Breast cancer

Breast cancer – a sentence?

Until now widely believed that cancer is incurable. The main criterion of recovery after treatment is a five-year survival rate. In the U.S., this threshold is reached more than 50% of the patients. Return of disease after this period – a rare exception. If we keep in mind that cancer – a social disease, and the situation in our society is not the best, even this figure is encouraging.
Around the world in the fight against cancer mainly found lifestyle changes: about a third of patients suffering from cancer, the disease begins to suffer from malnutrition, another third are due to smoking every 10 th – multiple sexual relationships. It is not so bad yourself cancer, as our ignorance and laziness.

So what is the deadly transformation?
American biologists have discovered the genes responsible for the appearance of tumors and suppression of the uncontrolled cell division. In normal cells, these genes work together, controlling the growth and cell division. Any damage in these genes cause tumor growth. This may be radiation, chemicals, viruses, or any hereditary damage. More serious damage to the gene may cause degeneration of cells in a malignant tumor, there is a proliferation of capillaries within the tumors, because malignant cells do not form substances that prevent the widening of blood vessels. New blood vessels provide nutrition tumors. Also, the vessels are the conductor of malignant cells in other organs to form a metastasis, ie beginning of new tumors.

Drug therapy directed against malignant tumors, can kill many tumor cells, but if it remains at least one cell, it will give rise to new tumors that may already be too insensitive to the applied means.

What women need to know about breast cancer.
Breast cancer ranks first among other malignant disease in women. And every year the number of such patients increases.
Studies on the structure of the mammary gland explain why it is so susceptible to cancer.

Inside the glands are sacs that produce milk, these bags depart ductule, which is the milk to the nipple. These ducts are lined with cells that continually divide. These cells vary depending on the woman’s monthly cycle, from preparing her body for pregnancy, breastfeeding the child. It is in these ducts and developing cancer. Increased risk of cancer are those women who began menstruating early (before 12 years), who arrived late menopause (after 55 years), nulliparous women, those women who are not breastfed. In the mammary glands accumulated a large number of hormones that are produced by the ovaries, adrenal glands, thyroid and other endocrine glands. If there are pathologic changes in these glands, the breast tissues is prolonged hormonal stimulation, which leads to a malignant tumor.

It is important hereditary factor. If someone from the relatives of a woman, especially her mother, sister or grandmother on the mother suffered from this disease, it is likely that the disease develops, and hers. The share of heredity accounts for 5-10% of all cases of breast cancer.

A role in the development of breast cancer is receiving oral contraceptives (ie tablets). But in most cases it concerns young women, and nulliparous women who have long used the pill. In such women the risk increases by 20%. One of the factors in the development of cancer is the environment. Take, for example, food: some scientists suggest that breast cancer can be caused by deficiency diseases (in particular a lack of vitamin D). With the help of this vitamin is absorbed calcium, and he in turn prevents the uncontrolled growth of cells. Other scientists believe that dietary fats contribute to the development of breast cancer. Each excess calories of fat origin makes the risk by 70% more calories than other species. It is believed that very obese women the probability of breast cancer is 3 times higher than women of normal weight. Fatty tissue produces estrogen – a female hormone, which in large quantities can lead to breast cancer. Complete women are more susceptible to the disease after menopause.

Breast is the most sensitive of all parts of the body to radiation. Women subjected to radiation or toxic effects of chemicals, getting breast cancer more often.

Can we warn yourself from this disease?
Australian doctors believe that a huge role in the prevention of breast cancer are loving caress. Direct stimulation of the nipple also helps produce the female hormone that helps cells to withdraw carcinogenic compounds from the thoracic duct. This is recommended by 2, and preferably 3 times a week is not less than 3 minutes to stimulate ex nipples. Of course, it is better to do not one, but with a partner, but if a partner does not, then, alas, then herself.

As mentioned earlier, the breast-fed women the incidence of breast cancer is lower than the rest. This is explained by the fact that during feeding produces oxytocin, which causes the allocation of milk from the breast. Women who do not have children, can compensate for that with his sexual activity, because during orgasm oxytocin levels rise.

