Breast cancer is one of the most common diseases in women. The disease occurs based on a number of factors. Regular check-ups with a mammologist and familiarization with risk factors can be a preventive measure and help prevent or detect the disease at an early stage, which is very important for its successful treatment
These factors are associated with a higher risk of breast cancer, but they may not always be the direct cause of the disease. Why is it important to address risk factors? They can help you change the lifestyle you lead. To be like a red light for those women who miss mammograms or those who have never had one before.
Advancing age. The risk of breast cancer increases with age.
Family burden. If your mother, grandmother, sister went through this disease, especially at an earlier age, the risk of breast cancer increases. However, there are many women diagnosed with breast cancer who have had no family history. Here are the most common other risk factors.
If you have had the disease in one breast there is an increased risk of the disease appearing in the other breast as well.
Inherited gene mutations Some gene mutations increase the risk of breast cancer and this can be passed from parents to children. The most common gene mutations are known as BRCA1 and BRCA2. They can increase the risk of breast cancer or other types of cancer, but this does not mean that a person with this type of gene mutation necessarily will get cancer.
Radiation exposure. If you have had any radiation exposure during childhood, at a young age, or later in life, this may increase your risk of developing breast cancer.
Obesity and overweight. Being overweight leads to a number of he alth problems, including breast cancer.
It also matters when the girl's first menstruation and when the woman's menopause occurs. Risk groups are those whose first cycle occurred before the age of 12 and the onset of menopause at a later age after 55 years. Also hormonal preparations,which are taken during menopause to relieve a number of ailments associated with it, also increase the risk of breast cancer.
Unhe althy lifestyle such as lack of vitamins, poor diet, alcohol use, stress, depression, lack of physical activity, also have a negative impact on women's he alth.
