Over the course of a lifetime, 1 out of every 8 women will contract breast cancer. As you approach age 50, your chances increase – particularly if you have postponed having children, experienced early menstruation or late menopause, or have a family history of breast cancer. (20 to 30% of breast cancer patients have a relative with the disease.) In addition, a common gene defect in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, which normally produce cancer-fighting proteins, can put you at risk. If you have one of these defects, your chance of contracting breast cancer at some point in your life is as great as 80%. (1)

Breast cancer has 5 stages, ranging from 0 to IV. (IV-level patients usually do not survive.) Treatment for levels 0-III generally focuses on removing the cancer and preventing future incidence, while IV-level treatment removes the cancer and prolongs patient life as much as possible. Cancer treatments may include a combination of chemotherapy to destroy cancerous cells, radiation therapy to neutralize cancerous tissue, and/or surgery. A lumpectomy removes only the cancerous lump, while a mastectomy removes the entire breast and sometimes surrounding tissues. Women who have had a mastectomy may undergo reconstructive breast surgery, either at the same time as cancer surgery or afterwards. (2)

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(1) U.S. Breast Cancer Statistics. March 2012. Breastcancer.org. July 19 2012. http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/understand_bc/statistics.jsp

(2) PubMed Health.  December 2011. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. Library of Medicine. July 19 2012. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001911/