Breast cancer is the second leading cancer killer of women in the world. While much of this article is to review, still many women who do not know how to detect this cancer early. In fact, we can easily perform breast self-examination (BSE). BSE inspection can be carried out independently in the room, or any after bathing, essentially in a position with no bra and no shirt.
In summary, BSE was essentially pressing the breast from different quadrants (direction) to the middle, and armpits, if there are lumps, and BSE performed on both breasts. Left breast checked by means of raised left arm, and right hand fingering. Vice versa. For women who have a mother or grandmother or aunt or anyone sisters who still have blood relations with a history of breast lumps on either malignant or benign, whether it's small or large, are obliged to do breast self-examination after the active age of menstruation. Why? Because the breast lump that is derived from the mammary gland is affected by the hormone estrogen. There is rarely breast cancers occur in men and in postmenopausal women because estrogen levels are low in both classes.
When consciousness excess, mothers or children with a history of breast cancer or a benign tumor on the family in addition to BSE may also consult with your doctor. Think of it as a medical check-up, no need to wait any symptoms, lump, or the tissue grows around the breast. Prevention and early detection is crucial in reducing the death rate from breast cancer.
Early detection can be done in many ways. Check up to the doctor for a check-up, especially with a family history of breast cancer. Examination of the simplest ranging from physical examination to mammography and breast ultrasound. If it feels the presence of a lump in the physical examination, may soon be proposed to do minor surgery removal of tissue or "biopsy" that the network be viewed under a microscope and investigated whether malignant or benign nature.
With the early detection, breast cancer deaths are statistically in the United States decreased by 24% from the 1990s to the 2000s in women it 30-79 years. The decline in deaths is due to early detection is done then followed by appropriate therapeutic modalities so that the cancer can be treated completely.
The prognosis of the cancer itself depending on the findings of histological tissue when a biopsy is performed and also the earlier found a lump, the size is not enlarged, so expect the stage is also lower. No word "cured" of cancer patients, however, that there is the word "5-year survival rate" lack of success rate of relapse in cancer patients within the next 5 years obtained from statistical studies of cancer patients. The earlier known, the 5 year survival rate will increase, and the mortality rate can also be decreased. * UPP
