Raising breast cancer awareness  

We can never tell when our lives may be touched by cancer and everyone has a relative or friend who has been diagnosed with the disease. Breast cancer remains one of the most common cancers in women and that is why it is so important to highlight the illness through Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We know that the risk of breast cancer increases as women get older, is more common amongst women who are over 50 and post menopausal, and the highest instances of breast cancer are typically in the years after menopause. Women with relatives who’ve had breast cancer have a potentially higher risk of developing it themselves (the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes can increase the risk of developing breast cancer). There are different types of breast cancer, including invasive ductal breast cancer, which effects between 70-80% of women diagnosed with the disease. This is a cancer started in the cells behind...