Breast Cancer Awareness Month 1st Oct – 31st Oct

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 1st Oct – 31st Oct

What is Breast Cancer Awareness Month?

Breast Cancer Awareness Month aim to get as many people as possible involved in raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research.

What are the signs and symptoms of breast cancer?

Everyone’s breasts are different, and your breasts can change with age and at different times of the month. It’s important to get to know how your breasts normally look and feel so it will be easier

to spot if there are any unusual changes for you. If you do spot any unusual changes to your breasts you should get them checked out by your doctor.

Knowing the signs and symptoms of breast cancer can lead to diagnosing the cancer sooner. This can be crucial in providing more effective treatment and, ultimately, saving lives.

Lumps are vital to look out for, and for many women the first sign or symptom of breast cancer is a lump in their breast. But many women have breast lumps and most of them are benign (not cancerous), and there are other

important signs and symptoms too.

Lump – may not be seen, but might be felt

Can you feel a lump? Is there a lumpy area? Is there any unusual pain?

Skin texture

Any change in size or shape? Any change in colour? Any change in skin texture?

Appearance or direction of the nipple

What about the appearance or the direction of the nipple? Any rash or crusting of the nipple or surrounding area

It’s as simple as TLC

TOUCH

your breasts. Can you feel anything unusual?

LOOK

for changes. Is there any change in shape or texture?

CHECK

anything unusual with your doctor.

FACTS AND FIGURE

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, one person is diagnosed every 10 minutes. 1 in 8 women in the UK will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month around 5,000 people will be diagnosed.

Breast cancer survival rates

Breast cancer survival is improving and has doubled in the last forty years in the UK. Almost nine in 10 women survive breast cancer for five years or more.

An estimated 691,000 are alive in the UK after a diagnosis of breast cancer. This is predicted to rise to 840,000 in 2020.

Breast cancer and younger women

Around 5,600 women aged 45 and under are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK.

A Breast Cancer Care survey found just over half (53%) of younger women diagnosed with breast cancer have no discussion with healthcare professionals about fertility preservation options, which include freezing embryos or eggs.

Breast cancer and men

Breast cancer in men is very rare with just 390 new cases in the UK each year, compared to nearly 55,000 new cases in women.

A Breast Cancer Care survey found nearly three-quarters (73%) of men don’t check their breasts for signs and symptoms of breast cancer, even though the same number (73%) know that men can get the disease.

There are plenty of places to get more information so do check out www.cancerresearchuk.org or www.breastcancercare.org.uk and make sure you check YOUR breasts today!

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