Breast cancer occurs when there is uncontrolled growth of breast cells, growth that could be stimulated by hormones or generated by genetic factors. However, the approach to this type of cancer has changed in recent years.
The patient’s prognosis and quality of life have changed, “now we have better drugs, targeted drugs and molecular therapy. Different types of breast cancer have personalized treatment,” explains Omar Castillo Fernández, medical oncologist, head of the medical oncology service at the National Oncology Institute.
The specialist points out that the most important thing is for a woman to know her body and detect a mass let him go to the doctor.
“The most reliable study for detecting breast cancer is mammographyis recommended as an annual study from age 50, in patients who do not palpate any lesions,” he says. If you palpate a injury they should have studied before this age diagnosis.
“For young women who feel (the mass) it is most likely not something evil onebut benign“, shares the oncologist.
Risk factors
Sex is one of them, from which women have a higher risk of getting sick breast cancerCastillo says.
Less than 1% of this cancer occurs in men, that is, because “being a woman will increase risk this type of cancer.”
Another risk is not breastfeeding, because the woman who gives breast-feeding mother’s has a protective effect.
The pregnancy They also reduce the risk of breast cancer.
The hormone replacement therapy also enters this list, because if a woman after menopause keep taking hormonesincrease the risk.
The obesityhe sedentary lifestyle and alcohol consumptionare risk factors.
Healing and more
Research and development have challenged understanding and addressing this type of cancerpoints out Dr. Andrés Rojas, AstraZeneca’s Medical Director for Central America and the Caribbean.
“Thanks to these scientific achievements, it was possible to make available to people diagnosed with breast cancer, personalized and targeted treatmentsdepending on the subspecies they have, so that disease in a more efficient way”, he adds during the launch of the “Double Check” campaign.
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The AstraZeneca campaign “Double check, you take care of yourself, we take care of you” focuses on two main aspects: breast self-examination, because women should be able to know their bodies and know their breasts and what is changing, and thus they will be able to have adequate diagnosis and treatment, says Rojas.
And it’s a “Double Check”, because if women don’t find any change when they turn 50, they should also have their mammography exclude any anomaly.
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