Diet and Breast Cancer
Introduction
One gets cancer when nonstandard cells are produced in the person’s body. If the dysfunctional cells are not destroyed, they would multiply, and even spread to the different organs of the body. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States.
One of the most widespread cancers is breast cancer. It is the leading form of cancer in women worldwide. Affecting 182,000 women every year in the US, the probability of getting it across all ethnic groups is the same, though the mortality rates in minority women are higher. Also, recently, local statistics show that there has been a large surge in breast cancer cases in Singapore, doubling from 27 in 100,000 to 55, making breast cancer the second most prevalent cancer in the country after colorectal cancer in both genders, the most prevalent cancer among women.