November is pancreatic cancer awareness month. Other cancers are more prevalent. However, once diagnosed, pancreatic cancer is usually fatal. Until just lately, pancreatic cancer was thought to spread rapidly, however recent findings about the disease that was made prominent by Patick Swayze’s death last year hint that its likelihood of occurring is manifested years in advance, which increases the possibility of accurate early diagnosis and successful treatment. Resource for this article – Pancreatic cancer awareness month marks gains in early detection by Personal Money Store.
Looking back at Cancer of the breast Awareness Month
According to American Cancer Society estimates, in 2009 there were 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 62,280 early-stage breast cancer diagnosed in women. In those cases, many were said to end in death. 40,000 of them were given this verdict. Breast cancer had been also estimated to be diagnosed in almost 2,000 men this past year. Of those, about 440 were forecasted to die.
Breast cancer false statements
- Underwire bras are bad. They make breast cancer more likely
The false belief here is that by constricting breast tissue, underwire bras cause cancer-causing toxins to build up. This is not true based on Dr. Deborah Axelrod. This is what she told CBS.
- Breast Cancer comes from deodorant
Dr. Schnabel says this is false. Toxins between deodorant and breast cancer isn't proven in studies.
- Drink from plastic water bottles and get breast cancer
A link between plastic bottles and cancers is something many experts believe is there. Others doubt it just as much though. BPA (bisphenol) is an additional substance of concern in plastic, but even that has not been definitively connected to cancer of the breast.
- Avoid mammograms. They trigger breast cancer
Columbia Broadcasting System News heard Dr. Schnabel say that naturally, over three months, a woman's breast gets more radiation exposed to it than the .1 to .2 rads per picture a mammogram puts out.
- Lumpy breasts are bad. They create a greater risk
Lumpy breasts don't mean you'll get cancer, although it can make it harder to detect it. However, Dr. Axelrod advises that it’s best to treat newly discovered breast lumps with caution and have a doctor investigate.
- No family history, no breast cancer
While breast cancer can run in the family, studies indicate that 80 percent are sporadic cases.
Information from
Cancer.org
cancer.org/Research/CancerFactsFigures/BreastCancerFactsFigures/index
CBS News
cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20018296-10391704.html
Susan G. Komen ‘Survivor of the Year’ on ‘The Early Show’
youtube.com/watch?v=dqiDrDzzEk8
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