Cchitaetsya that oncologic diseases occur in people who have a predisposition to them, in moments of life, when reduced body defenses. Top aides in the prevention of diseases, including cancer – is the food. Doctors recommend eating more greens, fruits and vegetables. But this is not a panacea. American scientists had concluded that there is any specific product, preventing cancer, but only the individual components of food may reduce the risk of cancer. A role is played here by vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E, PP, especially in complex application. Can help vegetables that contain plenty of vitamin A, such as pumpkin, carrots, cabbage, green onions, spinach – they contribute to the development of protective enzymes. It is believed that vitamin A in carrots, can inhibit the changes that cause cancer. Individuals at risk should eat at least two carrots a week.

Women with mastitis mammology appoint AEVIT to prevention. Vitamins should be taken reasonably, and 2 courses a year, one course in the late fall, another spring, when most often occurs beriberi. Large doses of vitamins leads to dysfunction of regulation systems. Preference should be given to such trace elements as selenium, it strengthens the immune system and protects the body from a deficiency of vitamin E. This is very beneficial to women suffering from ovarian dysfunction, mastopathy. This trace mineral found in large quantities in beef, fruits, vegetables, and it is very much in the beet, in peas. Foods rich in calcium, have the ability to prevent the development of certain types of tumors. Therefore recommended to use more milk, dairy products, cheese, cheese, corn flakes. Also, a lot of calcium in the rye bread, egg yolk, cabbage, beets, onions poree, persimmon, dried cherries.

Are very important products, rich in plant fibers, such as whole-grain bread and cereals. They create an optimal “climate” in the gut and displays the body of harmful prolactin and estrogen.

The sooner the better.
Earlier detection of cancer continues to play an important role in the possibility to influence the course of the disease, so you should regularly, at least once a year at mammologist examined. Once a month should be self examination. Examine yourself to a week after the end of the month (in postklimakstericheskom age – every month in the same day).
The examination should pay attention to the following phenomena:

- Tumor of any size or seal;
- The formation of depressions, wrinkles or skin discoloration chest;
- Indrawing nipple;
- Allocation of liquid from the nipple, a rash or peeling;
- Enlarged lymph nodes under the armpits;
- Asymmetry of the breasts, the deviation from their usual form.

Methods of self.
Standing to raise his left hand behind his head. Slow, small circular motion, pressing down slightly, move the fingertips of his right hand around the chest from the base toward the nipple, not missing parts gland.

Attention is drawn to the area between the chest and armpit and directly armpit. Then raise your right hand and left view right breast.
Now, lying with a pillow under your left shoulder, put his left arm over your head or behind his head and right to do the same circular motion. Just to repeat on the right breast, placing a pillow under your right shoulder. Then gently squeeze the nipple to check – whether any discharge, just do the right breast.

Diagnosis.
To clarify the diagnosis using additional methods of investigation, such as mammography, thermography, ultrasound, diagnostic puncture, etc. Thermography (comparison of temperature on the symmetric parts of the body) gives the warm-up, as in cancer and in inflammation. Mammogram often prescribe after 40 years, depending on the structure of the tumor can see the knot. If the density is identical with normal tissue, the X-ray film unit will not be visible. Ultrasound reveals a well-cysts, ie cavity filled with liquid. Diagnostic puncture – it can also give a negative result, but it does not mean that the tumor is not just the tumor cells could not get into the needle.

The final diagnosis still poses a doctor based on clinical symptoms and additional methods of examination. If this is not enough to conduct a biopsy-removal of the tumor, for further histology, ie determine the benign or not.

Treatment.
Currently, the main ways of treating cancer are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Many decades used radical mastectomy – removal of the breast with adjoining muscles and lymph nodes. But now already apply operations, saving the breast. For economical intervention is only removed the tumor and lymph nodes followed by radiotherapy. With this method of survival is the same as for mastectomy. It helps women decide to remove a small tumor that is not so much mutilated breasts. However, if the tumor has multiple foci or larger than 3 cm, the risk of recurrence higher with conservative treatment (ie no surgery).