what are the causes of breast cancer?
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I have a saying, "Genetics trumps everything".  That means that you can do everything you're supposed to AND still get breast cancer.  And we've all known people who ate the worst food, drank like a fish and lived to be 100.\n\nThe bottom line is that we just don't know.  Diet may be a factor but if it is, we don't really know how much.\n\nBest wishes.
1007213
hmm...\n\na high probability of severely debilitating, life-threatening, painful cancer that you might die from and likely have to loose your breasts anyways....\nOR\nget rid of the boobs, get implants, and reduce your  chance of developing breast cancer by 90%\n\n(don't judge, if you don't understand)
279462
Fluid in he lungs can be a late complication of severe breast cancer. It is prevented by taking the best care of yourself that you can. Not smoking and going by what your Doctor recommends. It is not a condition that I would worry about unless your Doctor tells you that you are at risk of it. If he tells you so he will advise you of what the best action is to take.
588309
Breast Cancer happens when cells in the breast begin to grow out of control enabling them to invade nearby tissues or even spread through the body. Sizable collections of the out of control tissue are called tumors. Not all Brest Tumors are considered to be cancer because certain types of large cell collections cannot spread or threaten a person's life. The preceding type of tumor is called a benign tumor. The tumors that can spread throughout the body or invade nearby tissues are considered to be cancerous cells and are called malignant tumors. In theory, any of the types of tissue in the breast can form cancer cells, but usually cancer comes from either ducts or glands in the breast. Because it may take months or years for a tumor to get large enough to notice in the breast, we screen for tumors with mammograms, which can sometimes see disease before we can feel it.
1148045
Please see the webpages for more details on Breast cancer.
296496
Hormones (changes in your menstrual cycle) can make the breasts sore.  You might try cutting down on caffeine (coffee, soda, tea) as they have found a link between that and sore breasts.
246578
Many, many different causes -  heredity, salt intake, obesity, stress, vascular disease, among others, and your sex and race can play an influence as well.
1068583
These two common cancers share many of the same risk factors.  Alcohol, folate deficiency, low vitamin and mineral intake, low vitamin D levels and many other risk factors 'co-exist' for these and several other cancers.
102216
Definitly...cancer is promoted by stress factors. Because stress produces superoxides in body and they are deleterious in some form or other and cause cellular injury, triggring some unknown carcinogenec events.\n\nStress induced gastritis...gastroesophageal reflux...barret's esophagus....oesophageal adenocarcinoma.\n\nStress induced breast carcinomas\n\nStress induced---ulcerative colitis----> Adenocarcinoma colon\nand many unknown....still idiopathic
887673
My mum has been diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year and had a mastectomy.  I needed to know a lot of information in order to be able to help her.  I found these websites very useful:\n\nwww.breastcancer.org\nwww.getbcfacts.com\n\nThese sites are very  informative and they will give you the information you need.\n\nThank God, now days treatment of BC has advanced beyond imagination.
908258
it sounds like milk to me, which should not form without a pregnancy but it can happen when you have an overload of hormones, you should see a doctor, and you should stop having sex until you do. breast cancer doesnt happen because you have been pregnant or have taken medicine. it happens to anyone at any age , even men, and no one really knows why,
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You need medical attention.  You probably have mastitus, a bacterial infection of the breast.  It could also be cancer.  Neither is anything to mess with.
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Symptoms \n\nEarly breast cancer usually does not cause pain. In fact, when breast cancer first develops, there may be no symptoms at all. But as the cancer grows, it can cause changes that women should watch for: \n\n\nA lump or thickening in or near the breast or in the underarm area. \nA change in the size or shape of the breast. \nA discharge from the nipple. \nA change in the color or feel of the skin of the breast, areola, or nipple (dimpled, puckered, or scaly). \nA woman should see her doctor if she notices any of these changes. Most often, they are not cancer, but only a doctor can tell for sure.
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a direct link between smoking and breast cancer has not been found, some studies suggest it might increase breast cancer risk, particularly for women who start smoking as teens. Smoking affects your overall health and increases the risk for many other cancers, as well as heart disease. If you smoke, you should make every attempt to quit.
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PLEASE see your doctor.\n\nMen CAN get breast cancer - though it's rare.\n\nHave a checkup with your doctor to be sure.
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There are very many.  Sickle cell anemia, for example, is caused by an inherited mutation in the gene for one of the subunits of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in blood.   Certain types of cancer no doubt result from mutations in critical parts of the genome -- either induced by carcinogens or radiation, or just bad luck.  Besides mutation, there are a litany of other genetic abnormalities which can cause disease.  Huntington's disease, for example, is caused by having too many repeats of a certain DNA fragment.  Down's syndrome is caused by having an entire extra chromosome.  As you can see, DNA is the cause of many diseases, and it will be the target of many future cures as we get better at molecular therapy.
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are you losing wieght? that can cause of reduction in breast size.