what is the average age women get breast cancer?
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It appears to depend on who you ask:\n\n- "the average age at diagnosis is 64" - reference 1\n\n- " the average age of women who develop breast cancer\n  is approximately 60 years old" - reference 2 \n\nFor considerably more analysis, take a look at reference 3\n(National Cancer Institute).\n\nThis describes how several risk factors (including\nfamily history, exposure to radiation or chemicals, etc)\naffect the likelihood and timing of breast cancer.
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You can get cancer from living longer.  Compared with 200 years ago, far fewer of us die in farming accidents, or in childbirth, or from cholera, and one consequence of a rise in the average lifespan is more people die from cancer.  Your friend is falling victim to 'media hysteria' coupled with her own poor math skills.\n\nAbout 1 in 5 people get some kind of cancer in their lifetime, it's just a hazard of breathing.  Many of the chlorinated compounds used to treat water are suspected 'long-term exposure' carcinogens, but cancer at 80 beats dysentry at 15, doesn't it? \n\nLet her know she'll die a whole lot quicker if she drinks NO water, LOL!
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it's not bad. i didn't get mine till i was 15. the dr.s say you should usually start about the same time your mom did when she was younger. they also say the only time you should become concerned is if your boobs have been growing for more than two yr.s and you still haven't gotten it. that's when you should see a dr. but look at this way as long as you haven't gotten it yet you don't have to worry about wicked cramps and mood swings.
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Anyone can get breast cancer, including men...\nBackground and importance of the study: Most people tend to think of breast cancer as a woman's disease. But men get breast cancer too. According to the American Cancer Society, about 1200 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in American men each year (compared to about 200,000 cases of breast cancer in U.S. women).\n\nWe need to learn much more about breast cancer in men, and how it responds to various treatments, in order to improve the diagnosis and therapy for men who have this disease.\n\nThis study tried to shed some light on male breast cancer by examining what happened to 93 men with the disease.\n\nStudy designs: Portuguese researchers looked over the medical records of 93 men who developed breast cancer between 1974 and 2002. From this information, they determined:\n\n    * the most common kinds of breast cancers the men developed,\n    * the average time between first symptom and diagnosis,\n    * the most common treatments,\n    * how long the men lived after treatment, and\n    * what factors influenced their survival.\nBreast cancer in men is a rare disease. Less than 1% of all breast cancers occur in men. In 2005, when 211,400 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States, 1,690 men were diagnosed with the disease.\n\nYou may be thinking: Men don't have breasts, so how can they get breast cancer? The truth is that boys and girls, men and women all have breast tissue. The various hormones in girls and women's bodies stimulate the breast tissue to grow into full breasts. Boys' and men's bodies normally don't make much of the breast-stimulating hormones. As a result, their breast tissue usually stays flat and small. Still, you may have seen boys and men with medium-sized or big breasts. Usually these breasts are just mounds of fat. But sometimes men can develop real breast gland tissue because they take certain medicines or have abnormal hormone levels.\n\nBecause breast cancer in men is rare, few cases are available to study. Most studies of men with breast cancer are very small. But when a number of these small studies are grouped together, we can learn more from them.
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It used to be 36 B but now with all the breast jobs the average is 36C. I saw that on the discovery channel a few times.Whether they are having an enlargement or reduction the size to be is 36C.
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I think you should tell your parents and consult a doctor. This is not to scare you but rather just to be on the safe side. :)\n\nYou are 13 years old and a lot of hormonal changes happen at that age. But if those bumps are bothering you, it would be much better to have it checked. Breast cancer can affect many women, even in their teens. But sometimes, some bumps and lumps are not cancerous but still have to be chekced by a doctor in order to know. And since you have such a strong family history of cancer, I suggest you have them checked out. It would be better to be safe.\n\nWell, I hope everything turns out fine for you. Take care and try not to stress about it too much. :)
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An Early Breast Cancer Detection Plan should include: \n\nClinical breast examinations every three years from ages 20-39, then every year thereafter. \nMonthly breast self-examinations beginning at age 20. Look for any changes in your breasts. \nBaseline mammogram by the age of 40. \nMammogram every one to two years for women 40-49, depending on previous findings. \nMammogram every year for women 50 and older. \nA personal calendar to record your self-exams, mammograms, and doctor appointments. \nA low-fat diet, regular exercise, and no smoking or drinking.\n\nOther tests that can be done (usually after an abnormal mammogram or after a woman or her doctor feels a lump) include:\nultrasound, CT scan, MRI, PET scanning, ductal levage, biopsy, blood test, nuclear bone scans and x-ray.  You can read more about these tests at the site provided below.
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It can be normal as long as they are not cancerous but you should have your breasts examined every 6 months just in case.
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Check these boards www.breastcancer.org \nYou find all the answers there.
