Recently, a friend discovered a lump on her left breast and I accompanied her to a sonologist who immediately recommended the procedure called the “frozen biopsy”. Two days ago, another friend of mine underwent a mastectomy of her right breast.
Other than being a woman and growing older, what risk factors can create impact on a woman’s likelihood of developing breast cancer?
So far, even with the accessibility of high technology in the field of medicine, experts are not quite sure what causes breast cancer. It is hard for them to say why one woman or mostly women for that matter ( although I personally knew of a man who is a survivor of breast cancer) develop the disease while others do not. We know of some risk factors which are the following …
