Today the problem of breast cancer is extremely acute. It is this disease over the past several decades, holds the palm of women's cancers. According to statistics, one in eight women in the world at risk to get this pathology. So you have several urgent issues that I would like to ask a qualified technician:
1. What today ladies are turning to mammologist most often?
It turns out, the most common are the complaints of pain in the breast, detection seals or discharge from the nipple. However, many frightened unverified information, come "just to be surveyed." And it is right.
2. Breast disease which is currently considered the most common?
Doctors believe that it seals in the chest (or diffuse disease of the breast), nodular growths (or fibroadenoma), mastalgia, focal and malignant tumors in the breast.
3. What symptoms should alert a woman?
Experts say: any chest discomfort - a good reason to refer to mammologist. Even if the patient can not precisely formulate the complaint.
4. What is a fibroadenoma of the breast and can it be reborn into a malignant tumor?
Fibroadenoma - a benign tumor, of those that are transformed into cancer is extremely rare (only 1% of total cases). But fibroadenomas are different, for example, leaf-mold it the risk of degeneration is 10%, but this is serious.
5. As at different ages monitor the health of the breast?
If there are no signs and symptoms, and 20 years of breast ultrasound should be done every 3 years, with 20 to 30 years - once in 2 years, and after 30 years - longer every year. But if the female line were cases of breast / ovarian cancer, should be screened more often.
6. How informative and authentic test for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations?
He was informative, but all it is not necessary to pass. There are indications: 3 or more cases of breast cancer in relatives of cancer in young women (up to 40 years) or ovarian cancer, took place someone in the family.
7. Are there any foods that trigger the growth of cancer cells in the breast?
Provoke - not, but increase the risk of - yes. This alcoholic beverages and foods with a high content of animal fat. However, we can not say that this or that 100% will lead to cancer. It is also important and lifestyle, smoking, and other factors.
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