What you Don't Know about Breast Cancer

Posted by: modiggitty | 25 Jan 06 | Leave a comment | Permalink

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The risk of getting breast cancer, like many other types of cancer, increases or decreases based on lifestyle choices and genetics. But a new study reveals there is a third factor when it comes to determining likelihood: the environment.

According to two breast cancer groups, as many as half of all new breast cancers may be foisted upon woman by pollutants, such as the lining of tin cans or exposure to radiation from early mammograms. Mammograms?? It is often said, "sometimes the cure is worse than the disease," but who knew that the cure could cause the disease?

Read the full report here.

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