Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Signs of breast cancer

Signs of breast cancer 
Surpassed breast cancer cervical cancer, became the leading type of cancer in women. Most tumors occur in women aged 35-45, are rare under the age of 30.
After much research, scientists have discovered the main reason for increased risk are: family history of breast cancer; have some disturbance of the mammary gland, a mutation of a gene ; long-term impact of estrogen (women experience menopause before age 12 and after 55 years of age), hormonal drugs for a long time, no child or first child after age 30; not breastfeeding ; smoke and drink alcohol and eat more meat, fat, body fat location.
Most primary breast cancer patients are detected when they noticed a change in the mammary glands. The most common block is a hard lump or thick place on a no sore breasts.
In the early stages, patients often have no clear indications and painless for patients. When tumor progression, patients will notice the following symptoms: hard lump, no pain, no uniform, unknown shore, stick to the skin on the breast or chest, difficulty Mobile; breasts enlarged or changed change the shape of the breast, nipple or a sloppy rough, bleeding, breast skin thickening or change color, rough like orange peel ...
When you see any signs above, women should go immediately to a specialist oncology clinic. How much early as the ability to treat much more effectively. For patients with tumors of the breast cancer is suspected, the doctor examined to evaluate all lumps are benign or malignant, and to perform tests to distinguish a tumor that blocks liquid or block special (good or evil), a biopsy to evaluate the most accurate.
Once you have determined that the tumor is malignant, doctors will conduct special tests to know the nature of cancer, said cancer has invaded locally or to nearby tissues. Approximately 95% of all cases of breast cancer are invasive form.
Based on the level of development and invasive tumors, it is divided into three groups to apply appropriate treatments: Group 1: under 2cm tumor, there were no axillary lymph nodes and no distant metastases; group 2: tumors larger than 2cm, with or without axillary lymph nodes, no distant metastases; Group 3: local spread of cancer to eat a lot or far the cancer has metastasized.
With the advancement of medicine for the treatment outcomes: five-year cure rate as follows: a group of about 80-90%, two groups of about 40-75%, three groups of about 15%. However, to better treatment outcomes, after treatment, patients should periodically visit 2-3 times per year to physicians understand the disease progresses, if any sequelae and complications will be timely position.
Women should breast self-examination to detect early disease in the following way:
- Standing in front of the mirror in the ceiling, arms give up sides, and then change the position: two hands to the back, buttocks, slightly tilted to the front. Observe both breasts see any changes in size (a larger party than usual, or shrunk back), skin of breast (orange, skin concave down). Press on your nipples to see if blood or fluid in the nipple is not decent.
- Lie back, millet pillow or folded towel under right shoulder, right hand to the back, use the left finger (hand spreading straight) breasts gently pressed into the side, starting from the top, then to the lower breast, the nipple end, to find lumps (tumors, tumor mass). When the left breast, then reversed its position.
- Visit the armpit area for testing.
Business should always be consulted when it is clean, less breast tension, use your hands to spread with the finger straight to the slopes in the mammary pressure, turn out across both breasts, if that is true, the local rice is clearly Department of u.

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