October Newspaper

injury t o t he breast can cause cancer. An injury can cause scar
t issue t o form , and t his is oft en t hought t o be cancer.
Som et im es inflam m at ion m ay m ake a lum p t hat is already
t here m ore visible. According t o w w w.cancerresearchuk.org,
t here is current ly no know n link bet w een breast cancer and
injury caused by sport s, including cont act sport s. Som e
w om en have claim ed t hat bras cause cancer; how ever, t here
is no evidence t o prove t his. Wom en have suggest ed t he
t heory t hat under w ired bras block t he t ubes of t he lym phat ic
syst em under t he arm . This st ops t he norm al drainage of t he
breast t issues, m aking t oxins gat her in t he breast . This result s
in cancer. How ever t his w as proven t o not be t he case.
There are several risks and cont ribut ors t o breast cancer,
w hich include:
Get t ing Older
Lat e or no pregnancy
Not being act ive
Fam ily hist ory of Breast Cancer
Drinking Alcohol
Genet ic Mut at ion Breast cancer is not a joke. About 307,660
w om en get diagnosed w it h breast cancer every year, and
m ore t han 40,000 w om en w ill die each year. Support ing t hese
w om en and m en is very im port ant . If you have t he chance,
you should donat e t o a nearby charit y t o help t he cure and
t reat m ent of breast cancer because you never know w hen
breast cancer w ill st rike. So w hen next Oct ober com es around,
don't forget t o w ear pink t o support t his cause at t he pink out
sport s gam es and t o t he ant icipat ed pink out foot ball gam e.
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