What is Breast Cancer.Ppt

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Lesson 1:

WHAT IS BREAST CANCER?

Manitoba Breast & Womens Cancer Network, Adolescent Breast Health Resource Package, e!tember "##$


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!ost women will haesome lumpiness in their breasts.

!ost breast lumps are benign,

meaning not cancer.


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WHO GETS BREAST CANCER?

in "##$, "",%## women were diagnosed withbreast cancer in &anada

'1# of these women were from !anitoba

the ma(ority of these women will be older

than )# years of age


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Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation NationalStatistics (2!" esti#ates incidence $% a&e

&rou':* "#+ will occur in women under age )#

* )1+ will occur in women ages )# $-

* "-+ will occur in women age # and oer


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/reast cancer isnotcommonin youngwomen.

&anadian &ancer

0tatistics "##$2indicates)new casesof breast cancer will befound in women"#3"-years of age across

&anada.


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4n !anitoba, between

1-)$ and "##5 5' years26

only one case of breast cancer was documented in

young women between 1) and 1- years of age.


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7his means thatless than one in

more than ",###,###

young women will

deelop breast

cancer while they are

teenagers.


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BREAST CANCER RIS FACTORS

Ris) Factor:something that #a%raise yourchances of getting a disease. 4t does notmean youwill get the disease.


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!odifiable risk factors:

risk factors you canchange

things like li*est%le c+oices2


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8ther risk factors you cannotchange

7het,o +i&+est ris) *actorsare things youcannot change:

* gender

* age


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Ot+er *actors %ou cannotc+an&eare t+in&s li)e:* a family history ofbreast cancer

* high doses ofradiation as a child

* preious abnormalbreast biopsy

* ethnic origin

* where you lie

* reproductie factorsearly onset ofmenstrual cycle, haing

your first baby after age%#, neer haing a child,late menopause2


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$e -./I/N//0to reduce %our ris)

. ractice what you know eat healthy

be actie

don9t smoke

one drink per day or less

I n1esti&ate the information know fact from fiction

N know what9snor#al

for your body and breasts

no,led&e is power

BREAST CANCER


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BREAST CHANGES TOCHEC OT WITH 3OR 4OCTOR

* a new lump

* a change in size, shape or color ofyour breast

* a change in appearance of your nipple* spontaneous, new or bloody nippledischarge

* an eczema type rash on the nipple

* puckering or dimpling of the skin

* skin that looks like orange peel orfeels ery thick


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BREAST CANCER TREAT5ENT

7reatment for breast cancer is often aco#$inationof the following treatments:

0urgery&hemotherapy

adiation

;ormone 7reatment


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C+e#ot+era'%* the use of acombination ofintraenous drugs whichaffect breast cancer cells

* is called s%ste#ictreat#entbecause itaffects the whole body


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Hor#one Treat#ent* growth of many breast cancers can beblocked by taking hormone therapy

* treatment is in the form of a pill which is

taken for ) years

* may be recommended for women whohae a breast cancer that is sensitie to

hormones


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Hereditar% Breast Cancer

Hereditar% Breast Cancer is sus'ected ,+en:

*seeral close family members hae been diagnosed withbreast or oarian cancer

*a number of generations are inoled

*family members hae been diagnosedat a young age

*both breasts hae been inoled

*a male relatie has been diagnosed

*only ) 1#+ of breast cancers are hereditary


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