Breast cancer’s first recorded as in Egypt, which was nearly four thousand years ago. Around that century, there was any case recorded the same response that there wasn’t a treatment for this kind of illness. During the 17th Century, people believe that this cancer is due to the lack of black bile, which is based on the knowledge of humoralism, a theory that believes in human’s body is built on four basic elements. However, those patients in the 17th century through the breast cancer were the punishment from the god. Until the 18th century, people began to propose several reasons that might cause the breast cancer, such as the number of sexual activities, clothing, drinking the expired milk, and physical damage to the breast. Although, we see ideas seem ridiculous, but people live in that period to believe in such explanation. Even though breast cancer was developed so long ago, it still is not a common cancer till the 19th century, which is caused by that before the 19th century, the lack of sanitation and knowledge of controlling deadly diseases, women died before the age that they were able to have breast cancer. Even more, due to those women who had survived to the age which has the risk to have such cancer already had a baby …show more content…
Earlier you started to smoke in your life will increase more chance for you to get breast cancer. Especially for those long-term smoker, they will have around 35 to 50 percentages higher to get breast cancer than those people who never smoke. What’s more, higher level at fat diet, alcohol drinking, and cholesterol will increased the chance to get this cancer. Even though some people arguing hormonal birth control will lead to a higher chance to get breast cancer, most research shows that only the tiny association exists between them. Even more, abortions and miscarriages have any effect to raise the risk of getting breast