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Progesterone Breast Growth . Men and women both have mammary glands so what's the difference well we saw that they'd have the ducts and the differences in size but the big difference is that when do mammary glands develop they typically develop during puberty so before puberty they they're pretty much identical in boys and girls before they develop they undergo puberty so they have the basic structure of undeveloped mammary gland but it's the changes in puberty that caused the development of mammary glands now what happens is that you have an increase in pro estrogens and progestogens in p when you start off the menstrual cycle and um and a girl has her first menarche her first menstrual cycle that's when you start to have that cyclical waves of estrogens and progesterone but what happens in male puberty is that you have increased levels of androgens you do have some estrogens and aromatase as well but this is things like you'll get increased high levels of andr...

Stage 3 Breast Cancer Treatment Timeline . hi in this video i'll be talking about stage 3 breast cancer what is stage 3 breast cancer what are some of your treatment options what should you expect as you go through different treatments and i'll address a little bit the cost of treatment as well [Music] what is stage 3 breast cancer you'll often hear stage 3 breast cancer referred to as locally advanced breast cancer and that's because there's more disease in the breast or lymph nodes or involving the skin or the chest wall you can also have stage 3 breast cancer if the primary tumor in the breast is more than five centimeters and there are little lymph nodes involved with just tiny microscopic areas of lymph nodes so just tumor size alone if they're only what are called micro metastases in the lymph nodes can actually make this stage 3 breast cancer stage 3 breast cancer can also be used as a term for what stage you have if the tumor involves the skin or the che...

Stage 1 Breast Cancer Treatment . Breast cancer affects one in eight women during their lives breast cancer kills more women in the United States than any cancer except lung cancer no one knows why some women get breast cancer but there are a number of risk factors risks that you cannot change include age the chance of getting breast cancer Rises as a woman gets older genes there are two genes brca1 and brca2 that greatly increase the risk women who have family members with breast or ovarian cancer may wish to be tested personal factors beginning periods before age 12 or going through menopause after age 55 other risks include being overweight using hormone replacement therapy also called menopausal hormone therapy taking birth control pills drinking alcohol not having children or having your first child after age 35 or having dense breasts symptoms of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast a change in size or shape of the breast or discharge from the nipple breast self-exam ...