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=**CAUSES: WHAT LEADS TO BREAST CANCER?**=

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Your breasts, like any other part of your body, consists of cells. Breast cancer occurs when series of mutations take place within the genetic material of your breast cells. Those mutated cells then duplicates (keep multiplying it's number by dividing itself over and over again, producing more and more mutated cells) and spreads. This eventually creates a tumor. A tumor is a swelling formed by an abnormal growth of cells.=====

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Many factors may lead to the mutated cells like our environmental influences, or by error, by chance. Other factors are alcohol use, having a high-fat diet, being Caucasian, being over the age of 50, having family member(s) with breast cancer, getting an early menstruation (before the age of 12), giving birth after the ages 30, or never have had a child. All these factors can contribute to your chances of getting breast cancer.=====

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As mentioned before, breast cancer can be from a normal genetic process. Mutations can result from inherited flaws, meaning it was passed down from your family history where you inherited it from your parents or other family members.=====

Now...

1. What do mutated cells do to spread? 2. What are 3 causes for a higher chance of breast cancer?
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1. By duplicating itself, it multiplies it's number by dividing itself over and over again, producing more and more mutated cells. 2. Alcohol use, having a high-fat diet, being Caucasian, being over the age of 50, having family member(s) with breast cancer, getting an early menstruation (before the age of 12), giving birth after the ages 30, or never have had a child
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