So Angelina Jolie recently announced that she chopped off her breasts (process known as mastectomy) a move that does look desperate to prevent her from getting breast cancer. Angelina carries the BRCA1 gene and according to sources she was made to believe that that genetic code is some sort of a blue print to disease expression(medics still argue that this is not true)
Angelina isn?t alone in this as many women worry day in day out about this killer disease called cancer, and with the ?cancer industry? scaring women, and men to half death, apparently women have come up with a slogan for that this days ?my breasts might murder me!!?. It?s also important to note that breast cancer affects both men and women therefore men are also encouraged to go for screening.
Yes, men get breast cancer too. Research shows that they too have breast tissues, a few ducts and other tissues. Breast cancer is however not too common in men as it is in women. In fact it is estimated that only 1 in 100 breast cancers affect men and only about 10men in a million will develop breast cancer and mostly it affects men in their 60s and 70s
Causes of breast cancer include, prior history of breast disease, family history, age, race, reproductive and menstrual history, radiation exposure and dietary factors.
Many women suffer in silence and eventually die from such illnesses as breast and cervical cancer mainly due to lack of proper education and accessibility to medical services as it is costly to treat especially in its advance stage. As a result, October was declared the official breast cancer awareness month in 1985 by the American Cancer Society and AstraZeneca.
But In a move to create more awareness on the same and promote women health in Kenya, Aga khan University Hospital, Nairobi Women?s? Hospital among other private hospitals have occasionally been offering free breast screening and mammograms throughout the year for everyone in the various outlets, this has gone a long way in helping many women and men to get their breast checked.
Watching what you eat as well as that occasional trip to the doctor?s office for check up can go a long way in saving one from this silent killer. Let?s take charge of our breasts. Whether you are a man or woman.
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Source: http://niaje.com/blog/breast-cancer-the-silent-killer/
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