Misunderstanding 1: Only older women get breast cancer before, young women do not worry.
Facts: While the risk of breast cancer increases with age, but many young women and even some men will get breast cancer.
Misunderstanding 2: Only those with a family history of breast cancer only people who are in risk of breast cancer risk.
Facts: In breast cancer patients, more than 80% of the people had no family history of breast cancer or other significant risk factors.
Misunderstanding 3: breast cancer, infectious
Facts: breast cancer is not contagious, not infectious, it will not spread in the population.
Mistakes 4: There is a breast cancer and breast lumps
Facts: Many women find breast lumps cancer on themselves as worried. In fact, more than 90% of breast lumps are not cancerous, but however, the event of a lump, you should go to the hospital for check-ups as soon as possible.
Misunderstanding Five: taking birth control pills will increase the risk of breast cancer
Facts: Some ordinary oral contraceptives does not increase the risk of breast cancer, In addition, the coffee, using deodorants, breast trauma, bra wear, will not increase people’s risk of breast cancer risk.
Misunderstanding 6: Once you got breast cancer, are fatal
Fact: if early detection and control, treatment of breast cancer, 95% of women after treatment the survival time can exceed 5 years.
Misunderstanding 7: shows you’ve got breast cancer, nipple discharge
Facts: Nipple discharge is very normal. However, if one mixed with bloodshot eyes, it needs to be examined, but 90% of the nipple discharge is not breast cancer.
Mistakes 8: Self-examination is a waste of time
Facts: and breast X-rays and the doctor’s professional examination, as early detection of breast self-examination is an effective way.
Misunderstanding 9: make hair fall out breast cancer treatment
Facts: only certain drugs can cause temporary hair loss, and soon will re-grow hair.