Famous Breast Cancer Survivors. God Bless.

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer for female who are recipient of this disease. Females are 100 times more likely than males to be in jeopardy of having breast cancer. Breast cancer risk increase in age, which means the older the female, the higher the breast cancer probability. Sadly, every 13 minutes a woman dies from breast cancer.

Signs of breast cancer are lumps in the breast, shortness of breath, weight loss, hair loss, pain in the bones, yellow skin, and lymph nodes. Other symptoms of breast cancer are skin dimpling, nipple changes, reddish in the breast, and blood or fluid that comes out of the breast.

Obesity, excessive alcohol, poor exercise, late pregnancy, or even no pregnancy are risk factors of breast cancer. Unfortunately, African American woman have the highest risk of developing breast cancer. Asian American females are said to have the lowest risk of developing breast cancer, which is a good thing. Breast cancer is broken down to two types, Breast Cancer 1, BRCA 1 and Breast Cancer 2, BRCA 2. There are 18 different subtypes of breast cancer.

Thankfully, there are a various treatments available for those are battling with aggressive cases of breast cancer. Breast cancer treatment includes radiation surgery, chemotherapy, mastectomy (removal of the female upper parts), target therapy, and lumpectomy, which is a less intense surgery that removes the lumps on the females chest.

Fortunately, 96 percent of females who track breast cancer early, will be cancer free for 5 years. Personally, I think it is better if it is worded as breast survivors are cancer free for 5 years instead of survivors having a 5 year survival rate. It can be alarming by making some females think they only have 5 years left to life.

A rule of thumb is for middle aged females, 50 to 74 years, to have their breast exam, e.g. biopsy or breast screening, every 2 years to see if they are at risk of this disease.