40,900 American Women Will Die From Breast Cancer This Year…

40,900 American Women Will Die From Breast Cancer This Year…

Women considered most at risk for breast cancer need to get mammograms and better care... http://breastcancercare.nittygritty.info/: - According to cancer care organisations the number of women aged 50 to 69 requiring regular breast screening has increased by 3.3 per cent this year. But the number receiving a mammogram has levelled off at about 60 per cent.

This has caused many health care professionals to call for greater effort to be focused on raising screening rates among vulnerable women, especially those living in poverty.

"Breast cancer affects one in eight women and kills more women in the United States than lung cancer", accordng to researchers.

Another study published recently in the Archives of Internal Medicine, finds that postmenopausal women with higher levels of white blood cells have a higher risk of developing and dying from specific types of cancer. They have identified a new gene that, if mutated, may increase a woman's risk of breast cancer by more than a third.

The gene, HMMR, interacts with the well-known breast cancer gene BRCA1 and causes genetic instability which interferes with cell division, which then could lead to the development of breast cancer.

"Developing breast cancer at a young age is very worrying in terms of survival," explained lead researcher Dr J van der Hage.

"Women with higher WBC levels have increased risks of breast, colorectal, endometrial, and lung cancers, as well as an increased risk of overall cancer mortality," he said.

Of course the big question is: can you reduce your risk of breast cancer?

The answer to this question is complex, yet there is a clear link between obesity and the development of cancer.

An extensive study conducted by the American Cancer Institute involving 750,000 people showed that obesity significantly increased the risk of cancer developing in the following organs: breast, colon, ovaries, uterus, pancreas, kidneys and gallbladder.

Michael Thun, MD, vice-president of epidemiology and surveillance research for the American Cancer Society (ACS) says: "women who are obese after menopause have a 50% higher relative risk of breast cancer."

There is evidence that cancer rates in developed countries are increasing at 5 to 15 times faster than developing countries. A major contributor to this alarming reality has proven to be diet.

In populations where the diet consists mostly of fresh fruit and vegetables and whole grains - in contrast to the typical Western diet of fatty meats, refined flours, oils and sugars - the risk of cancer is much lower.

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