This is the most common type of cancer among women. You can detect the disease with mammography.
Any change or formation in the chest can be a sign of cancer. Today, women are aware of the greater risk of the disease and are more likely to undergo mammograms, whereas a few decades ago they had breast cancer at a stage when it is already difficult to cure. Today, mammography can detect cancer in the early stages and thereby reduce mortality.
In addition to mammography, can you still determine breast cancer ?
Today, a popular way of testing the breast for cancer is a manual method at home. It should be done monthly, seven days after the end of the menstruation .This method will help to determine the precancerous diseases - cysts, mastopathy and in time to see a doctor.
The procedure is best performed after the morning awakening of :
- stand in front of the mirror and examine the chest well, first in the position with the hands down, and then with the raised hands up. It is necessary to pay attention to the shape and size of the mammary glands - there was no swelling, redness, wrinkling, erosion, ulceration, skin entrainment. The nipples should not have any cracks or crusts;
- in standing position is difficult to identify the cancer. Therefore, it is better to lie on your back, putting a roller or pillow under your right shoulder blade. Place your right hand along the trunk, and start with the closed fingers of your left hand to feel your chest slowly. You need to start from the top and outer parts, moving further clockwise. Be sure to feel the axillary region, there may be densities as a result of enlarged lymph nodes. Then you need to change the roller and put it under the left shoulder blade, then repeat the procedure with a left breast examination. Examine the nipples, whether there are any vydeleny. It is very important to not make a mistake when examining, grabbing the skin in the folds, so you can detect a tumor in the normal state of the breast. Do not forget, the breast has a lobed structure, so be careful;
- every day, taking off the bra, check to see if there are any spots left from any excretions. If you find a discharge, do not self-medicate, but immediately consult a mammologist. The doctor will competently consult you and establish an accurate diagnosis, perhaps it is not cancer at all. But in any case you will receive a qualitative and modern treatment.
These procedures should be performed every month, and once a year it is recommended to visit a gynecologist and undergo a medical examination.
