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Breast cancer occurs when there is a malignant tumor inside the breast. Each year more than 185,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and the incidence of this disease is rising in developed countries. There are approximately 43,500 deaths from breast cancer annually, making this disease second to lung cancer as the leading cause of death by cancer among women. Ninety percent of breast cancers are detected by women themselves, often through breast self-examination (BSE). Larry Norton, …

…vegetables and fruits. As far as miracle drugs that can cure, there are none. The chances of getting breast cancer are very high. Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. One in every eight woman has or is affected by breast cancer. The importance of breast self-examinations, and a yearly gynecologic examination cannot be stressed enough. Bottom line: the only way to successfully fight breast cancer is, without a doubt, early detection.