5 Breast Cancer Myths By Betty Jordan, DNSc, RNC - Posted Thu, Oct 30, 2008, 12:48 pm PDT

1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Oct 30, 2008, 8:15 pm PDT

Breast cancer runs heavily in my family. The youngest was in her 30s, and more women than not have developed some form of the cancer. I've known how to do self exams since I was 10. Even though I"m only in my late 20s, I even go now to get mammograms.

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Oct 30, 2008, 9:36 pm PDT

Please remember that, despite all the media attention to familial breast cancers, most cases of breast cancer are sporadic. This means that most breast cancer patients do not have a family history. Every woman needs to take breast health seriously. That being said, it is important not to overestimate your risk of breast cancer - in the end most of us will die from heart disease, not breast cancer.

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Nov 01, 2008, 10:53 pm PDT

Don't wait for a lump to make the decision about getting a mammogram, I had no lump just tenderness that didn't go away. I went for a mammogram and was diagnosed with Ductal Cancer in Situ DCIS This cancer wasn't a lump but speckled throughout my breast, I was 6 months away from invasive cancer.

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Nov 03, 2008, 2:53 am PST

No one in my family had it i was diagnosed at 23. Just had my first baby. Was told too young, no family history, healthy etc. Lucky to be alive at 38. Get checked if you suspect anything

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Nov 03, 2008, 11:39 am PST

Ii have a young daughtert 29 years of age who has been diagnosed with breast cancer and it was only found while she was breastfeeding a baby. Watch Close up on Thursday evening 6 Nov

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Nov 07, 2008, 3:01 pm PST

you should not stop having mammograms, my friends doctor sent her for one and she has just had a mastectomy.She is 81 thankfully she will be ok.

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Nov 08, 2008, 7:37 am PST

I discovered a lump right behind my nipple. Went for ultrasound few times but images cannot detect anything. I am 37. Can i do mammograms?

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Dec 01, 2008, 7:24 am PST

i have tattoos on my tits .will that cause breast cancer

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Dec 16, 2008, 6:52 pm PST

I have just recently found out that my grandmother on my moms side fought 1 battle with cancer and won for quite awhile and beat the odds for that particular cancer. Only to find out that she got a rare kind of breast cancer and wasn't so lucky and suffered for 2yrs fighting her last battle and fight. All this time i was so unaware of these facts and need to know things because for 28-30 yrs it has been since i have seen any of my blood relatives let alone was able to talk to them about health issues and concerns. But so far with all my physicals and pap smears and hiv testing, that i have had done yearly so far all is well and good considering my family health history plus the bad decisions and choices i, myself have done to me. But i feel that this article was/is very helpful and informative for anyone reading it. I always say you can never have too much information in areas of life,love, and possibly prevention. Thanx for the breast self examination and the how to's and what to be looking for and when to actually go see your doctor.

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Dec 16, 2008, 11:12 pm PST

Very helpful. Many women are dying of breast cancer out of ignorance

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Dec 17, 2008, 1:10 pm PST

Do not let any one including a doctor tell you that cancer lumps do not hurt. One doctor before my scheduled mammogram told me it has to be a cyst, because if it was cancer it would not hurt to the touch. The lump not only hurt but you could see it pertruding on my breast like a little mound, which it turned out to be Her2 cancer. I am glad I did not listen to that doctor and kept my mammogram appointment, for I would not be here today.

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Dec 20, 2008, 10:54 am PST

My mother was diagnosed 7 years ago with breast cancer.. they removed and she was cancer free for the 7 years. But 2 weeks ago she finally told me her same breast has been hurting for the past three months and she was fearful to say anything,because she can not be put to sleep,for she has small clot-i n the stomache was informaed she may not wake up with next surgery along with a bad heart..Well Doctors stated yesterday the cancer is back and bigger than ever,Hopefully it is not to late..She goes for a body scan to see how far it has speard thru the body...I am very upset and frustrated that she let it go so long out of fear..and I am making evry minute and day account to be with her,calling while I am working thru out the day...I free of losuing her to this disease..PLEASE GET CHECKED you have loved one who care.. all I can do is hope and pray that it can be reduced thru radition

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Dec 29, 2008, 2:43 pm PST

kmser2000 get it checked out as I did for a suspicious lump and was told it was fatty tissue and even after an ultrasound and core biopsy was told the same but from previously having breast cancer they decided to operate and I had 2 invasive cancers & left breast taken off completely so get tested!

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Jan 01, 2009, 6:54 pm PST

I have recentlly lost my wife to breast cancer, she had cancer on both sides of her family. She had a mamogram and was told it was a sist. She let it go untill it was too late, she fought it for five years and could not stop it from spreading. it did not just stay in the area of the breast, but went all over her body and to her brain, and then GONE.

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 11:24 pm PST

i love reading your segment on women's health home.it made me aware and more conscious now with my health especially when i read about breast cancer.we had history in the family about cancer,my father died of throat cancer and my half sister recently on her breast cancer.

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