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Misconceptions About Breast Cancer

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In todays society many people still do not know the whole gist of Breast Cancer. There are many misconceptions about Breast Cancer, many being that men cannot get Breast Cancer or that there is only one type of Breast Cancer. Medically and scientifically proven those are absolutely incorrect and in actuality the lifetime risk of a man getting Breast Cancer is about 1 in 1000. In addition to this it has been found that over 100 types of cancer exist. Likewise, there is multiple types of Breast Cancer, Triple Negative being the most aggressive. Breast Cancer is a tumor that starts in the cells of breast. Taking a deeper more scientific look within Breast Cancer and also things that you can be taught in a classroom is that when Breast Cancer

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