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Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that has developed from cells of the breast. A malignant tumor is a group of cancer cells that may invade surrounding tissues or spread (metastasize) to distant areas of the body.  \n\nThe female breast is made up mainly of lobules (milk-producing glands), ducts (milk passages that connect the lobules to the nipple), and stroma (fatty tissue and connective tissue surrounding the ducts and lobules, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels). \n\nMost breast cancers begin in the cells that line the ducts (ductal), some in the cells that line the lobules (lobular), and the rest in other tissues.
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You can get it young, but it doesn't sound like a typical breast cancer lump.  My experience was a small hard lump that did not hurt nor was red.  Go to the doctor to be sure.
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This is an average...not everyone develops at this rate:\n\nAt 10 and 1/2 - 11:  Most girls begin puberty with breast enlargement, but some start with the appearance of pubic hair.\nAt 11-12:  The average girl begins pubic hair development between ages 11 and 12, usually within about six months of starting breast development. The hair begins along the lips of the vagina (labia majora), becomes darker, courser and curlier, and spreads upward onto the pubic mound (symphysis pubis.) \n\nhttp://www.teengrowth.com/index.cfm?action=info_article&ID_article=1363&category=body&catdesc=Body&subdesc=Breast
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I work in a hospital and deal with ladies  with breast cancer on a daily basis. I get my fiance to check mine as well as checking them myself. I check his aswel. U can never be too careful.\nEspecially the younger lads from 16 up. Always check your breasts and testicles. You need to get to know what they feel like normally then u will know if theres anything abnormal.\nI think a goo boob size is 34 C/D.
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PLEASE see your doctor.\n\nMen CAN get breast cancer - though it's rare.\n\nHave a checkup with your doctor to be sure.
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I agree that you should begin at age 30, men and women.  I know of 3 men around here that have had breast cancer in the last year.  I don't care if you have a family history of it or not cause I had to have a masectomy with no family history.  I had Pagets Breast Cancer.  So, anyone who is concerned should be allowed to have a mamogram!!!!!!!!!  Even though the Pagets did not show up in a mamogram.  It started as a little bump on my nipple\nand it hurt and burned really bad.  They had to scrape it for cells to determine what it was.
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Breast Cancer is very rare before the age of 25, and age is the most significant risk factor. Many times young women find lumps in their breast, but this does not often indicate cancer. For your own peace of mind, please talk to your parents, and see your physician. Ask your physician as many questions as you like about self examination, I'm sure he/she will be happy to answer them. Try not to be scared. \n\nHere is an article with good info: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/4982-1.asp\n\nAlthough this forum is fun, and interesting, you can get alot of variation in answers from well meaning people. Sometimes these answers cause more anxiety than is necessary, and some are just flat out wrong.
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Contrary to popular belief you should worry about a growth or lump if it does not hurt more than you should if it does not. This is so because if the lump does hurt chances are high that you may have hurt your self. Sometimes a person develops lumps during their period.\n\nSigns that suggest a lump is more likely to be cancerous:\nThe lump is firm and hard \nThe lump is not discrete; it is not easily distinguishable \nThe lump is fixed in the breast; it does not move \nThere is only one lump \nThere is not an identical lump in the opposite breast \nThe skin of breast is dimpled \nThe lump is accompanied by bloody nipple discharge\n\nSigns that suggest a lump is less likely to be cancerous:\nThe lump is soft \nThe lump is discrete; it is easily distinguishable \nThe lump moves in the breast \nThere are multiple breast lumps \nThere is an identical lump in the opposite breast \nThe lump disappears after the menstrual cycle \n\n\nAs women we should check our breasts monthly preferably a week after our pereods.\nA self examination is easy and essential.\nheres how you go about doing it.\nLie down with a pillow or folded towel under the right shoulder and place the right arm behind the head. Check the entire breast and armpit area using the pads of the first three middle fingers on the left hand to feel for lumps, changes, or irregularities in the right breast. Apply 3 pressures-light, medium, and deep-in dime-sized circles to feel the entire thickness of the breast." A firm ridge in the lower curve of each breast is normal. The exam should then be repeated on the left breast, using the finger pads of the right hand (the pillow or folded towel should also be moved under the left shoulder at this time).\nIt is important to thoroughly examine the entire area of the breast every month: \nOutside: armpit to collar bone, and below the breast \nMiddle: the breast itself \nInside: the nipple area \n\ncancerous tumors are more likely to be found in some parts of the breast than in others. Approximately half of all breast cancers occur in the upper, outer region of the breast toward the armpit. \n\nApproximate percentage of breast cancers found in each area:\n41% in the upper, outer quadrant \n14% in the upper, inner quadrant \n5% in the lower, inner quadrant \n34% in the area behind the nipple \n6% in the lower, outer quadrant \n\nI suggest you visit your gp asap. If its nothing to worry  about, you be in a better state of mind, if there is the earlier you treat it the better.\n\nI hope that yoursare just a lump and that you will be fine\nGood Luck