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10/09/2007
Age Increase Is One Of The Biggest Causes Of Breast Cancer
Many Irish women fail to recognise that increasing in age is one of the biggest factors for developing breast cancer, according to a report by the Irish Cancer Society.
The research was announced at Breast Cancer Awareness Month this morning as part of its Action Breast Cancer programme.
The National Cancer Registry shows that nearly 2,400 breast cancer cases were diagnosed in 2005, with 75 per cent of all cases seen in women over the age of 50, and 37 per cent of women over the age of 65.
Other risk factors include having an early menstruation or late menopause, not having children or having first child after the age of 30 and having a family history of breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2007 will include a national and regional radio and press advertising campaign, and a nationwide roadshow, which will begin on 17 September 17.
(CD)
The research was announced at Breast Cancer Awareness Month this morning as part of its Action Breast Cancer programme.
The National Cancer Registry shows that nearly 2,400 breast cancer cases were diagnosed in 2005, with 75 per cent of all cases seen in women over the age of 50, and 37 per cent of women over the age of 65.
Other risk factors include having an early menstruation or late menopause, not having children or having first child after the age of 30 and having a family history of breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2007 will include a national and regional radio and press advertising campaign, and a nationwide roadshow, which will begin on 17 September 17.
(CD)
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