Cause of breast cancer, control, and cure for the benefit of mankind
Cancer is responsible for the death of 6 million lives per year. Modern medicine is with advancements in treating cancer with awareness, prevention, detection, treatment, research management and symptom of a breathtaking aging. The last 15 years have been a revolution. It is likely that the fight against cancer, getting a screening, especially in pre cancer, resulting in better with much shorter treatment duration, lower costs, less insult to body healing itself.
Am I at risk for breast cancer?
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in Europe and North America affected. All women are at risk for breast cancer. In 2001 in the vicinity of 200,000 cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in the United States. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among American women after lung cancer. The risk of every woman lives to die about 8 13:00, while the risk of breast cancer is especially breast cancer 28 much lower 13:00. The diagnosis by the doctor shocks in a way that suffers not only the patient, but the whole family suffers under the shock once confirmed. Thus the patient and family both in pain and that increases the total weight of the illness-related cancer.
Knowing that your chest: the chest is a collection of glands and adipose tissue, which is located between the skin and the chest wall. The glands in the breast to produce milk, after a woman has a child. Each gland is called the lobe, and many of these lobes form a wolf. There are 15 to 20 lobes in each breast. The milk Gets the nipple of the glands through pipes, called channels. The glands and the lines always greater if a chest is full of milk, but the tissue that is largely responsible for the size and shape of the breast of the adipose tissue. There are also blood vessels and lymphatic vessels in the chest. Lymph is a liquid waste product, which is drained from the breast to the lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are small, pea-sized pieces of fabric to the filter, and clean the lymph. Most of the lymph nodes that drain the breast include his arm in what is called the armpit.
Risk factors for breast cancer
They can be divided into those that you cannot change and those that you can change. Several factors that include this increase the risk of breast cancer, which cannot change you female, older, have a family history (mother, sister or daughter with breast cancer doubles your risk), with a previous history of breast cancer radiation therapy of the breast region, hatteseine late menopause European, always his young periods (12 years ago) (after 50 years), never have children or they have, if you are over 30 and have a genetic mutation that increases the risk. A hot topic of research has been genetic mutations of breast cancer lately. Between 3 and 10% of breast cancer may be related to changes in the gene BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene.
Women can inherit these mutations from their parents, and can be worth testing for each mutation, if a woman has a strong family history of breast cancer (i.e. multiple affected relatives, especially if they under 50 years of age, if they get the disease). When a woman carries a mutation, she has a 50% chance to get breast cancer before she turns 70. Family members can do the test, to determine whether to carry the mutation. If a woman has the mutation, can they get stricter screening or even preventive (prophylactic) mastectomy reduce your chances of getting cancer to undergo. Make the decision that the test is very personal, should be discussed with a doctor is trained in counseling patients about genetic testing.
Some factors, that the risk of breast cancer to increase, as a woman can be changed, including hormone replacement therapy (with progestin’s for menopause symptoms increased prolonged use of estrogens slightly the risk), birth control pills (a very small increased risk disappears in women, who, for more than 10 years to stop), not breastfeeding, drinking of alcoholic beverages from 2 up to 5 per day, Overweight (especially after menopause) and not train. These modifiable risk factors are not nearly as important as the sex, age and family history, but are things that can control a woman that can reduce their chances of developing a malignant tumor of the breast. Keep in mind that all risk factors are based on probabilities, and breast cancer still have even someone without any risk factors. Thorough screening and early detection are our best weapon in reducing the mortality of this disease.
What are the signs of breast cancer?
Unfortunately, the early stages of breast cancer may have no symptoms. Therefore it is important to follow screening recommendations. How a tumor grows in size, can be a variety of symptoms, including produce: fixed or thickening of the breast or armpit, change the size or shape of the breast, nipple or nipple turning inward, redness or scaling of the nipple and skin, ridges, or breast skin corrosion
You can prevent that breast cancer?
The individual control getting none of the major risk factors for breast cancer. There are some risk factors that are associated with an increased risk, but there is a clear cause and effect relationship. As the relationship of cause and effect, with smoking and lung cancer seen strict recommendations can be made in any way. There are several risk factors that can be changed by a woman that could potentially influence the development of breast cancer. If possible, a woman should avoid hormone replacement therapy in the long run, children from the age of 30, breastfeed, avoid weight gain through exercise and proper diet and limit alcohol consumption, 1 drink a day or less. For women with a high risk can your risk for breast cancer by approximately 50%, reducing a drug called tamoxifen for five years. Tamoxifen has some common side effects (such as hot flashes and vaginal discharge), which are not serious and some unusual side effects (such as blood clots, stroke, pulmonary embolism, and uterine cancer), which are life threatening. Tamoxifen is widely used not for prevention, but can be useful in some cases.
There are limited data suggesting that vitamin A can against breast cancer protect, but further research is necessary before it can be recommended for the prevention. Other things examined contain phyto-estrogens (estrogenic, which in large numbers in the natural occurring are soy), vitamin E, vitamin C, and other drugs. New tests of these substances is also required before they can be recommended for the prevention of breast cancer. Now the most important thing that any woman can do, to reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer, regular screening mammography reduce breast even checks instead of once a month. Follow a few simple steps, you will soon learn what is normal for you and are quickly informed of all changes. If you find a node or other changes, make note of where you are and make an appointment with your doctor as soon as possible.
How are the views in question provide for young women? Also clinically suggests that this free is just in front of a mirror with your arms alongside the body. Raise your arms over your head and get from one side to the other, so you can see her breasts in the mirror, from different angles. What should you look for? To change the size of each breast, change in the shape or position of the nipple, nipple discharge, unusual dimpling or puckering or bleeding.
How do you feel change you?
Lying on her back with her head on a pillow. On the side of the chest, check in, place a folded towel under the shoulder. This helps to spread the substance, that it is easier to feel. One breast at a time to check. Place your hand on the same side of the chest, which will explore under your head. Flat with the other hand and fingers together movement the apartments of the fingers on the breast in a circular palpate, small, against the clockwise direction. Cover the entire breast including the nipple. Your armpit for lumps, in the same way, starting in the hollow of the knee and down towards the chest move check.