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BREAST CANCER: REDUCE YOUR RISK

Dr. P. Raghu Ram, Friday, November 8, 2019

WHAT IS BREAST CANCER?

Breast cancer starts when cells in the breast begin to grow out of control. These cells usually form a tumour that can often be seen on an x-ray or felt as a lump. The tumour is malignant (cancer) if the cells can grow into (invade) surrounding tissues or spread (metastasize) to distant areas of the body. Breast cancer occurs almost entirely in women, but men can get breast cancer, too.


WHAT ARE THE WAYS TO REDUCE BREAST CANCER RISK?

Here are seven things you can do to reduce your own risk of breast cancer and prevent the first signs of breast cancer symptoms:

  • Exercise: Exercise reduces risk of breast, colon, and other cancers. Working up a sweat for at least a half hour per day, 4 times a week, does wonders. Physical exercise improves energy balance, hormone metabolism, and insulin regulation, all of which reduce the unhealthy cell production that leads to cancer. It also helps control weight, maintain healthy bones, keep muscles and joints working, and reduce the risk of death from heart disease.
  • Healthy Diet: Diets rich in fibre, vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and fish reduce your risk of breast cancer, while those heavy in refined sugars and animal fats increase it. Carry healthy snacks like fresh fruit, fresh veggies, almonds, or yogurt with you to work, school, or travel, so that you don’t resort to fast food when the hunger pangs arrive.
  • 6 Hours of Sleep: Cancer research has showed that those who regularly had six hours of sleep or less are much more likely to develop breast cancer than those who got more sleep.
  • Maintain Healthy BMI: More than 30 percent of women are considered obese and another 30 percent are considered overweight when body mass is measured. Obesity is not just linked to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, but also to cancer. Fat contains oestrogen, and in young women who are premenopausal and have breast cancers with oestrogen hormone growth receptors, their cancers grow at a faster rate in the presence of fat. Too many fat cells can produce the extra hormones such as oestrogen and insulin growth factors that have been linked to unhealthy breast cell growth.
  • Quit Smoking: Studies found an increased breast cancer risk among women who smoke, especially those who start smoking before they have their first child.
  • Reduce Stress: Occasional psychological stress has not been found to cause cancer, but psychological stress that lasts a long time may affect a person’s overall health and ability to cope with cancer by activating a specific gene that could compromise the body’s immune system.
  • Reduce Alcohol Intake: Alcohol reduces the liver’s ability to metabolize (reduce the potency of and eliminate from the body) the hormone oestrogen. Studies have shown that even one to two drinks a day over a long period of time could increase your risk of breast cancer.


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