Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer is a disease where there is excessive growth or uncontrolled growth of cells (tissue) breast, This could happen to women and men. From all over the world, penyakir breast cancer (Breast Cancer / Carcinoma mammae) reported as one cause of cancer death number five (5) after; kaker lung, uterine cancer, liver cancer and colon cancer.

Causes of Breast Cancer

Calculated breast cancer the most common cancer attacking women, though men also have the possibility of having this disease with a ratio of 1 in 1000. It is not yet known exactly what causes this cancer occurs, but several factors likely are:

1. Age, disease increases breast cancer in the teenage years and upwards.

2. Genetic, There are 2 types of genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) that Sagat may be a risk. If the mother or female relatives of breast cancer, then you likely have an increased risk of breast cancer 2-fold compared to the other women in her family there was no single patient.

3. The use of drugs, for example a woman who uses hormone replacement therapy drugs {hormone replacement therapy (HRT)} as exogenous hormones can cause increased risk of getting breast cancer.

4. Other factors are suspected as the cause of breast cancer are: not married, married but no children, gave birth to her first child after age 35 years, never breastfed children.

Some studies reveal that breast cancer is increased in people who often face stress conditions (shaking the soul) and also for women who menstruate earlier under the age of 11 years.

Signs and Symptoms of Breast Cancer

For those of you who feel a strange lumps around the breast tissue or even one of your breasts look bigger, better consult a doctor quickly. These lumps are usually painless, ranging from small size which then becomes large and palpable as attached to the skin. Some cases of breast skin changes around the lump or change in the nipple.

When the lump started to grow, then cause pain (pain) when pressed. If you feel pain in the breast and nipple that does not go away, you should immediately consult a medical. The nipple into the contract, which was pink and finally become brown and even the presence of edema (swelling) around the nipple is one strong sign of breast cancer. Another thing is the frequent discharge from the nipple when not nursing your baby.

Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer can be known with certainty by taking samples of breast tissue that has pembenjolan (action biopsy). In this way will know the type of cell growth is experienced, whether the tumor is benign or malignant tumors (cancer).

Type Breast Cancer

Through the examination of the call with mammograms, the breast cancer type can be categorized into two parts, namely:

1. Non-invasive breast cancer, cancer that occurs in the bag (tube) milk {a liaison between the alveoli (milk-producing glands) and nipples}. In the language of medicine called 'ductal carcinoma in situ' (DCIS), which is where the cancer has not spread to the outside of the network of milk bag.

2. Invasive breast cancer, cancer that has spread beyond the milk bag and invade the surrounding tissue may even lead to the spread (metastasis) such other body gets lympa and other glands through blood circulation.

Handling and Treatment of Breast Cancer

Handling and treatment of breast cancer depends on the type and stage experienced by patients. The new man is generally known to suffer from breast cancer after stepping up stadiums are quite severe, this is due to a lack of knowledge or embarrassment so it's too late for medicine was examined for abnormalities that it faces.

1. Surgery, the breast cancer is known from an early age then surgery is the appropriate action. The doctor will remove the lump and a small area surrounding the muscle tissue and replace it with another (lumpectomy). Broadly speaking, there are three measures of breast cancer surgery or operations including;

- Radical Mastectomy, ie surgical removal of part of the breast (lumpectomy). This operation is always followed by the provision of radiotherapy. Lumpectomy is usually recommended in patients with large tumors less than 2 cm and located at the edge of the breast.

- Total Mastectomy, ie surgical removal of the entire breast, but not the glands in the armpit.

- Modified Radical Mastectomy, ie surgical removal of the entire breast, breast tissue in the sternum, collarbone and ribs, as well as lump around the armpit.

2. Radiotherapy (Radiation / radiation), ie the process of irradiation to the affected area of ​​cancer using X-rays and gamma rays are aimed at killing any remaining cancer cells in the breast after surgery. This action has the effect of unfavorable as the body becomes weak, poor appetite, color of skin around the breast to black, as well as hemoglobin and leukocytes tended to decline as a result of radiation.

3. Hormone Therapy, This is known as 'anti-estrogen therapy' that the system works to block the ability of the hormone estrogen in stimulating breast cancer development.

4. Chemotherapy, This is the process of anti-cancer drugs in pill form or capsules or liquid through an IV that aims to kill cancer cells. The system is expected to reach the target in the treatment of cancer that may have spread other body gets. The impact of kemoterapy are patients experience nausea and vomiting and hair loss due to the influence of drugs given during chemotherapy.

5. Herceptin treatment is biological therapy is known to be effective against HER2-positive in women who have breast cancer stage II, III and IV with cancernya cell spread.

Breast Cancer Prevention

For those of you who feel there are things that look different in the breast, get it checked out to the doctor do not be late. For example the next enlargement, the presence of lumps around the breast, continuous pain on the nipple and so on as in the description of signs and symptoms of breast above.

Other actions you can do is to avoid obesity, Eat less fat, Try to consume foods that contain lots of vitamins A and C, do not eat too much salted and smoked foods, exercise regularly, and Check-up breasts since the age of 30 years on a regular basis .