Breast Cancer Test

When last did you do a breast cancer test, don't wait for breast cancer -- the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women -- to strike you, or a woman you love. 

By that time it may be too late -- too late to save a breast, or even to save a life! Do a breast cancer test now.

Seeing that it is the single most common type of cancer in women, breast cancer is a major concern for women today, and if it isn’t, it should be.  If you are a woman and live an otherwise full and healthy life, there is about a 15% chance you’ll develop breast cancer by the age of 90.

So I repeat do a breast cancer test now! That may not sound like a lot, but as far as cancer risks go that’s one of the highest out there.  The best thing you can do to lower that risk is to frequently go in for a breast cancer test.

The 15% possibility of developing breast cancer is slightly skewed in that you are actually much more likely to get it if there is a history of such cancer in your family, and significantly less likely to develop it if there isn’t.  This is good news if you don’t have any one in your immediate family that had breast cancer, but unfortunately many families do have such a history.  With or without a family history, you still need to stay vigilant and go in for a breast cancer test regularly.

The breast cancer test I’m referring to is of course your basic mammogram.  Unpleasant, uncomfortable, and only a few steps away from medieval torture, it is the most effective affordable breast cancer test available. 

Waiting for symptoms to develop before getting treatment is a bad idea, as symptoms don’t usually become clear until the cancer is already in its later stages of growth.  In these later stages, it is harder to treat, and it is much more likely to have spread throughout the body. 

So mammograms may be unpleasant, but terminal cancer is definitely worse.

It’s also important to develop some breast cancer tests of your own, that you can do on a regular basis in between mammograms.  As soon as you hit puberty, it’s a good idea to conduct self breast cancer tests as this begins the period where your chances of getting breast cancer begin. 

Most cases of breast cancer are in women over 40, but there are a number of cases found in girls as young as early teens every year.

Also, most people don’t realize that breast cancer can also occur in men! While it’s limited to about one percent of the total cases, there are still more men than you’d think that are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.

Since your chances for survival are so much better if breast cancer is found early, keep up with the breast cancer test!  Don’t panic if you find a lump; most of the times it is something benign, and lumps are often common in women undergoing hormonal shifts.

Please don't hesitate.  Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women, and, by the time it is detected with a mammogram or some other breast cancer test, it may be too late!

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