Fallacies & Facts

• Fallacy : Breast Cancer is contagious
  ✅ Fact : No, Breast Cancer is not contagious
• Fallacy : Breast cancer is hereditary
  ✅Fact : Not directly, A small number of women have a strong family history breast cancer and their daughters are then at a higher risk
• Fallacy : Finding a lump in breast means it is cancerous
  ✅Fact : In fact 8 out of 10 lumps are benign or not cancerous
• Fallacy : Surgery of cancerous tumor in one breast can cause metastasis in another breast
  ✅Fact : No, it is not true
• Fallacy : Too much stress leads to breast cancer
  ✅Fact : Presently there is no evidence to suggest that stress can increase a woman's risk of having breast cancer
• Fallacy : Nylon undergarments can cause breast cancer
  ✅Fact : No, it is a myth
• Fallacy : Only females suffer from breast cancer
  ✅Fact : Males can also have breast cancer although their percentage is very low. Only 2% of breast cancer patients are male