The Role of the Psychosocial Factor in the Disease of Breast Cancer

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The Role of the Psychosocial Factor in the Disease of Breast Cancer
One in eight women in the United States has an incidence of Breast Cancer in their life time; that is 13% of American women. It is expected that over 41,000 women in the U.S. will die of breast cancer this year. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States. One of every four cancer diagnoses is breast cancer in the U.S. Over 2.5 million women in the U.S. have survived breast cancer since its discovery. It is important to note that breast cancer is not so much due to heredity, but to gene mutations that occur naturally as a woman ages and by the lifestyle of the woman. A holistic and healthy lifestyle is the best prevention for developing breast...

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