Breast Cancer Myths and Facts
Sources Reviewed by Jennifer Robinson, MD on February 17, 2020 Medically Reviewed on February 17, 2020
Reviewed by Jennifer
Robinson, MD on
February 17, 2020
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SOURCES:
American Cancer Society: "Antiperspirants and Breast Cancer Risk," "Can Breast Cancer be Found Early?" "Signs and Symptoms of Breast Cancer," "What Are the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer?" "What is Breast Cancer?" "Summary of the ACS Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity."
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation: "Facts and Myths."
CDC: "Breast Cancer: What Are the Risk Factors?" "Breast Cancer: What Screening Tests Are There?"
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: "Trim Your Cancer Risk With Exercise."
Living Beyond Breast Cancer: "Who Gets Breast Cancer?"
National Breast Cancer Foundation: "Breast Cancer Facts."
Pink Ribbon International: "The Origin of the Ribbon."
Susan G. Komen for the Cure: "Exercise (Physical Activity)," "The Pink Ribbon Story."
The New England Journal of Medicine : "Bathsheba’s Breast: Women, Cancer and History."
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