 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / October 2005Why is bc so prevalant?
What exactly is the reason that womens breasts are so prone to cancer? Is it the glands which are intended to provide milk to nursing infants that develop a malignancy? And if it's possible in men as well, albeit rare, what are the similarities, since men don't produce milk, etc? And another question, and I am NOT trying to be cute about this: Why is the color pink the chosen "theme" for bc awareness month? I'm sorry, but "titty pink" came to mind immediately the first time I saw it, and I'm not the only one who thought that. Why pink?? I thought it was a curious if not bad choice, but perhaps there's a significance there I am not aware of. > What exactly is the reason that womens breasts are so prone to cancer? > Is it the glands which are intended to provide milk to nursing infants > that develop a malignancy? > And if it's possible in men as well, albeit rare, what are the > similarities, since men don't produce milk, etc? Yes it is usually the milk glands which develop cancer. My guess is that pretty much any tissue that grows to order in adults, is capable of developing cancer. The cells that comprise the tissue have to remain capable of multiple division under the control of a trigger hormone (eg estrogen), and so there always remains the possibility for the mechanism to be subverted. It doesn't happen to continuously growing tissues like blood or hair because all the child cells (eg red blood cells) are incapable of division, the division potential is only the property of immortal stem cells which do not usually need to be replaced. Men have all the structures of breasts, including milk glands, but they are less developed, so there is less tissue to develop cancer, and the trigger hormone levels are much lower - that's why they are less developed. So the mechanism is present but the risk is very much lower. > And another question, and I am NOT trying to be cute about this: Why > is the color pink the chosen "theme" for bc awareness month? I'm sorry, > but "titty pink" came to mind immediately the first time I saw it, and > I'm not the only one who thought that. > Why pink?? I thought it was a curious if not bad choice, but perhaps > there's a significance there I am not aware of. No idea. I don't see why pink relates to breasts any more than any other Caucasian body part. Pink after all is also the chosen colour of the gay community. My immediate thought was to associate it with pink baby clothes. Tim Jackson As for the colour(s) symbolizing the gay community, I thought it was a rainbow-- but I may be wrong, and I don't know the significance or symbolism of that, either. I guess brown was already taken. (Oh come on, lighten up...) > As for the colour(s) symbolizing the gay community, I thought it was a > rainbow-- but I may be wrong, and I don't know the significance or > symbolism of that, either. ---------- Here in the US the color symbolizing the gay rights movement is lavender. Eva Pink is for girls? >> As for the colour(s) symbolizing the gay community, I thought it was a >> rainbow-- but I may be wrong, and I don't know the significance or [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Eva |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.