Unless people experience breast cancer in their own lives, or they are closed to someone who does, they might not be able to separate myth from fact when it comes to this disease: who gets it and why, for example, or what treatment involves.

It's very important to separate fact from fiction when talking about breast cancer because so many people are affected from it.

Some common myths about breast cancer you may have heard about like :

🔺If i find a lump in my breast, I have cancer.

Fact: 80% of lumps in women's breast are caused by benign (non cancerous) changes, cysts, or other conditions.

🔺Only women with a family history of breast cancer are at risk.

Fact: 70% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no identifiable risk factors for the disease.

🔺I'm too young to get breast cancer.

Fact: 25% of women with breast cancer are younger than 50 years old.

🔺Wearing an underwire bra increases my risk of getting breast cancer.

Fact: national cancer institute have refuted the claim that non-bra-wearers get breast cancer less often.

🔺Men cannot get breast cancer.

Fact: each year, it is estimated that approximately 2,190 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 410 will die.

🔺A mammogram can cause breast cancer to spread.

Fact: Radiation doses are regulated by the FDA and are fairly low; equivalent to the amount the average person recieves from naturally occurring sources over three months.

Make sure you check the source you see on media before believing it and spreading it.

Sources - National breast cancer foundation,inc.