About breast cancer

Okok.......school has still not ended all thanks to FRS. I'm starting to hate it...especially the stats part of it. I've realised that if you don't practice starts continually, you will forget it. Especially biostats....but managed to spend a whole night pondering over it with alot of help from eileen. I hope she didn't mind :P ....

So what has my group come up with. Firstly there is a slight chance of getting breast cancer by wearing a bra. Why is this so? This is because, current theory suggests that bras impede the flow of lymph via lymph vessels into lymph nodules. This system clears toxins, bacteria and stuff like that. So if this results in the accumalation of toxins that ultimately induces cancer. However this is only in theory.

There are other more important factors though...like havin BRCA1, BRCA2 gene. How do you know whether you have this gene? If either your grandmother, mother or sister had breast cancer, you will have it. There is a high incidence in this case. Other minor factor includes height, obesity and diet....Funny thing is about height. Apparently height causes in increase in downward pull of breast but please this is really nonsensical.

Risks of breast cancer is very high in people who had 1. first menstrual period before the age of 9 2. Last menstrual period after the age of 50 (longer menarche period where more oestrogen is produced. Oestrogen has been known to induce breast cancer as well...like testosterones in the weakening of the immune system.) 3. Yet to bear a child until 30. 4. Never had breastfed.

So from this, it can be induced that the incidences of breast cancer will rise as people get married later and have childbirth even later and a poor diet/ lifestyle. But breast cancer can be detected early. I mean everyone knows the mammogram advertisement. Oh and mammogram.......nevermind...don't want to deter ppl about it.

Without Wax
Shariff