Short answers, pulled from the story.
The oldest known evidence of breast cancer dates back 4200 years to the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. The Edwin Smith Papyrus documents eight cases of breast tumors and ulcers treated by cauterization with the verdict that there is no treatment.
William Stewart Halsted introduced the radical mastectomy in 1882. This procedure involved removing the entire breast, the underlying chest muscles, and the associated lymph nodes in the armpit.
The pink ribbon was launched in the 1990s by US-based corporations as part of cause-related marketing campaigns. Companies donated to breast cancer initiatives for every pink ribbon product purchased.
Women with pathogenic variants in either of these genes face a 70% chance of developing breast cancer in their lifetime. They also face an approximately 33% chance of developing ovarian cancer.
The 1995 reports from the Nurses Health Study and the 2002 conclusions of the Women Health Initiative trial proved that hormone replacement therapy significantly increased the incidence of breast cancer. Combined progesterone and estrogen therapy approximately doubles one's risk after 6 to 7 years of treatment.
In the United States, more than 90% of women survive breast cancer for at least five years from diagnosis. In India, this figure falls to 66%.