells or atypical hyperplasia). For this reason, it is important that the pathologist reading the slides of your breast biopsy be experienced in breast pathology. Most good pathology groups have multiple pathologists review questionable or troublesome slides. In more difficult cases, the slides will often be sent to recognized specialists with considerable expertise in breast pathology.

Breast Cancer Info

Breast cancer affects one in eight women during their lives. Breast cancer kills more women in the United States than any cancer except lung cancer. No one knows why some women get breast cancer, but there are a number of risk factors. Risks that you cannot change include

• Age - the chance of getting breast cancer rises as a woman gets older
• Genes - there are two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, that greatly increase the risk. Women who have family members with breast or ovarian cancer may wish to be tested.
• Personal factors - beginning periods before age 12 or going through menopause after age 55

Other risks include being overweight, using hormone replacement therapy, taking birth control pills, drinking alcohol, not having children or having your first child after age 35 or having dense breasts.

Symptoms of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in size or shape of the breast or discharge from a nipple. Breast self-exam and mammography can help find breast cancer early when it is most treatable. Treatment may consist of radiation, lumpectomy, mastectomy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy.

Men can have breast cancer, too, but the number of cases is small.