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What is breast cancer?

Cells experiencing cycles of growth and decline on a regular basis, the process is controlled by genes in the cell nucleus. When the gene was down, then the cell growth is no longer controlled so that disrupt the function of the body. Cells grow uncontrollably is called cancer. In the event of the breast, so-called breast cancer. In its development, cancer cells can spread to the breast skin, limpha, liver, brain, lung and other organs through blood circulation.

Breast cancer is a type of cancer that most women suffered by Indonesia after cervical cancer.

Breast Cancer Risk Factors

Several factors that increase the risk of breast cancer:
Close relatives (mothers and sisters) who have been hit there. Approximately 20% of breast cancer has a brother who was also diagnosed with cancer.
Menstruation too early (12 tahun) below <di or late menopause (> 50 years)
Age above 50 years. Breast cancer is attacking all women regardless of age, but increasing age of women, the greater the risk. Women over 50 years have an increased risk of breast cancer up to 5-7%.
Never have children or having first child over 30 years.
Smoking and consuming alcohol.

There are currently no strong scientific evidence that mobile phone radiation and the consumption of soft drinks may increase the risk of breast cancer.

Symptoms of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer at an early stage usually does not cause symptoms. However, at a more advanced stage one or more of the following symptoms may be felt:
Lump or thickening in or around the breast and armpit.
Change the size and shape of breasts.
Discharge from the nipple.
Change the color or shape of the skin around the breast, areola, and nipple.

Remember that these symptoms above are not always caused by breast cancer. Infection and breast cysts can also cause similar symptoms. If you experience these signs, immediately consult a doctor.

Diagnosis

Detection of breast cancer can be done by:
Tactile. Or your own doctor can do to determine the existence of palpability, size and texture of breast cancer. Not all breast cancers can be detected by touch.
Mammography. Mammography (breast X-ray photographs) is etode a very effective way to detect breast cancer early, when still curable. Mammography can detect cancer even before the stage 0 (carcinoma in situ), in which the tumor has been formed but has not spread. However, approximately 10% of breast cancers are detected through the touch is not detected by mammography. If you are negative mammography result, but you or your doctor feel the cancer, mammography should be done again.
Ultrasound. If after mammography was found to have suspicious lesions, the doctor may recommend ultrasound. By utilizing high frequency sound waves, ultrasound can distinguish between types of cancer lesions are solid and the liquid.

Development of Breast Cancer
Stage 0: Cancer cells do not interfere with other body tissues (non-invasive).
Stage I: Cancer cells are urgent and disturbing the normal tissue around it. Tumor size has a size of up to 2 centimeters but has not been affected limpha gland.
Stage II: Cancer sized between 2 and 5 centimeters or has spread to the lymph limpha under armpits. Limpha the affected glands had urged each other or interfere with surrounding tissue.
Stage IIIA: Cancer larger than 5 centimeters or have strongly influenced limpha gland. Glands limpha or pressing against each other surrounding tissue.
Stage IIIB: Cancer has spread to the skin, chest wall and lymph limpha mamari below the ribs. At this stage the cancer can be very fierce, causing inflammation in some or all of the chest.
Stage IV: cancer has spread beyond the chest, armpits and glands limpha up to the neck, lung, liver, spine and brain.

Breast Cancer Therapy

Handling or treatment of breast cancer depends on patient age, stage of cancer, type of cancer and its spread rate. Here are the types of therapy that may be performed:
Surgery, including mastectomy (taking the whole breast) or lumpektomi (taking tissue from breast cancer and heal the rest with radiation radiation)
Radiation cancer cells to reduce the size of the cancer and eliminate complaints.
Chemotherapy, anti-cancer drug treatment and hormone therapy to reduce the risk of cancer returning.