kittycat1

Hi all,

Happy post time!

I was doing some research at work today and came across some very shocking and saddening info.

Did you know in the Middle East 28% of deaths in women are due to breast cancer. 44% of women diagnosed with breast cancer will die, 26% will have to have a double mastectomy.

Western women in the middle east are 30% more likely to develop breast cancer here than in their home countries due to their lifestyles.

So please ladies make sure you are checking yourselves and take care of yourselves! Exercise, eat healthily and if you notice anything unusual get yourself checked out immediately.

Anyone unsure of how to check their boobs should watch the video on this site- http://www.channel4embarrassingillne...your-breasts/# You should check yourself every month btw- if you haven't maybe this will remind you to.

End of depressing post!

KC
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The Dean

"...due to their lifestyles..."

Care to elaborate?

Jeeper

28% of deaths in women are from breast cancer? really?
I know that 1 in 3 die from cancer these days....but cancer covers a lot of different cancers.....don't mean to quibble but is it really 28% for bung boobs.

kittycat1

Ok apart from the family history thing lifestyle choices that make you higher risk are;

NOT having children
Having children later in life
Not breast feeding
Lack of exercise
Using the pill
Drinking alcohol regularly- ie daily
Being overweight and a high level of fat in your diet
White women are also in a higher risk group than black women

Any one of these factors puts you in the higher risk group. 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer- I'm sure there are more than 9 women on this forum...

I know I tick a few of these boxes- did when I was in London as well so was a lifestyle choice there as well as here and I'm sure someone will say but I don't do that or this etc, however every woman should be checking herself- my cousin died from breast cancer at the age of 31- after 10 years battling it- she'd had a double mastectomy and raised over half a million for breast cancer awareness, but eventually it got the better of her. More or less her whole adult life was spent fighting this disease and its heartbreaking to think that in this region women aren't educated about it and that there is still a stigma to go and get yourself checked out.

If you are over 40 you should be going for a mammogram every couple of years.

(men also get breast cancer btw but is more common in women obviously)

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kittycat1

Yes it really is 28% for breast cancer here! it is the 5th biggest killer in the UK.

Jeeper

so 1 in 9 will develop breast cancer but almost 1 in 3 will die from it? That's 2 out of 9 women dying from BC without even developing it...and that really sucks....you have no chance of early detection. In fact...that's saying that 66% of women who will die of breast cancer will never have it in the first place.

Don't mind me.....I know it's a serious issue.....but the stats are bugging me.

Jeeper

What percentage of women die from BC in UK?

Hello.Kitty

no, it's plausible that if 33% of the population will die of cancer, 33 women in 100 will die of it, 28 of which will die of breast cancer in particular.

Dunno how the 1 in 9 fits in... but hey... maybe it's just more fatal.

Thanks for the vid link, btw... you never know if you're checking properly!

Jeeper

SO 85% of cancer deaths are breast cancer? (28/33) Bollocks.
Quick google tells me it's Lung cancer....and even if it's not - you can't tell me breast cancers kill more than lung cancers at a ratio of 85 /15 (and that's assuming no other cancer deaths.


Again....agree with the main issue....but your stats are laughable.

Jeeper

The 1 in 9 was a quote from the OP who said 1 in 9 women will get Breast Cancer....that's 11% of women getting Breast Cancer....but hang on.....apparently 28% of women die from Breast Cancer.......so my question was.....what happens to that poor 17% of women who died from Breast cancer but didn't have it in the first place?

The Dean

Sorry but I'm puzzled too............. why are the factors you mentioned 30% more likely to affect Western women who live in this region than back at home? None of those factors (which I do not dispute) are particularly Middle-East-specific.

Jeeper

http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/can...ales/index.htm


16% of cancer deaths are from breast cancer in UK.

If the rate of deaths in women is 23% due to cancer ( http://www.cancure.org/statistics.htm )....and 16% of those 30% is from breast cancer....then the actual death rate from Breast Cancer is around 5%


No matter the source of your stats - There is no way that 28% of women die from breast cancer specifically.



and thankfully....according to my sources above....the only people that died from BC had it before the time of death....which must be viewed as a good thing for the preservation of logic if nothing else.

Anonindubai

sod the stats girls, just check your tits!

The Dean

........ and (would you believe it?), here in 21st century enlightened Bahrain, that self-examination website is blocked by the Webnazi :curse:

Millhouse

Maybe it is 1/3 of the people who get it will die. i.e. 1/3 of the 1/9 - 1/27 will die. This seems much more reasonable.