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There have been reports that Anti Perspirant can cause breast cancer. However, there are not enough evidences yet to support this claim. Recently, I have come across an Article which I quoted below talking of Anti Perspirant as the main cause of Breast Cancer. The question that puzzles me is if it be true why hasnt the government all over the world acted on this and stop the sale of Anti Perspirant?

The Article as Quoted.

Source: breakthechain.org

The leading cause of breast cancer is the use of anti-perspirant. What? A concentration of toxins and leads to cell mutations: a.k.a. CANCER.

Yes, ANTI-PERSPIRANT. Most of the products out there are an anti-perspirant/deodorant combination, so go home and check. Deodorant is fine, antiperspirant is not. Here's why:- The human body has a few areas that it uses to purge toxins; behind the knees, behind the ears, groin area, and armpits. The toxins are purged in the form of perspiration. Anti-perspirant, as the name clearly indicates, prevents you from perspiring, thereby inhibiting the body from purging toxins from below the armpits. These toxins do not just magically disappear.

Instead, the body deposits them in the lymph nodes below the arms since it cannot sweat them out. Nearly all breast cancer tumors occur in the upper outside quadrant of the breast area. This is precisely where the lymph nodes are located. Additionally, men are less likely (but not completely exempt) to develop breast cancer prompted by anti-perspirant usage because most of the anti-perspirant product is caught in their hair and is not directly applied to the skin.

Women who apply anti-perspirant right after shaving increase the risk further because shaving causes almost imperceptible nicks in the skin which give the chemicals entrance into the body from the armpit area.

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Step 1: Begin by looking at your breasts in the mirror with your shoulders straight and your arms on your hips.

Here's what you should look for:

• breasts that are their usual size, shape, and color
• breasts that are evenly shaped without visible distortion or swelling

If you see any of the following changes, bring them to your doctor's attention:

• dimpling, puckering, or bulging of the skin
• a nipple that has changed position or an inverted nipple (pushed inward instead of sticking out)
• redness, soreness, rash, or swelling

Step 2: Now, raise your arms and look for the same changes.

Step 3: While you're at the mirror, gently squeeze each nipple between your finger and thumb and check for nipple discharge (this could be a milky or yellow fluid or blood).

Step 4: Next, feel your breasts while lying down, using your right hand to feel your left breast and then your left hand to feel your right breast. Use a firm, smooth touch with the first few fingers of your hand, keeping the fingers flat and together.

Cover the entire breast from top to bottom, side to side—from your collarbone to the top of your abdomen, and from your armpit to your cleavage.

Follow a pattern to be sure that you cover the whole breast. You can begin at the nipple, moving in larger and larger circles until you reach the outer edge of the breast. You can also move your fingers up and down vertically, in rows, as if you were mowing a lawn. Be sure to feel all the breast tissue: just beneath your skin with a soft touch and down deeper with a firmer touch. Begin examining each area with a very soft touch, and then increase pressure so that you can feel the deeper tissue, down to your ribcage.

Step 5: Finally, feel your breasts while you are standing or sitting. Manywomen find that the easiest way to feel their breasts is when their skin is wet and slippery, so they like to do this step in the shower. Cover your entire breast, using the same hand movements described in Step 4.

The source: BreastCancer.org

View the above site for more information about breast cancer.

What are the symptoms of breast cancer? Here are some health information about the symptoms of this killer disease.

• No early symptoms
• Breast lump
• Breast thickening
• Lump near breast
• Hard painless breast lump
• Underarm lump
• Breast changes
  • Breast size change
  • Breast shape change
  • Breast skin ridges
  • Breast skin pitting
  • Warm breast
  • Swollen breast
  • Red breast
  • Scaly breast
• Nipple changes
  • Nipple discharge
  • Nipple tenderness
  • Nipple inverted
  • Warm nipple
  • Swollen nipple
  • Red nipple
  • Scaly nipple
• Areola changes
  • Warm areola
  • Swollen areola
  • Red areola
  • Scaly areola
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Breast Cancer symptoms however vary from one person or patient to another.

1. Lumpectomy
2. Partial mastectomy
3. Total (simple) mastectomy
4. Modified radical mastectomy
5. Radical mastectomy
6. Skin-sparing mastectomy
7. Subcutaneous mastectomy
8. Axillary dissection
9. Sentinel lymph node biopsy
10. Reconstructive or breast implant surgery

Breast Cancer may be treated in the following manner:

1. Surgery
2. radiation therapy
3. chemotherapy
4. hormone therapy
5. high-dose chemotherapywith bone marrow transplantation
6. immunotherapy.

The treatment of breast cancer is determined by many factors

These factors include:

1. tumor stage
2. tumor type
3. tumor characteristics
4. the person's general health
5. medical conditions that may influence treatment.

The exact cause or causes of breast cancer remain unknown. However, scientists have identified a number of risk factors that increase a person's chance of getting this disease.

