Question

Disease Summary Question 1. Suggest at least two reasonable explanations for the relationship between increasing age and increasing risk for breast cancer

Please provide references.

Answer 1

Reason 1: in post menopausal women the deficiency of estrogen can alters breast tissues and that causes malgnant lesion on the breast..

Reason 2: during menopausal stage the testosterone levels it starts to raise that induces the ductal changes in breast that turn to breathe cancer..

Oral contraceptives has beneficial effect of protect from breast cancer.. because it has high estrogen...

Reference: you can refer Brunner medical surgical nursing book as well as Lippincott medical surgical nursing...