FYI: Breast cancer statistics:

* Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women.
* Every three minutes in the Untied States a woman is diagnosed with the disease. Every 13 minutes a woman dies from it.
* In the United States, a woman has about a 13% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer.
* Women aged 50 and over account for approximately 80% of all breast cancers.
* Male breast cancer is becoming more prevalent.
* Between the ages of 40 and 50, the incidence of breast cancer doubles and by 70 it doubles again.
* African-Americans have the highest death rate from breast cancer of any racial group.
* In American, breast cancer in women is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and is second to lung cancer in deaths.


Breast cancer occurs when breast tissue divides and grows at an abnormal rate and develops into a tumor. For the women and thousands of men diagnosed each year with the disease, treatments such as surgery and chemotherapy have proved highly effective. But while surgery still offers the best chance for a cure, the cosmetic results of invasive therapies have helped the trend towards the minimally invasive treatments employed by interventional radiologists like Dr. Grubbs grow in popularity because they provide new and effective tools for battling the disease.

Signs of Breast Cancer
Breast cancer, particularly
male breast cancer
, may not reveal itself in its earliest stages, but when it does the following symptoms may occur:

* Lumps
* Swelling of part of the breast
* An underarm lump
* Skin irritation
* Pain in the nipple
* Nipple turns inward
* A discharge other than milk from the nipple
* The skin around the nipple becomes red or scaly.

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