Brest cancer

For the most common cancer in women wrote and spoke many more. However, most women still do not know enough about it and especially what they can do to reduce the risk of it. In most cases, everything is made in this direction is routine review during the annual visit to the GP. However, this is not all!
Take matters into your own hands
Do not rely on chance and others. At least once a month is check yourself and if you find any changes, contact your doctor immediately. Let him consider, and if necessary refer you to a specialist. Stand before a mirror at home, so to see all. Raise hands to the side of the shoulder height. Check for possible presence of any skin redness, wrinkles, inflammation, swelling, hardening. While in the shower, use prastitesi to check (with a circular motion) his chest, starting from the outside and finish on top. Feel and the space between the chest and armpits. If you think there’s anything suspicious, remember the place and during the next cycle so check back.
Check your genetic predisposition
It is estimated that about 10% of cancer cases attributable to hereditary factors (changes in BRCA1 and BRCA2). For your personal physician is also important to know whether his family have prior cases of this disease. If available, unfortunately you belong to a group at increased risk. Remember to check and kind paternal line – any cases in it are just as meaningful as the mother.
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Breast Cancer

Problems associated with breast cancer today are paying increasing attention. Unfortunately, despite numerous activities and campaigns organized even on state level, this is still one reason people do not tar all or part of misconceptions. You do not concern you – your family have never had breast cancer. Long been believed that heredity is a major cause for the development of cancer. Today has shown that only 10% of cases of breast cancer are genetically determined. In most families of women with breast cancer diagnosed this previously never encountered. So, healthy genes can not guarantee a healthy life. This is a disease of aging women to you earlier about your concerns. The 85% of women infected by breast cancer are over 40 years. But in recent years and this cancer is “rejuvenated” by significantly more prevalent in women cases even 30 years. Shape his legacy is developing particularly quickly and before the climax.
Your chances are ill be 1 to 8.
According to statistics, every eighth woman in the world suffering from breast cancer. To do this, however, risk eighth for you must live to 85 years. Until then many may die in a totally other reasons.
Harmful to make mammography.
Exposure in this study was not large and is absolutely safe for women over 40 years. Younger women may be limited by other methods – such as diagnosis fingers. As a rule of breast tissue in younger women is too dense for mammography and sufficiently sensitive to that even minor exposure. With age, tissues reduced the sensitivity of mammography and is safe.
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