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Breast Cancer
The breast is made up of fatty, connective and lymphatic tissues. Breast cancer
begins in the lobules (glands for milk production) and the ducts that connect to
the lobules to the nipple.
According to the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), breast cancer rates in women
rose through the early 1990s and then decreased in the early 2000s. It is
suggested that the increase related to improved detection and the increased use
of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) during the preceding decades. HRT has
been linked to increased breast cancer risk in post-menopausal women and it
appears that the decrease in the early 2000s coincided with a large drop in the
use of HRT when the risk relationship was publicized (CCS 2014).
According to Schmitz and colleagues (2012) in 2010, 1.5 million people were
diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide.