Breast Cancer is a type of cancer that occurs when the cells in your breast happen to grow uncontrollably. The cells usually form a tumor that is felt as a lump and detected on an X-ray.
This tumor is malignant and as they grow, they are also likely to invade the alternate tissues and spread to almost every other part of your body. Although breast cancer is primarily observed in women, men too can be diagnosed with this ailment.
Cells from almost any part of the body can become carcinogenic after which they can spread to your breasts and breast tissues. Although breast cancer is usually identified by lumps, other relevant symptoms are thickened breast tissues, swollen breasts, rash around your nipples and headaches. In the following section, we will give you a detailed insight on some facts that you did not know about breast cancer.
5Hormone therapy after menopause
Very often, post-menopause hormone therapy can also increase the chances of breast cancer. By hormone therapy, we are talking about combined hormone therapy that involves with taking your progesterone and estrogen and altering their levels.
However, this issue is not persistent. Like birth control, this risk happens to reach the normal state, after the hormone therapy has been stopped for a period of time. So if you are going through menopause and are thinking about taking a hormone therapy, it would be a good decision to discuss with your doctor before making any final decision.
