Two recent studies are out that mention how skin moles might
affect a person’s chance of developing breast cancer. Health Briefs TV digs
deeper to find out if more skin moles might mean a higher chance of getting
cancer.
The studies conducted by American and French scientists
found that the more moles a woman had, the higher chance she had of developing
breast cancer. While this can seem alarming to many women with moles on the
arms, the researchers caution that is might have something to do with her
exposure to estrogen over her lifetime. The hormone is known to feed the growth
and spread many breast tumors. This is most noticeable when a woman is pregnant
as her moles tend to be larger and darker.
Health Briefs knows that there are also underlying reasons
for women developing moles on their arms and skin: heredity, general health
condition, age, lifestyle and exposure to the sun. These studies, by no means, indicate
that the more moles a woman has means her risk of developing breast cancer is
greater. But all moles should be regularly checked by a dermatologist to see if
they could be pre-cancerous. Skin cancer is nothing to ignore and if caught
early, it is curable. Skin moles are common and do not automatically mean a predisposition
for breast cancer. To ensure all is well, seek the advice of a trusted medical
professional.
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