Breast cancer indications

Your risk of breast cancer increases with your age

The most important risk factors for breast cancer are having female sex and advanced age. The risk of breast cancer increases with age. Breast cancer is seen in 2,212 females in their 30s, compared to 233 in 40s, 69 in 50s, and 38 in 60s.

Consider this statement on the meme

• Absorbed mass, swelling
• The nipple sinks in, the discharge
• Breast skin irritation, orange peel appearance, redness
• Change in the shape of the mammal, presence of asymmetry
• Skin crusting, peeling

Be careful if your period is long

5-10% of breast cancers are caused by inherited genes from mother and father. These changes, called mutations, are most commonly found in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes associated with breast cancer. Apart from the defective genes, family history is an important factor that can lead to the development of overweight or obesity breast cancer by giving birth in advanced age, using long-term birth control pills, taking postmenopausal hormone treatment. Among the causes of increase in income, there is also an increase in the period seen in menstruation. Therefore pregnancy or breastfeeding are considered risk reduction factors.

Manual inspection and regular scans are very important

Scanning mammography is a risk factor for breast cancer and is recommended every year after 40 years of age in women who have no complaints. Breast cancer in mammography can be detected much less before it becomes palpable. In routine screening mammography, the mortality from breast cancer is reduced by 33%.

40-year-old mammograms begin

Studies have also Although mainly of breast cancer to occur between ages 50-60, under 50 years of age the incidence in young population in Turkey are increasingly noting. Therefore USA and European At the starting mammography screening begin by age 50 is 40 years of age in Turkey.

Only tumors are removed at appropriate times

If the tumor is not more than 20 percent of the breast size, the entire patient's meme is not removed if there is no amorphousness in place. This is because the investigations show that there is no difference in terms of treatment outcomes between the removal of the entire breast and the removal of the breast. With breast conserving surgery, only the cancer mass is removed so that the patient is comfortable psychologically. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can be applied after chemotherapy or breast surgery before surgery according to the condition of the patient and the condition of the tumor.