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Take Control of Your Life with a Breast Cancer Test
A Breast Cancer Test Could Save Your Life
As the single most common type of cancer in women, breast cancer is a major concern for women today, and if it isn’t, it should be. If you are a woman and live an otherwise full and healthy life, there is about a 15% chance you’ll develop breast cancer by the age of 90.
Fifteen percent may not sound like much, but as far as cancer risks go this is one of the highest numbers out there. The best thing you can do to lower that risk is to frequently go in for a breast cancer test.
Chances of Incurring Breast Cancer
The 15% likelihood of developing breast cancer is slightly skewed in that you are actually much more likely to get it if there is a history of such cancer in your family, and significantly less likely to develop it if there isn’t.
With or without a family history, you still need to stay vigilant and go in for breast cancer tests regularly.
The Cancer Test of Choice is the Mammogram
The breast cancer test I’m referring to is of course your basic mammogram. Unpleasant, uncomfortable, and only a few steps away from medieval torture, it is the most effective affordable breast cancer test available.
DO NOT PUT THIS OFF!!
Waiting for symptoms to develop before getting treatment is a bad idea, as symptoms don’t usually become clear until the cancer is already in its later stages of growth. In these later stages, it is harder to treat, and it is much more likely to have spread throughout the body. So mammograms may be unpleasant, but terminal cancer is definitely worse.
Self Breast Examination
It’s also important to develop some breast cancer tests of your own, that you can do on a regular basis in between mammograms. As soon as you hit puberty, it’s a good idea to conduct self breast cancer tests as this begins the period where your chances of getting breast cancer begin.
Cancer Knows No Age or Gender
Most cases of breast cancer are in women over 40, but there are a number of cases found in girls as young as early teens every year. Also, most people don’t realize that breast cancer can also occur in men! While it’s limited to about one percent of the total cases, there are still more men than you’d think that are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
Early Detection is Key - Get Tested
Since your chances for survival are so much better if breast cancer is found early, keep up with the breast cancer tests! Do not panic if you find a lump; most of the time it is something benign, and lumps are often common in women undergoing hormonal shifts.
I hope reading this health report has been an eye opening experience for you. And, I sincerely hope that it will prompt you into a state of breast cancer awareness so that you will visit your family doctor regularly to have a test done before there is a serious problem. These simple tests and mammograms can be a life saving choice if you are a woman. Don't delay, get tested!
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