Please share an interesting fact on preventing breast cancer.

About: About 20% to 40% of patients undergoing lumpectomy require additional surgery for positive margins.

Adequate: Adequate sunlight has been shown to reduce your risk for breast cancer.

For: For every 4 breast cancer recurrences that are prevented, one life will be saved.

Mammography: Mammography is harder to interpret in younger women, partly because they have dense breasts.

Only: Only about 30-40% of women will have positive spread of cancer to their lymph nodes.

The: The oldest description of cancer was discovered in egypt and dates back to approximately 1600 bc.

Just: Just because breast cancer "runs in your family" does not mean you will get it.

Patients: Patients undergoing sentinel node biopsy can still develop lymphedema about 8% of the time.

Men: Men can get breast cancer too.

The: The lifetime risk for a woman to get breast cancer is 1 in 8.

Weight: Weight gain of 20 pounds or more after the age of 18 may increase your risk of breast cancer.

Avoid: Avoid saturated fats and replace with polyunsaturated fats like omega-3s found in wild salmon.

There: There is no guarantee to prevent cancer. Avoiding smoking, eating well and exercising regularly are your best bets.

Myth: Myth: wearing a particular kind of bra increases your risk of cancer.

Myth: It's a myth that: small breasts have a less risk of cancer.

Most: Most breast cancers develop in women who do not have a family history of the disease.

Getting: Getting a single mammogram reduces your risk of dying of breast cancer by 1 in 2000.

Longer: Longer breast feeding reduces your risk of breast cancer.

Breast: Breast feeding might reduce your risk for breast cancer.

If: If you have had a hysterectomy - using estrogen alone can decrease breast cancer risk.

Getting: Getting the full program of 13 mammograms reduces your risk of dying of breast cancer by 15%.

Combination: Combination hormone therapy for more than three to five years increases the risk of breast cancer.

Having: Having more children does decrease your risk for breast cancer.

Stop: Stop smoking. Perform monthly self breast exams. Have a mammogram per your md recommendation.

Smoking: Smoking and a high fat diet have been shown to increase the risks of breast cancer, so live wisely.

Breast: Breastfeeding helps prevent breast cancer—the longer you do it, the more protective it is!

2%: 2% of all cancers are due to radiation. Before each imaging like ct, ask your doctor if it is needed.

MAIKAKE: Maitake mushrooms have cancer fighting abilities that complement conventional treatments.

HRT: Hrt actually doubles the risk of blood clots; br ca risk goes up from 4 to 5 per 1000 on estrogen.

Immediate: Immediate breast reconstruction with your own tissue or an implant is the best way to preserve skin!

Breast: Breast cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in women. 1/8 will get it; 1/30 may die from it.

It: It is no longer recommended that women do home self-breast exams: more unnecessary surgeries result!

About: About 5% of cancers are found using by providers performing clinical breast exams.

EXERCISE: Exercise decreases your breast cancer risk! just four hours a week will do it!

If: If faced with breast cancer, reconstruction is a patient's right - talk to your surgeon about it.