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     Warning: This is of vital importance. Often you will read that age is a factor as a cause of cancer.
                      This is true... however, there is never enough emphasis as to why. Age is a factor because
                      the older you get, the more susceptible to cancer you become... since your immune system
                      who'se job is to kill off cancer cells, has become severely weakened by all sorts of toxins,
                      parasites, pesticides, chemicals etc., so keep this in mind as you browse this site.

     If you were to look up "breast" in the dictionary, you'd find that it relates to the chest area. The reason
     for such a broad definition is that both males and females have chests and hence breasts, and both
     males and females can get breast cancer.

     The difference, however, between male and female breast cancers and why women are more at risk of      developping breast cancer is simply because of their make-up. Womens breasts is a gland designed
     to make milk. The lobules in the breast make the milk, which then drains through the ducts to the nipple.

     Like all parts of your body, the cells in your breasts usually grow and then rest in cycles. The periods
     of growth and rest in each cell are controlled by genes in the cell's nucleus. The nucleus is like the
     control room of each cell. When your genes are in good working order, they keep cell growth under
     control. But when your genes develop an abnormality, they sometimes lose their ability to control the
     cycle of cell growth and rest. Breast cancer then, is an uncontrolled growth of breast cells.

     If that wasn't enough, the cancer has the potential to break through normal breast tissue barriers and
     spread to other parts of the body. While cancer is always caused by a genetic "abnormality"
     (a "mistake" in the genetic material), only 5–10% of cancers are inherited from your mother or father.      Instead, 90% of breast cancers are due to genetic abnormalities that happen as a result of the aging      process and shall I dare say "life in general" or the "abuse of life in genneral".

     While there are things every woman can do to help her body stay as healthy as possible
     (such as eating a balanced diet, not smoking, minimizing stress, and exercising regularly), breast
     cancer is never anyone's fault. Feeling guilty, or telling yourself that breast cancer happened because
     of something you or anyone else did, is counter-productive.

     There are different stages of breast cancer and they can be briefly categorized as follows:

     Stage 0 - This stage is used to describe non-invasive breast cancer. There is no evidence of cancer
     cells breaking out of the part of the breast in which it started, or of getting through to or invading
      neighboring normal tissue.

     Stage I - This stage describes invasive breast cancer (cancer cells are breaking through to or invading      neighboring normal tissue) in which the tumor measures up to 2 centimeters, and no lymph nodes are      involved.

     Stage II - This stage describes invasive breast cancer in which the tumor measures at least 2
     centimeters, but not more than 5 centimeters, OR cancer has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm
     on the same side as the breast cancer. Affected lymph nodes have not yet stuck to one another or to
     the surrounding tissues, a sign that the cancer has not yet advanced to stage III. (The tumor in the
     breast can be any size.)

     Stage III - Stage III is divided into subcategories known as IIIA and IIIB.

     Stage IIIA - Stage IIIA describes invasive breast cancer in which the tumor measures larger than 5      centimeters, OR there is significant involvement of lymph nodes. The nodes clump together or stick to
     one another or surrounding tissue.

     Stage IIIB - This stage describes invasive breast cancer in which a tumor of any size has spread to the      breast skin, chest wall, or internal mammary lymph nodes (located beneath the breast right under the
     ribs, inside the middle of the chest). Stage IIIB includes inflammatory breast cancer, a very uncommon
     but very serious, aggressive type of breast cancer.

     The most distinguishing feature of inflammatory breast cancer is redness involving part or all of the breast.      The redness feels warm. You may see puffiness of the breast's skin that looks like the peel of a navel
     orange ("peau d'orange"), or even ridges, welts, or hives. And part or all of the breast may be enlarged
     and hard. A lump is present only half of the time. Inflammatory breast cancer is sometimes misdiagnosed
     as a simple infection.

     Stage IV - This stage includes invasive breast cancer in which a tumor has spread beyond the breast,      underarm, and internal mammary lymph nodes, AND a tumor may have spread to the supraclavicular
     lymph nodes (nodes located at the base of the neck, above the collarbone), lungs, liver, bone, or brain.
     "Metastatic at presentation" means that the breast cancer has spread beyond the breast and nearby
      lymph nodes, even though this is the first diagnosis of breast cancer. The reason for this is that the       primary breast cancer was not found when it was only inside the breast. Metastatic cancer is considered
      stage IV.

      Sources: www.cancer.ca / www.wikipedia.org / www.cancer.gov / www.medicine.net