Everything you need to know about breast cancer

Sometime ago, in the mailing list about this loaded question responsibility associated with breast cancer. There are several email private entrance to my email to inquire further about the disease. Here I compiled some information that I successfully collected and summarized from some of the articles that I earn from the internet and magazine articles. May be useful.

Breast cancer can be prevented

Prevention of breast cancer is still difficult to apply because the causes are still under investigation. Current, which can prevented is the aspect of "life style" and reduce risk factors possible onset of breast cancer. The only attempt to increase the cure rate of patients with breast cancer is early detection of the presence of breast cancer.

In some developing countries , breast cancer is still a major problem because more than 70 % of patients come to the doctor at that stage already further. In stark contrast to developed countries such as Japan, cancer advanced breast found only 13%. Factors causing delays in detection among patients not know/understand less about the breast cancer, less attention breasts, fear of surgery, believe shamans or psychics, economic factors, and shame to reveal the breast. In fact, discovery of early breast cancer who were diagnosed and treated correctly and optimally will increase the life expectancy and health for 10 years. This possibility in stage I of 70-80 %, stage II 43 %, stage III is less than 11.2 %, and stage IV 0 %.

Developmental genetics indirectly paved the way for research on breast cancer problem from the point of biomolekular. Theories about the causes of cancer genetics states formation of tumor cells as a result of genetic drift caused by stimulation of the congenital abnormalities. deviation Genetic causes cell division to be redundant and not control. Highest cancer risk factors, in among women over the age of 30 years old, married, married but do not have kids, never feed a child, traumatized repeatedly in the breast, family history of disease cancer, menstruation at a very young age, impaired soul, and suffered severe fibrocystic lesion.

To detect the presence of breast cancer can be performed BSE (breast self-examination). This is very important because nearly 85 % of breast lumps are found by patients themselves. In the normal women, the American Cancer Society recommends that women aged over 20 years to do a breast self-exam every three months, aged 35-40 years mammogram, over 40 years of doing check up on your doctor experts, more than 50 years of check-ups and mammography every year, and for women at high risk examination the doctor more often and regularly.

Based on the type, the differentiated breast tumors and benign tumors malignant tumor. A benign tumor composed of illness fibrocystic, sclerosing adenosis, fibro adenoma and papilloma intraductal. A malignant tumor originating from ducts is the intra- ductal carcinoma, ductal carcinoma intra pafiler, schirous carcinoma, carcinoma medulare , and disease Paget, while the lobe is derived from carcinomas lobuler.

Although in the early stages of breast cancer does not cause symptoms any, should be suspected when there are symptoms following: the lumps in the breast, an abnormal discharge from the nipple in the form of pus, blood, fluid or dilute out in the mother's milk who are not pregnant or nursing, changes in shape and of the breast, and skin, the nipple and areola dent into or wrinkled. To detect the presence of tumors in the breast, in addition to with BSE and mammography are now no blood test that can BRCA I predict when we will get breast cancer.

Treatment of breast cancer approved by oncologists in the world as follows: stage I surgery and chemotherapy; stadium Second surgery followed by chemotherapy plus hormonal; stage III surgery followed by chemotherapy plus radiation and hormonal; treatment of stage IV chemotherapy followed with radiation and hormonal. For advanced stage, after treatment the patient's life expectancy is four years old. For patients who in the process of treatment, surgical removal of the tumor is done in all parts of the breast, either the right or the left. No need to worry about irregularities in shape because it's been available breast made from silicone material similar to the original breast.

BREAST EXAMINATION

Every adult woman should diligently examine her own breasts on a regular basis. It is necessary to be familiar with the form and palpation own breasts so that any changes can be immediately known and can be addressed properly. Follow the steps below once every month, preferably at the end of each menstrual period.

Stand in front of a mirror with your arms on either side body and observe the breasts and nipples from the front and side mengetaui shape and appearance to the skin.

Repeat again, with both arms raised.

With your left arm at the top, around the left breast Handle the right- hand fingertips . Repeat this by hand ballooning of the left breast side.

Lie down with a pillow under bahi left and left arm in Under the head. Fumbling around left breast with his right hand as previous step, starting from the outside towards the nipple at the middle.

Inspect the area between the breast and armpit , and the inside armpits, beginning with the left arm raised and continue with other side.

Nipple massage gently to check if there is fluid out.

Repeat steps 4,5,6 with his left hand to check the breast Right.

When to consult a doctor. If during the inspection itself was discovered one of the following symptoms, check with your doctor immediately:

lump in the breast or underarm (there is no tumor benign tumor that Malignant. Sometimes resemble the symptoms of both a lump. So better see a doctor after you finish checking itself).

changes in breast shape (small or large side door, down next, or the next contract)

there is something out of the nipple (whether it be blood, pus, fluid black or other fluids)

changes in breast skin (wrinkles or grooves arise).

Remember, after a few times to check it yourself, you will recognize breast and felt a lump normal. however If you are worried about the existence of an abnormality check with your doctor.

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