Welcome to BreastCancer.net

This website has been acquired by BreastEnhancement.com LLC a leading provider of information to women who have questions regarding breast enhancement (or breast augmentation).

Our plans for this website are to build out a non-profit organization who will help educate women (and men) about the dangers of breast cancer and what steps need to be taken in order to detect this deadly disease before it's too late. While the FDA has determined that there is not an increased chance of developing breast cancer from breast augmentation surgery that is performed correctly, breast implants in some cases can make it more difficult for a woman to perform a self examination properly.

 

At BreastCancer.net we also plan on providing women with access to a network of radiology centers who will perform an MRI at a rate that is well below the national average.

 

BreastEnhancement.com is also in the planing stages of launching a sponsorship program where women whom have had a mastectomy or double mastectomy can have reconstructive surgery performed at no cost.

 

Over the next few weeks the website will be undergoing a lot of changes so please be patient while we work everything out.

 

At BreastCancer.net we're trying to provide women with life saving information and health initiatives.

 

 

 

UPDATE 12/2/09

A recent medical study suggests young women  are  at a higher risk for developing breast cancer by getting regular mammograms. Researchers examined how the low doses of radiation women are exposed to in mammography exams affect women with a family history or genetic mutations associated with breast cancer. Women who are exposed as teens doubled their breast cancer risk, according to findings by epidemiologist and study author Martine Jansen-van der Weide. Research findings suggest that young women are more sensitive to radiation at such a young age and therefore should not be routinely screened. For women at high risk, however, the American Cancer Society recommends an annual mammograms and MRI. This is a very controversial study that will no doubt be challenged by some within the medical community. At BreastCancer.net it is imperative that we provide our visitors with all of the information available. If you have a family history of breast cancer or have been found to  have the abnormal BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes you are at a higher risk for breast cancer than many women.  Soon we will have information regarding how you can be tested for these genes.  A lot of very good information on BRAC1 and BRAC2 type genealogy can be found at the following link. BRAC1 / BRAc2 Information

 

UPDATE 12/4/09

 

A new study finds that smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke increases a woman’s chance for breast and lung cancer.

Some studies have even linked long-term smoking to a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer.

 

According to the studies published in Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, children who are exposed to secondhand smoke have a more than doubled likelihood of developing lung cancer as an adult.

Women who were non-smokers but who were exposed to secondhand smoke for a long period of time were 17 to 26 percent more likely to develop breast cancer after menopause than women who were not exposed.

 

UPDATE 12/7/09

 

Scientists hope that by using live images of growing breast cancer cells it will help lead to new treatments for breast cancer.
Researchers tracked cancer cells in laboratory mice with a protein that glowed blue when the tumour-spreading process was active.

Cancer spreads to important organs such as the brain or liver, known as metastasis, is what commonly kills most individuals with the disease.
The research opens up new avenues for developing drugs that prevent or reduce metastasis.

Study leader Dr Erik Sahai, from the charity Cancer

Research UK, said: "The results helped us to find the set of genes that are behind the spread of breast cancer - and that the genes need to be first turned on and then off in order for single cancer cells to be able to 'relocate'."

 

These findings were published in the journal Nature Cell Biology.