Busting Breast Cancer Myths

If you do find a lump during a self-exam or even during a mammogram, you should immediately get it checked by a doctor because most lumps are cancerous.

If a relative, such as a mother or aunt, was diagnosed with breast cancer, this does not mean you will automatically get the disease too.

Using antiperspirants and deodorants might raise your risk for developing breast cancer.

Symptoms like breast swelling, scaliness of the skin, or a lump in your underarm are all possible indicators for breast cancer.

1. Mammograms are regulated by the FDA, so the risks associated with them and other screening tests using radiation are monitored very heavily.

Wearing an underwire bra over a long period of time could raise your risk for developing breast cancer.

Having breast implants significantly increases your risk for breast cancer.

Regularly self-screening is not a great way to detect breast cancer early and should only be performed once or twice a year.

Breast cancer is extremely uncommon in women under the age of 50.

It is possible for men to develop breast cancer, and more than 2,000 men are diagnosed with the disease each year.