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→Risk factors: The increase in risk of breast cancer due to abortion is explained and supported with numerous citations in our abortion entry
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, striking 1 in 7.5 women during their lifetime in America, where the rate is among the highest in the world. Breast cancer is the most fatal cancer for women after lung cancer. The number of cases has significantly increased in America since the early 1970s, when [[abortion]] was legalized. Although it is far less common in men, breast cancer can also affect them.<ref> http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/malebreast/healthprofessional</ref>
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, striking 1 in 7.5 women during their lifetime in America, where the rate is among the highest in the world. Breast cancer is the most fatal cancer for women after lung cancer. The number of cases has significantly increased in America since the early 1970s, when [[abortion]] was legalized. Although it is far less common in men, breast cancer can also affect them.<ref> http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/malebreast/healthprofessional</ref>
A controversial [[Harvard abortion study]] concluded that childbearing before the age of 35 reduces a woman's breast cancer risk. <ref>"... childbearing before the age of 35 reduces a woman's breast cancer risk and breast-feeding also helps, said the new study's lead author Karin Michels of Harvard Medical School" [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Abortion-Cancer.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin] </ref>
Another study in 1996:
*Animal studies have suggested that [[estrogen]] secreted early in pregnancy stimulates the multiplication of immature cells in the breast and that these cells do not mature fully until the end of pregnancy. Theoretically, then, when a woman's pregnancy is cut short through induced abortion, a lot of immature cells remain in the breast that are vulnerable to cancer-causing influences. [http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/FivePrecepts/AbortionBreastCancer.html]
==Risk factors==
==Risk factors==
Many factors affect the incidence of breast cancer in any given population of women including:
Many factors affect the incidence of breast cancer in any given population of women including:
* lack of having children, or postponing having children until later in life
* diet <ref> http://unisci.com/stories/20021/0104023.htm </ref>
* diet <ref> http://unisci.com/stories/20021/0104023.htm </ref>
* obesity <ref> http://society.guardian.co.uk/cancer/story/0,,686105,00.html </ref>
* obesity <ref> http://society.guardian.co.uk/cancer/story/0,,686105,00.html </ref>
* [[abortion]]
* [[abortion]]<ref>The increase in risk of breast cancer due to abortion is explained and supported with numerous citations in our [[abortion|abortion entry]].</ref>
* family history if such a history involves having several generations affected by breast cancer or having many relatives diagnosed with breast cancer at less than 50 years old <ref> http://www.breastcancer.org/cmn_who_indrisk.html </ref>
* family history if such a history involves having several generations affected by breast cancer or having many relatives diagnosed with breast cancer at less than 50 years old <ref> http://www.breastcancer.org/cmn_who_indrisk.html </ref>
* prolonged uninterrupted exposure to estrogen (e.g. by having an early [[menarche]] and late [[menopause]] or by having no full-term pregnancies).<ref> http://www.breastcancer.org/cmn_who_indrisk.html </ref>
* prolonged uninterrupted exposure to estrogen (e.g. by having an early [[menarche]] and late [[menopause]] or by having no full-term pregnancies).<ref> http://www.breastcancer.org/cmn_who_indrisk.html </ref>
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==See Also==
*[[Mystery:Young Hollywood Breast Cancer Victims]]
==External links==
*[http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/FivePrecepts/AbortionBreastCancer.html Analysis of Studies Suggests Abortion Can Raise Breast Cancer Risk] - New York Times - October 12, 1996
[[Category:Diseases]]