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	Breast Cancer		breast cancer diagnosis   A breast cancer diagnosis is an automatic death sentence. No. Fully 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no signs of metastases (no cancer has spread beyond the breast and nearby lymph nodes). Furthermore, 80% of these women live at least five years, most longer, and many live much longer. Even women with signs of cancer metastases can live a long time. Plus promising treatment breakthroughs are becoming available each day. Related Questions of breast cancer diagnosis Breast cancer only affects older women. If you have a risk factor for breast cancer, you're likely to get the disease. If breast cancer doesn't run in your family, you won’t get it. Only your mother’s family history of breast cancer can affect your risk. Using antiperspirants causes breast cancer. A monthly breast self-exam is the best way to diagnose breast cancer. I’m at high risk for breast cancer and there’s nothing I can do about it. Breast feeding with a tumor in the breast will increase your child’s risk of cancer. Wearing an under-wire bra causes breast cancer. Mammograms cause cancer. Page 1 of 1    | 1 |

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