Sedentary and estrogen cause breast cancer

• May 8, 2024

The simple fact of listening to the word: "Cancer" it is synonymous with fear and uncertainty, but what is it? In this regard, the president of the Mexican Society of Oncology (SMO), Rogelio Martínez, clarifies: "It is an alteration at the cellular level where each cell is autonomous and these can multiply indiscriminately".

This expansion of Carcinogenic cells can be locally, via lymphatic, through the ganglia and / or bones: "all human beings have Carcinogenic cells , but there must be certain factors, so that they detonate. What they seek is their normal habitat; they can expand anywhere: lungs, bones, blood vessels, brain, etc. "

Risk factor's

The doctor Martínez Macías clarifies that the risk to develop breast cancer they are multiple and although the hereditary factor is important, this only represents 10% of the cases:

"There are other sources of alarm like the important exposure to estrogen , either via exogenous (medication for hormone replacement) or endogenous , which is related to certain elements, such as the fact that women start at a very early age menstrual cycle or if the menopause it is delayed, after 52 years ".

According to the owner of the SMO, this coupled with the lack of physical activity, overweight, obesity, consumption of foods rich in animal fat and a hormonal load , they can be detonators of breast cancer :

"The increase of estrogen , generates more cells and it affects the breast tissue , this together with excess fat, cause alterations in the cells ”.

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