These risk factors include

1.Age,

2. Drinking habits

3. Previous Breast Cancer

4. Family History of Breast Cancer

5. Genetic Mutations

6. Hormones

7. Radiation Exposure

8. Dietary Fats

9. Environmental Pollutants

10. Smoking

11. Miscarriage from pregnancy

12. Above average body weight

According to the the latest (2003) WHO classification of tumors of the breast (wikipedia)

Invasive breast carcinomas

• Invasive ductal carcinoma
  • Most are "not otherwise specified"
  • The remainder are given subtypes:
    • Mixed type carcinoma
    • Pleomorphic carcinoma
    • Carcinoma with osteoclastic giant cells
    • Carcinoma with choriocarcinomatous features
    • Carcinoma with melanotic features
• Invasive lobular carcinoma
• Tubular carcinoma
• Invasive cribriform carcinoma
• Medullary carcinoma
• Mucinous carcinoma and other tumours with abundant mucin
  • Mucinous carcinoma
  • Cystadenocarcinoma and columnar cell mucinous carcinoma
  • Signet ring cell carcinoma
• Neuroendocrine tumours
  • Solid neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid of the breast)
  • Atypical carcinoid tumour
  • Small cell / oat cell carcinoma
  • Large cell neuroendocrine carcioma
• Invasive papillary carcinoma
• Invasive micropapillary carcinoma
• Apocrine carcinoma
• Metaplastic carcinomas
  • Pure epithelial metaplastic carciomas
    • Squamous cell carcinoma
    • Adenocarcinoma with spindle cell metaplasia
    • Adenosquamous carcinoma
    • Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
  • Mixed epithelial/mesenchymal metaplastic carcinomas
• Lipid-rich carcinoma
• Secretory carcinoma
• Oncocytic carcinoma
• Adenoid cystic carcinoma
• Acinic cell carcinoma
• Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma
• Sebaceous carcinoma
• Inflammatory carcinoma
• Bilateral breast carcinoma

Precursor lesions

• Lobular neoplasia
  • lobular carcinoma in situ
• Intraductal proliferative lesions
  • Usual ductal hyperplasia
  • Flat epithelial hyperplasia
  • Atypical ductal hyperplasia
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ
• Microinvasive carcinoma
• Intraductal papillary neoplasms
  • Central papilloma
  • Peripheral papilloma
  • Atypical papilloma
  • Intraductal papillary carcinoma
  • Intracystic papillary carcinoma

Benign epithelial lesions

• Adenosis, includin variants
  • Sclerosing adenosis
  • Apocrine adenosis
  • Blunt duct adenosis
  • Microglandular adenosis
  • Adenomyoepithelial adenosis
• Radial scar / complex sclerosing lesion
• Adenomas
  • Tubular adenoma
  • Lactating adenoma
  • Apocrine adenoma
  • Pleomorphic adenoma
  • Ductal adenoma

Myoepithelial lesions

• Myoepitheliosis
• Adenomyoepithelial adenosis
• Adenomyoepithelioma
• Malignant myoepithelioma

Mesenchymal tumors (including sarcoma)

• Haemangioma
• Angiomatosis
• Haemangiopericytoma
• Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia
• Myofibroblastoma
• Fibromatosis (agressive)
• Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour
• Lipoma
  • Angiolipoma
• Granular cell tumour
• Neurofibroma
• Schwannoma
• Angiosarcoma
• Liposarcoma
• Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Osteosarcoma
• Leiomyoma
• Leiomysarcoma

Fibroepithelial tumours

• Fibroadenoma
• Phyllodes tumour
  • Benign
  • Borderline
  • Malignant
• Periductal stromal sarcoma, low grade
• Mammary hamartoma

Tumours of the nipple

• Nipple adenoma
• Syringomatous adenoma
• Paget's disease of the nipple

Malignant lymphoma

metastatic tumours

Tumours of the male breast

• Gynecomastia
• Carcinoma
  • In situ
  • Invasive

There are four different classification scheme for Breast cancer, each based on different criteria and serving a different purpose . These classification scheme are the following:

1. Pathology
2. Grade of Tumor
3. Protein and Gene Expression Status
4. Stage of Tumor.

(source: Wikipedia)

In the United States, breast cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer and colon cancer). In 2007, breast cancer is expected to cause 40,910 deaths (7% of cancer deaths; almost 2% of all deaths) in the U.S. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second-most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer).Women in the U.S. have a 1 in 8 lifetime chance of developing invasive breast cancer and a 1 in 33 chance of breast cancer causing their death. In the U.S., both incidence and death rates for breast cancer have been declining in the last few years. Nevertheless, a U.S. study conducted in 2005 by the Society for Women's Health Research indicated that breast cancer remains the most feared disease,even though heart disease is a much more common cause of death among women.(source Wikipedia)

What is Breast Cancer?

Breast cancer is a cancer of the glandular breast tissue.

Worldwide, breast cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, and colon cancer). 2005, breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths (7% of cancer deaths; almost 1% of all deaths) worldwide. Among women worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death. (source: Wikipedia)