Breast Cancer: Simple Prevention Tips

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How to lower the risk of breast cancer? Well although you can try with a certain drug to prevent a recurrence or prophylactic mastectomy, but generally there is no actually such thing as the prevention of breast cancer. On the other hand, it is much better to have a few basic of healthy lifestyles in order to reduce and lower your risk of growing this disease. And the following are simple prevention tips with simple lifestyles approaches to reduce the risk of breast cancer.

You may also like to know about top myths of breast cancer, before continuing!

The most important thing, don’t forget to get regular screenings (like mammograms) if necessary to make sure that your body will get monitored well, because as well we know that cancer is much easier to treat if you can caught it as earlier as possible.

Keep well the ideal weight of your body!

Women with obesity are more likely to have lower breast cancer survival than women with normal weight -- according to a study in Houston (University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center). And the risk for ‘overweight in older women (if they are past menopause)’ is believed relatively higher. Therefore, it is much better to keep well the ideal weight of your body if you seriously care to prevent breast cancer.

Get adequate exercise!

Well, we all agree that by doing exercise regularly (at least 3-4 times a week or do exercise everyday if necessary) will be helpful to keep well the performance of the heart. Regular exercise is believed so essential to keep fit your body and also so helpful to reduce your risk of breast cancer.

Limit the alcohol intake!

Drinking alcohol (even in small amounts) is believed will be worst for yourself to higher your risk of developing breast cancer. Therefore, many doctors suggest limiting the alcohol intake, particularly hard liquor, beer and even wine.

A recent research found the connection between breast cancer and drinking alcohol, which was particularly strong in about 70 percent of tumors familiar-known as hormone-sensitive!

Get a monthly self-exam!

It is better to do and get a monthly breast-exam. For more detailed information, discuss with your doctor! Make sure to do the right instructions from your doctor & get regular review of your technique to analysis the progress.

You might catch a lump before doing a mammogram; and the most important don’t forget to always follow and analysis well the changes & shifts in your body.

If you are over 40 - you must get a mammogram once a year!

Like mentioned before, as earlier as possible of catching a cancer will be so helpful to increase significantly the chance of survival. And by having a mammogram once a year (especially after 40) will be helpful enough to monitor well your body.