How can you get breast cancer?!
Question: I'm no doctor or genius with this stuff. I just wanted to know what are some things that women do that can develop breast cancer in them? Do they get it out of the blue by not taking care of themselves (if so, in what ways?) and it just sort of happens, or is there something all women can do to prevent getting it in the 1st place?
My overall question is just...how do you get it?
Answers: I'm no doctor or genius with this stuff. I just wanted to know what are some things that women do that can develop breast cancer in them? Do they get it out of the blue by not taking care of themselves (if so, in what ways?) and it just sort of happens, or is there something all women can do to prevent getting it in the 1st place?
My overall question is just...how do you get it?
Cancer happens when normal cells change so that they grow in an uncontrolled way. This uncontrolled growth causes a tumour to form.
Nobody knows what causes this to happen. Cancer specialists don't know, so nobody here will. It is most certainly not caused by not taking care of yourself.
No particular diet or food has been shown to cause, prevent, treat or cure it. I once thought my healthy organic vegan diet would protect me against breast cancer, but it didn't.
While nobody knows the cause, there are recognised risk factors for breast cancer, some preventable, some out of your control. Getting older is the biggest risk factor - 80% of those diagnosed with it are over 50.
The other risk factors are:
Genetic