Breast Cancer Awareness; what you need to know.
Breast cancer occurs when the cells of the breast divide rapidly than healthy cells do and continue to accumulate forming a mass or lump. It occurs in men but is mostly common in women. Statistics on Breast Cancer - Breast Cancer is the most frequent cancer among women, impacting over 1.5 million women each year and also has the greatest number of cancer-related deaths among women. - In year 2015, 570,000 women died from breast cancer. Symptoms of Breast Cancer - Breast Lump or thickening. - Changes in size, shape or appearance of the breast. - A newly inverted nipple. - Redness or pitting of the skin over your breast. -peeling, scaling, crushing or flaking of the pigmented area of skin surrounding the nipple or breast skin. Risk factors for breast cancer * Being a woman is the biggest risk of developing breast cancer. However, the risk of developing breast cancer rises as a w...