Cause of Breast Cancer

[Carter]

Originally Posted by seda

Spoken like a true Aussie chick! I'm guessing Gold Coast or Brissie!!!

Negative thinking creates negative vibes. Be positive, look at other alternate medicines and keep doin your thang.

I am guessing you are still young so just keep your body strong through exercise and love doing the things you do.

Yeah, just had my 31st birthday. Was 29 when diagnosed, so i think that is kinda young.

Anyway.... sorry, didn't mean to make this thread about me - but while we are here, if ppl want info about breast cancer feel free to ask. I have become somewhat of an expert on the topic... lol

[contextual staff]

Carter - don't apologize.

This forum and community at V7 is all about helping others, exchanging ideas, offering advice and showing love for one another as human beings.

From what started as a silly thread has become something more educational which is what everybody these days should look for. Meaningless chit chat can take the pressure off daily lives but I would much rather learn something new than talk sh!t.

So, thank you for your contribution.

[WagerX]

Originally Posted by Carter

Yeah, just had my 31st birthday. Was 29 when diagnosed, so i think that is kinda young.

Anyway.... sorry, didn't mean to make this thread about me - but while we are here, if ppl want info about breast cancer feel free to ask. I have become somewhat of an expert on the topic... lol

Actually, Carter you made this thread significant.. You seem like you have a great sense of humor Very inspirational.. thank you for sharing.

[Domestic Diva]

Carter - you're an inspiration to us all!

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This is kind of interesting - I know 5 women who all had breast cancer when they were in their late 20s early 30s. (they don't know each other, I'm their one common link) What's interesting is, they all developed it while pregnant - and they were all pregnant with girls. Thank God all of them are now healthy, but one of the ladies had two more recurrences - each time she was, again, pregnant with a girl. I wonder if there's something to this?

Studies have shown that estrogen does fuel some types of tumors, and when you're pregnant with a daughter, your body also is affected by her estrogen. Hmm

[Carter]

Originally Posted by do-over

Carter - you're an inspiration to us all!

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This is kind of interesting - I know 5 women who all had breast cancer when they were in their late 20s early 30s. (they don't know each other, I'm their one common link) What's interesting is, they all developed it while pregnant - and they were all pregnant with girls. Thank God all of them are now healthy, but one of the ladies had two more recurrences - each time she was, again, pregnant with a girl. I wonder if there's something to this?

Studies have shown that estrogen does fuel some types of tumors, and when you're pregnant with a daughter, your body also is affected by her estrogen. Hmm

Yeah, interesting that you should say that. The cancer that I had was a hormone receptive cancer - meaning that it responded and grew because of the estrogen in my body.

I am pretty sure that your friends must carry this faulty gene, because it carries with it an 80% chance of developing breast cancer before the age of 50.

It also has the added bonus of a 50% chance of developing ovarian cancer - so I had my ovaries removed as a precaution, which also reduces my estrogen output, putting me through an early menopause. This is good because it lowers that chance of the cancer coming back.

I am really lucky to have already had 2 kids. I have a girl and a boy. It would be difficult to know what we know now, and make the choice about maybe risking developing cancer and having a child, or not having children at all.

Thanks for all of your encouragement guys I appreciate it heaps. A few of you were around when I was going through the worst times, and even though you don't know it you all inspired me

[ezhel]

is that what you do? just curious is it really a cure?

Originally Posted by Brian

I'm actually the cause of breast cancer. The only way to cure it is by me magically massaging them with my hands.

[G10]

Originally Posted by Julie

Doctors do not know the exact cause of breast cancer, but have identified risk factors that seem to increase a woman's chance of developing it.

You may find that drug companies may know a little more about this than you may think.

There is quite a difference in incidence and death rate of breast cancer between different countries. The biggest difference is between Eastern and Western countries.

Recent, age-adjusted figures show that the rate of breast cancer per 100,000 women is 24.3 in Japan and 26.5 in China compared to 68.8 in England and Wales and 72.7 in Scotland and 90.7 in North America in white females.

However, studies of women from Japan who emigrate to the US show that their rates of breast cancer rise to become similar to US rates within just one or two generations, indicating that factors relating to everyday activities are more important than inherited factors in breast cancer.

Countries like China still believe heavily in a natural solution when someone is ill and requires some medication. A lot of their remedies are herbal.

Western Countries rely heavily on what is produced and sold by pharmaceuticals which is a synthetic version of the same drug but can't be reproduced (copyrights and all that) which is why it is synthesized and removed from it's natural state.

The body can deal with most natural substances but it has a real problem dealing with most synthetic substances and doesn't know how to react.

Obviously what we eat also plays a factor in this and I am not saying that these are the only causes of it, just that they offer a big contribution.

[temyong]

What a great topic you have there Carter.