Breast Cancer Forum - the Breast Cancer Lie?

sandyallen wrote:

anyone can get breast cancer, including males, their is always a 50% chance, so how can you say that their is a higher% chance in females who had an abortion do get breast cancer. I do agree, that is a lie!

one in every 100 breast cancer cases is a man.

Which men are most at risk?

* over 65
* african-american
* those exposed to radiation therapy
* those with family history of breast cancer

a 40-year-old woman has a 1.6 percent chance of getting breast cancer before age 50.

When she turns 50, the odds increase slightly to a 2.4 percent chance of having the disease by age 60. At 60, the chances of breast cancer before age 70 rise to 3.6 percent.

A 70-year-old woman runs a 3.9 percent chance of developing breast cancer before age 80. For a woman of 80, the risk actually starts to drop, largely because other diseases are more likely to claim her life. The 80-year-old's risk is 3.4 percent.

80-85 percent of breast cancer cases happen in women with no family history of breast cancer.

The number of breast cancer cases rose sharply after 1973 when abortion became legalized.

Breast cancer was hardly heard of before the 1960's when doctors began giving women hormone therapy.

The american cancer society says that cancer is 85 percent 'lifestyle' caused.

Here are some things which greatly increase your chances of getting breast cancer.

* having an abortion (raises the risk of breast cancer up to 275 percent - this is the greatest avoidable risk!)
* taking the birth control pill (estrogen)
* taking hormones for menopause
* smoking cigarettes
* drinking alcohol
* prolonged dieting or semi starvation (less than 1800 calories a day for women, less than 2500 calories a day for men)

here are some things which slightly increase your chance of getting breast cancer

* family history of breast cancer (1-2 percent increased risk)
* mammogram

here are some things which will reduce your risks for all cancer including breast cancer

* following a low fat - high fiber diet
* aerobic exercising 5-6 days a week, 30-40 minutes a day
* not taking hormones for menopause or the birth control pill
* not having an abortion (the more abortions, the greater the risk of breast cancer)
* getting enough calcium in the diet (1200 mg a day)
* taking vitamin e (200 -600 i.U. Daily)

why does having an abortion so greatly increase the chance of getting breast cancer?

When you first become pregnant (before you even know you are pregnant), your body does many things to prepare you to carry and take care of a baby. One thing done is to increase the tissue in the breasts. When the new tissue first grows in, it is, what the doctors call, 'undifferentiated' meaning that it's not really breast tissue yet. During the pregnancy for several months, your body changes this new tissue to breast tissue to prepare you for nursing your baby. When you have an abortion, you become 'unpregnant' in five minutes (most early abortions like suction abortions). This confuses your body and it doesn't get rid of the 'undifferentiated' tissue it has formed in your breasts. That tissue remains there and is a prime candidate (like any stray growth) for breast cancer.

Does having a miscarriage (when the body naturally aborts a pregnancy) increase my chances of breast cancer?

No, women who have had miscarriages do not have a higher risk of breast cancer according to several studies observing thousands of women. This may be because since the body has naturally aborted the pregnancy, it takes care of the 'other details' like removing the undifferentiated tissue from the breasts.