Breast Cancer Bracelets - Increasing Awareness Among Women

By Janet J Strauss

There have been a number of misconceptions about breast cancer. Primary among these is that pre-menopausal women aren't at a significant risk of developing this type of cancer. However, the American Cancer Society revealed that this is the leading cause of death by cancer for women between the ages of 20 to 59 in the United States. Hence age is less of an indicator of risk for cancer of the breast than first thought to be. Increasing awareness of among all strata of women is the role of breast cancer bracelets.

Breast cancer: Symptoms and Treatments of Breast Cancer

By Reshma Rangaswamy

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women, especially in the United States. It is a real killer disease which takes lives of a whole lot of women of different ages if it goes undiagnosed.
Women who are prone to breast cancer are those who use birth control pills, obese women, women who have undergone hormone replacement therapy, alcoholics, childless women, the list goes on. Genetic or hormonal aspects are the most significant factors of this disease.