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ngelina Jolie’s decision to have a bilateral mastectomy has led to high interest in the causes of breast cancer.
*OLIE CARRIES A MUTATION OF ONE OF TWO GENES CALLED "2#! AND "2#! WHICH GIVES HER AN PERCENT CHANCE OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER IN HER LIFETIME 4HESE GENES NORMALLY PREVENT BREAST CANCER BUT IF THEY MUTATE AND BECOME ABNORMAL THEY NO LONGER FUNCTION LEADING TO A HIGHER RISK OF BREAST CANCER !PPROXIMATELY PERCENT OF WOMEN CARRY ONE OF THESE GENES 4HE MUTATION ALSO INCREASES THE RISK OF BREAST CAN CER IN MEN AND OVARIAN PANCRE ATIC AND COLON CANCERS 4HE BREAST CANCERS CAUSED BY THE "2#! GENE ABNORMALITY TEND TO BE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR NEGATIVE 4HIS MEANS USING TREATMENTS TO REMOVE ESTROGEN ARE NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS CHEMO THERAPY 4HE "2#! GENE IS ASSOCIATED WITH TUMORS THAT REQUIRE ESTROGEN SO WHEN THIS GENE IS MUTATED ANTI ESTROGEN TREATMENT IS MORE EFFECTIVE 9OU SHOULD BE SCREENED FOR THESE GENES IF MANY CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS OFTEN BEFORE AGE HAVE HAD BREAST CANCER IF THERE IS A FAMILY HISTORY OF BOTH BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCERS PARTICULARLY IF THEY HAVE OCCURRED IN ONE INDIVIDUAL IF A RELATIVE HAS HAD CANCER IN BOTH BREASTS OR IF A MALE RELATIVE HAS HAD THE DISEASE !N ABNORMAL GENE IS MORE LIKELY IN !SHKENAZI *EWS AND !FRICAN !MERICANS DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE AT AGE OR YOUNGER )F THEYmRE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AN ABNORMAL GENE EARLY AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH RISK OF CANCER MANY WOMEN ARE ELECTING TO HAVE A BILATERAL MASTECTO MY 4HESE DAYS ALL BREAST TISSUE CAN BE REMOVED LEAVING BEHIND THE SKIN AND AREOLA 7ITH AN IMPLANT THE BREASTS CAN LOOK PERFECTLY NORMAL $OCTORS WILL ADVISE SOME WOMAN WITH THE "2#! ABNORMALITY TO HAVE AN OOPHORECTOMY A SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO REMOVE ONE OR BOTH OF THE OVARIES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER BY PERCENT &OR WOMEN WITH THE "2#! GENE TREATMENT WITH TAMOXIFEN WHICH BLOCKS THE EFFECTS OF ESTRO GEN ON BREAST TISSUE REDUCES THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER BY PERCENT IF THE DISEASE DID NOT OCCUR BEFORE AGE "2#! GENE POSITIVE WOMEN SHOWED NO REDUCTION IN BREAST CANCER RISK BY TREATMENT WITH THIS DRUG $ECIDING ON A TREATMENT PLAN IS VERY PERSONAL FOR ANY WOMAN #ERTAINLY ANTI ESTROGEN TREATMENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR WOMEN WITH THE "2#! GENE ABNORMALITY !ND EVERY WOMAN SHOULD HAVE AN ANNUAL DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAM BEGINNING AT AGE OR YEARS BEFORE THE AGE AT WHICH BREAST CAN CER DEVELOPED IN A RELATIVE 7OMEN SHOULD CON SIDER BREAST EXAMS EVERY SIX MONTHS AND THEY SHOULD LEARN SELF EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES !NYONE WITH THE GENE SHOULD VISIT A CANCER CENTER AND CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN CLINICAL TRIALS TO HELP REDUCE BREAST CANCER RISK
Knowledge is the first step in overcoming the disease 4HE !DELPHI .9 3TATEWIDE "REAST #ANCER (OTLINE 3UPPORT 0ROGRAM HAS BEEN ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT BREAST CANCER FOR MANY YEARS (ERE ARE SOME FREQUENT LY ASKED QUESTIONS 1 )F MY DOCTOR TELLS ME ) HAVE BREAST CANCER DOES THAT MEAN )mM GOING TO DIE ! ! DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE 7HEN BREAST CANCER IS FOUND EARLY THE SURVIVAL RATE IS HIGH 4HAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPOR TANT TO PRACTICE EARLY DETECTION METHODS LIKE ANNUAL MAMMOGRAMS AGE AND OVER 1 (OW MANY WOMEN DEVELOP BREAST CANCER EACH YEAR ! )T IS ESTIMATED THAT IN NEW CASES OF BREAST CANCER WERE DIAGNOSED IN THE 5NITED 3TATES 7OMEN HAVE A ONE IN EIGHT CHANCE OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER OVER THE COURSE OF HER LIFETIME -ORE WOMEN IN THE 5NITED 3TATES ARE LIVING WITH BREAST CANCER THAN ANY OTHER CANCER EXCLUDING SKIN CANCER
%VEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE GENE YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO TO REDUCE BREAST CANCER RISK 4HERE IS A STRONG LINK BETWEEN AGE AND BREAST CANCER -ORE THAN PERCENT OF ALL CANCERS OCCUR IN WOMEN OLDER THAN AND THE NUMBER IS ALMOST TWICE AS HIGH AFTER THE AGE OF -ORE THAN ONE CLOSE RELATIVE WITH THE DISEASE INCREASES THE RISK PARTICULARLY IF BREAST CANCER DEVELOPED PRIOR TO MENOPAUSE )F A RELATIVE HAS HAD THE DIS EASE IN MORE THAN ONE BREAST THE RISK OF DEVELOP ING IT INCREASES FOURFOLD TO EIGHTFOLD (AVING HAD BREAST CANCER INCREASES THE RISK OF A SECOND BREAST CANCER THREEFOLD TO FOURFOLD "REAST CANCER IS MORE FREQUENT IN THOSE WHO HAD MENARCHE AT AN EARLY AGE MENOPAUSE AT AN OLDER AGE DIDNmT HAVE CHILDREN OR HAD ONLY ONE CHILD AT A LATE AGE (ORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AFTER THE MENO PAUSE INCREASES THE RISK 4HIS HAS RECEIVED MUCH ATTENTION RECENTLY WITH STUDIES SUGGESTING THAT TAKING ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE NOT ONLY INCREAS ES THE RISK OF BREAST AND UTERINE CANCER BUT ALSO INCREASES THE RISK OF HEART ATTACK STROKE AND !LZHEIMERmS DISEASE -ANY WOMEN NEVERTHELESS STILL ELECT TO USE THIS TREATMENT TO PREVENT MENO PAUSAL SYMPTOMS (OWEVER IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN INCREASED RISK OF BREAST CANCER YOU SHOULD AVOID HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY ! SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE HIGH FAT DIET OBESITY EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL INTAKE AND CERTAIN CHEMICALS IN COSMETICS ARE ALL ASSOCIATED WITH A GREATER RISK OF BREAST CANCER ,IVE A HEART HEALTHY LIFESTYLE EAT RIGHT EXER CISE MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS CAUSING BREAST CANCER AND HAVE MAMMOGRAMS REGULARLY SO YOU CAN MINIMIZE YOUR CHANCES OF BREAST CANCER $R $AVID ,IPSCHITZ IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK n"REAKING THE 2ULES OF !GING o
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Lesser known types of breast cancer Defining the disease -ANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY BREAST CANCER 7HETHER YOU HAVE DEALT WITH YOUR OWN DIAGNOSIS OR THAT OF A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER THE PREVA LENCE OF BREAST CANCER HAS LEFT FEW PEOPLE WITHOUT A STORY TO TELL ABOUT A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS POTEN TIALLY DEADLY DISEASE !CCORDING TO "REASTCANCER ORG A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVING RELIABLE COMPLETE AND UP TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT BREAST CANCER ROUGHLY ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN IN THE 5NITED 3TATES WILL DEVELOP INVASIVE BREAST CANCER OVER THE COURSE OF HER LIFE WHILE THE #ANADIAN "REAST #ANCER &OUNDATION NOTES THE FIGURES ARE SLIGHTLY MORE OPTIMISTIC IN #ANADA WHERE ONE IN NINE WOMEN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THE DISEASE DURING HER LIFE TIME -ANY OF THE WOMEN WHO DEVELOP BREAST CANCER WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA OR )$# WHICH THE .ATIONAL "REAST #ANCER &OUNDATION NOTES IS THE MOST COM MON TYPE OF BREAST CANCER ACCOUNTING FOR BETWEEN AND PERCENT OF ALL DIAGNOSES 7HILE WOMEN AND EVEN MEN WHO DEVELOP BREAST CANCER ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH )$#
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“At 27, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Today, I have a thriving career in health care.â€? With a state-of-the-art cancer center, you get more than advanced medical technology — you get high-quality care with a personal touch. With a team of doctors and nurses by your side from start to ďŹ nish, you receive a continuum of care that’s tailored just for you.
#OMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDE s $IAGNOSTIC )MAGING 4ECHNOLOGIES s -INIMALLY )NVASIVE "REAST "IOPSY s #HEMOTHERAPY 3URGICAL 4REATMENTS s -AMMO3ITEÂŽ 2ADIATION 4HERAPY s #ONTURAÂŽ "REAST "RACHYTHERAPY 7E KNOW IT S A DIFlCULT TIME FOR YOU BUT WE RE WITH YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FROM DIAGNOSIS THROUGH RECOVERY 7ITH QUALITY CARE COMES HOPE
Kristine Smart Breast cancer survivor from Lynbrook, NY
Christine Hodyl, DO, FACS Director of Breast Services
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GOOD HEALTH - October 9, 2014 — HERALD COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
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