This document provides information about breast cancer statistics, risk factors, detection methods, and prevention strategies. Some key points: - Breast cancer is diagnosed every 3 minutes in the US and claims a life every 12 minutes. 70% of cases have no known risk factors. - Risk factors include aging, family history, reproductive history like early onset of periods or late menopause. Factors like obesity, alcohol consumption, and hormone therapy can influence risk. - Detection methods include mammography, clinical breast exams, and breast self exams. Mammograms are recommended annually starting at age 40 and clinical exams every 1-3 years for women 20-40. - Symptoms like lumps, pain

2. BREAST CANCER
NATIONAL AWARENESS
MONTH IS OCTOBER

3. Numbers Don’t Lie
•Approximately every 3 minutes a woman is diagnosed
with breast cancer and approximately every 12 minutes
breast cancer claims another life.
• 70% of breast cancer cases occur in women who
have no identifiable risk factors.

4. Statistics on Breast Cancer
• An estimated 40,600 deaths (40,200 women, 400
men) from breast cancer are expected next year.
• Breast cancer ranks second among cancer deaths
in women.
• Breast cancer also strikes a small percentage of
men.
• An estimated 192,200 new invasive cases of breast
cancer are expected to occur among women in the
United States this year alone.
• About 1,500 new cases of breast cancer are
expected to be diagnosed in men next year.

5. What do we know about causes?
Nobody knows for certain why some women develop breast cancer
and others do not. What is known is:
•You have not done anything "wrong" in your life that caused breast
cancer.
•You CANNOT "catch" breast cancer.
•It is NOT caused by stress or by injury to the breast.
•Most women DO NOT have any known risk factors or a history of the
disease in their families.
•Getting older DOES increase your risk of getting breast cancer, starting
at the age of 40 and continuing into your 80s.

6. Factors that increase
risk
 Family
History
•Lifestyle
•Personal History

7. Risk Factors for Breast
Cancer
 Female (1% male)
 Aging
 Relative (mother or sister)
 Menstrual history
 early on set
 late menopause
 Child birth
 After the age of 30

8. Exogenous Estrogen
 Hormonal replacement
therapy(HRT)
 30% increased risk with
long term use
 Oral Contraceptives(OC)
 risk slight
 risk returns to normal once
the use of OC’s has been
discontinued

9. Risk Factors for Breast
Cancer
 Radiation exposure
 Breast disease
 Atpyical Hyperplasia
 Intraductal carcinoma in situ
 Intralobular carcinoma in situ
 Genetics/ family history

10. Addiction

11. Diet & 0bisity

12. GENDER-All
women are
atrisk
Age
Family/Personal
History
Reproductive
History
Menstrual
HistoryRace
Genetic
Factors
Breast Cancer Risk Factors
that cannot be changed
Radiation
Treatment with
DES

13. All
women are
at risk
Obesity
Breastfeeding
Not having
children
Birth Control
Pills
Alcohol
Hormone
Replacement
Therapy
Exercise
All
womenare
atrisk
Obesity
Breastfeeding
Not having
children
Birth Control
Pills
Alcohol
Hormone
Replacement
Therapy
Breast Cancer Risk Factors
that can becontrolled
Exercise

14. Normal breast
 Symmetry and balance
 Size
 weight
 menstrual cycle
 pregnancy and lactation
 Texture
 Shape
 age

15. Breast Structure

16. How does breast cancer spread ?
 Breast
 Nodes in armpit
 Neck nodes
 Rest of body

17. HOWTO DETECT
1. Mammogram
2. Clinical Breast Examination
(CBE) by doctor or nurse
3. Breast Self Examination (BSE)

18. Mammography

19. Clinical examination
 Performed by doctor or trained nurse practitioner
 Annually for women over 40
 At least every 3 years for women between 20 and 40
 More frequent examination for high risk patients

20. Why Do a Breast Self Exam?

21. Self breast examination
 Simplest of all tests
 Should be done at home by yourself
every month
 If any abnormality seen or felt then
consult doctor
 Cost effective

22. When to do a Breast Self-Exam
The best time to do breast self-exam is
right after your period, when breasts are
not tender or swollen. If you do not have
regular periods or sometimes skip a month,
do it on the same day every month.
 AFTER 5-7TH DAY OF PERIODS EVERY
MONTH

23. When to do BSE
 Menstruating women- 5 to 7 days
after the beginning of
their period
 Menopausal women -
same date each month
 Pregnant women –
same date each month
 Takes about 20 minutes
 Perform BSE at least
once a month
 Examine all breast tissue

24.  There are two
basic steps to
conducting a
Breast Self Exam
(BSE): first you
look at your
breasts, and then
you touch them.

25. DEKHO /LOOK AT

26. Chhuke dekho / touch

27. BSE

28. Abnormal signs and symptoms
 Puckering
 Dimpling
 Retraction
 Nipple discharge
 Thickening of skin or lump or
“knot”
 Retracted nipple

29. Abnormal signs and symptoms
 Change in breast size
 Pain or tenderness
 Redness
 Change in nipple position
 Scaling around nipples
 Sore on breast that does not heal

30. Why don’t more women
practice BSE?
 Fear
 Embarrassment
 Youth
 Lack of knowledge
 Too busy,
forgetfulness

31. Breast Cancer Treatments
• Surgery
• Chemotheraphy
• RadiationTherapy
• HormoneTheraphy
• Immunotherapy

33. CAN I REDUCE MY RISK OF
GETTING BREAST CANCER ?
YES ,TO SOME EXTENT

34. Avoid
smoking
Avoid alcohol
Control
weight

35. Plan pregnancy before 30 yrs of age
Breast feed your baby
Consult your doctor
Before taking any
Hormone pills

36. Avoid food
rich in
saturated
fats
Consume food rich in fiber
fruits vegetables red in color

37. YOGA – still on trial