October is the World Breast Cancer Month. What is the state of affairs with this disease in Nizhny Novgorod and how to effectively resist it?
Self-examination is self-deception. The best diagnostics is hardware
The fact that it was the autumn month that was chosen to draw attention to the problem is very symbolic. After all, the main risk factor for the occurrence of this ailment is age. 50 – 70 years – “overshadowing time” in a woman’s life.
But this does not mean that younger ladies can not be puzzled by this topic. In terms of morbidity in women, breast cancer consistently ranks first. Moreover, they reveal it at an earlier age, and the main thing here is not to waste time.
As noted by Nizhny Novgorod oncologists, a good trend has been observed in recent years – the detection of 50% of breast cancer at stages 1–2. Why is it good? Yes, because an illness caught at this stage responds well to treatment.
“Unfortunately, about 30% of women turn to specialists with advanced forms,” complains the chief physician of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Oncology Center. Vitaly Terekhov… – This figure scares us. Indeed, in addition to the fact that treatment in the later stages is very costly, the prognosis for women themselves is not very favorable, despite all the opportunities we have. “
The pink ribbon is the international symbol for the fight against breast cancer
Oncology of the mammary glands is insidious in that this ailment is asymptomatic and painless. And the saddest thing is that there is no prophylaxis against it!
How to be? Annually to be examined by specialists: for women before 35–40 years old to do an ultrasound of the mammary glands, after 40 years – mammography.
And do not be afraid of idle talk that mammography is a harsh radiation that harms the body. “Professor Burdina, with whom I studied, said that the harm from one mammography is equal to one smoked cigarette or being in a city traffic jam for 15 minutes,” Tatyana Olegovna Dyachkova, a radiologist of the highest category of the Tonus Premium clinic, refutes the speculations. “There are no known cancers caused by mammological irradiation yet.”
If no one in the family has ever had oncology, this is not a reason to ignore the examination, since the hereditary risk factor is only 10%. And 90% of breast cancer occurs for unknown reasons.
A big mistake is made by women who, faced with this problem, begin to be treated with lotions, tinctures, cabbage leaves, go to healers, etc. They miss the time and chances for a cure! Later, they still go to the doctors, but with an advanced form of the disease. The first doctor a woman should turn to is a gynecologist who will make the necessary appointments and examinations. “At the last mammological forum it was said that self-examination of a woman by palpation is equal to self-deception, that is, useless, says Tatiana Dyachkova. – A qualitative examination can only be instrumental: only X-ray mammography or ultrasound can look inside. The main thing that can help a woman is early diagnosis. “
By the way
The critical mark is the age of 40 years. After forty, the chance of getting breast cancer increases dramatically. Up to 40 years, there are also cases of this disease, but much less often.
The numbers:
- about 12 thousands new malignant neoplasms are detected in the region annually;
- 85 cases per 100 population the area is the incidence of breast cancer;
- 11% dies within a year after diagnosis. As a rule, this is cancer in an advanced stage.