Female breast health reflects overall health. Healthy lifestyle, balanced diet and weight control are crucial for healthy breasts. In general, breasts need special care including breast hygiene, selection of right comfortable bra, usage of breast pillow, breast...
Breast cancer is one of most common and dangerous type of cancer in women (especially after menopause). In XXI century breast cancer can be treated effectively if it is detected at early stages but unfortunately many women don’t know breast cancer symptoms which lead...
Cancer (malignancy) is very special abnormal growth of cells. In general, cancer is the name of a big group of more than 100 diseases in which cells begin to grow out of control. These cancerous cells grow/multiply and can spread or invade to other organs and body...
Nobody is perfect. Most women have one breast slightly larger than the other. Asymmetric breasts are common phenomena. According to health experts, breast asymmetry affects more than half of all women. Female breasts are rarely absolutely the same size or volume and...
During last decades cancer became one of common threats of life. The most common cancers that often affect women health are breast, cervical, endometrial, colon, lung, skin and ovarian cancers. Unfortunately many women ignore some obvious cancer signs or are not able...
Healthy breasts are made up of tissues that produce milk (glandular tissue), connective tissue, and fat. Breasts also contain network of lymph vessels (lymph nodes), blood vessels and nerves which provide feeling to the breast. In addition, breasts have small amount...
According to health statistics, women are outliving men in almost all countries in the world. In spite of men are stronger, taller, faster and less likely to be overweight, women life expectancy is higher. Women longer life has become widely accepted as normal...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Nowadays scientists are working on several modern breast cancer diagnostic tests but mammography is still recognized as the most effective breast cancer screening test. Some experts consider mammography as the only...
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women – it is the second leading cause of cancer death in women (in some countries after lung cancer and in other countries after skin cancer). The average women risk for breast cancer development during lifetime is about...
During last decades the frequency of breast cancer detection is increasing for few reasons including modernized diagnostic tests, annual screening mammography and breast cancer awareness campaigns. At the same time, the survival rate are increasing thanks to modern...
In 2016 breast cancer news were introduced during European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-10) which took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Conference brought together scientists, clinicians, patient representatives and health professionals of diverse profiles to tackle...
Breast tissue varies in consistency (firm or soft). Breasts are hormone sensitive and this is why breasts can become more tender or lumpy during different days of menstrual cycle. Female hormones affect breast tissue. Sometimes hormonal fluctuations can cause lumps to...
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women. Health statistics clearly demonstrate increasing frequency of breast cancer. For example, in 1940 the lifetime risk of breast cancer among women was 5% – in means only one woman among every 20 women...
Early breast cancer detection is crucial because at early stages it can be treated and millions of women can survive. Women with the earliest detection have more treatment options and the best treatment results. Scientists from most developed countries are working...
It is a story about Julian Rios Cantu, 18-year-old student from Mexico whose mother was battling with breast cancer. She had double mastectomy and family members (especially teenage son) were trying to find the way out from this dangerous disease. Julian Rios Cantu...
