>> THIS MORNING WE WANT TO HELP
YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO REDUCE
YOUR RICK OF BREAST CANCER.
THERE ARE RISK FACTORS THAT YOU
CAN'T CHANGE, AGE, CAN'T STOP
THAT, CAN WE.
GENDER, GENETICS AND FAMILY
HISTORY.
THERE ARE CERTAIN STEPS YOU CAN
TAKE TO MITIGATE THOSE FACTORS.
Dr. SCOTT ACKERMAN, THE
DIRECTOR OF ACKERMAN CANCER
CENTER IS HERE TO EXPLAIN THOSE.
DO APPRECIATE IT.
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOCUS
SPECIFICALLY ON BREAST CANCER
AND, OF COURSE, AS MANY WOMEN
THAT WE HAVE WATCHING, THIS IS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THEM.
LET'S START WITH REDUCING THE
RISK, FIRST AND FOREMOSE,.
>> TWO ISSUES, ONE BIRTH CONTROL
PILLS AND ANOTHER IS HORMONE
REPLACEMENT THERAPY SO BURST
CONTROL FILLS CONFLICTING
REPORTS OVER THE YEAR, REPORTS
SHOW BIRTH CONTROL PILLS
INCREASE YOUR RISK, RECENT
REPORTS SHOW REDUCING RISK FOR
BREAST CANCER.
ALSO INCREASE YOUR RISK OF
OVARIAN CANCER VARIES STUDY BY
STUDY.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS MINIMIZE
YOU'RE NEED FOR BIRTH CONTROL
BILL PILLS AND CERTAINLY A YOUNG
WOMAN BUT IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT
TEN YEARS AFTER THE COMPLETION
OF TAKING BIRTH CONTROL PILLS
YOUR RISK OF GETTING BREAST
CANCER IS NORMAL GOES BACK TO
WHAT IT WOULD BE HAD YOU NEVER
TAKEN BIRTH CONTROL.
>>> IF YOU DO THAT AS YOUR FORM
OF BIRTH CONTROL THERE IS A WAY
TO MITIGATE TEN YEARS AFTER THE
CHANCES.
>> AND YOUR RISK OF BREAST
CANCER GOES UP AS YOU GET INTO
YOUR 40s AND 50s, TOOK BIRTH
CONTROL IN YOUR 20sAND 30s
YOUR RISK GOES DOWN TO NORMAL.
>>> REQUEST OTHER OPTIONS YOU IS
TO EXPLORE WITH YOUR OB-GYN
ALSO.
>>> ALSO HORMONES.
FOR POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN.
T HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY,
WOMEN DO WHO TAKE ESTROGEN HAVE
INCREASED RICK OF BREAST CANCER.
IT IS USUALLY AN BREAST CANCER
THAT IS NOT VERY AGGRESSIVE, BUT
STILL WANT TO LIMIT HORMONE
REPLACEMENT THERAPY.
>> MORE CONVERSATION YOUR
DOCTOR.
MAINTAINING A HEALTHY DIET, NOT
JUST IN TERMS OF REDUCING THE
RISK OF ANY KINDS OF CANCER, BUT
JUST, YOU KNOW HEART DISEASE AS
WELL, I MEAN, BECAUSE THE
REALITY IS, YOU ARE WHAT YOU
EAT.
>> RIGHT.
AND FOCUSING ONs DIET AND
EXERCISE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE
OTHER FACTORS THAT CAUSE CANCER
HAVE BEEN MITIGATED TO A GREAT
EXTENT, POLLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL
EXPOSURE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND SO WE'RE FOCUSING NOW ON
DIET AND EXERCISE AND WOMEN
OBESE WHO HAVE A HIGHER INCIDENT
OF BREAST CANCER.
WOMEN SEDENTARY WHO SIT ALL DAY
AT A DESK HAVE A HIGHER INCIDENT
OF BREAST CANCER.
WOMEN WHO DON'T MOVE AROUND
DURING THE DAY HAVE A HIGHER
RISK OF BREAST CANCER.
YOU WANT TO HAVE A HEALTHY DIET
AND EXERCISE.
THEY GO HAND IN HAND TO HAVE A
GOOD BODY MASS INDEX.
THOSE WOMEN HAVE A LOWER RISK OF
BREAST CANCER WOMEN WHO ARE
OBESE OR OVERWEIGHT.
>>> WOMEN WHO SPEND SIX HOURS OR
MORE HAD A 10% GREATER RISK.
IF YOU HAVE TO WORK AT AN
OFFICE, I SIT A LOT IN THE
NEWSROOM, GET UP, WALK AROUND
AND REALLY TRY TO STRETCH YOU
LEGS.
LAST POINT.
BEING DILIGENT ABOUT BREAST
CANCER SCREENINGS, GETTING
MAMMOGRAMS.
>> MAYBE LESS THAN ONCE A YEAR.
THE GUIDELINES HAVE CHANGED A
BIT.
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY AND TASK
FORCE HAVE CHANGED GUIDELINES A
LITTLE BIT TO MAYBE DO IT LESS
OFTEN THAN WE USED TO.
I STILL REMEMBER A BASELINE
MAMMOGRAM WHEN YOU'RE 40 AND
BETWEEN THE AGES OF 40 AND 55.
ANNUAL MAMMOGRAMS.
AFTER 55, HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH
PHYSICIAN ABOUT HAVING MAYBE A
MAMMOGRAM EVERY OTHER YEAR.
A LOT OF MA TIMES THEY WILL
FIND THICK THAT AREN'T REAL AND
CAUSE A LOT OF ANXIETY.
I STILL LIKE EVERY YEAR, I FIND
WITH MY PATIENTS NOT EVERYONE IS
COMPLIANT SO YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU
GET IT EVERY YEAR.
THAT IS WHY I I THINK WHEN WE
RECOMMEND IT EVERY OTHER YEAR IT
WILL PUSHED TO EVER 3 THIRD
YEAR.
CONSIDER MAYBE LESS THAN