Breast Cancer Not Only Affect Women But Men Too
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Breast cancer can strike anyone, regardless of your age, gender, status and background, everyone is at risk of this deadly disease. It is the second most common cancer in the world, eight to nine percent of women will develop breast cancer during their lifetime. To women who has not yet attained menopausal age, the best thing to check breasts for cancer is shortly after menstrual period.
About eighty percent of breast tumors are found by women themselves. To examine themselves, women should lie their back and put one arm over or behind their head. Using three or four fingers, they should examine their breasts working from the outside-in. A possible sign of breast cancer is a lump or thickening in the breast or a spot where the breast skin is drawn in redness and discharge from the nipple are other warning signs.
