Millenium Health Tips

I encourage you to get tested and monitored regularly by your doctor or gynecologist. Here are the most common questions that I was put on prevention and screening:

Breast cancer: 4 signs that should alert you ? What are the 4 clinical signs that can alert me?

A recent anomaly on the breast should encourage a woman to consult her doctor: a small ball abnormal flow often bloody nipple retraction or skin red and hot. In these cases, the doctor will, if necessary, additional examinations.

? I am a hormone replacement treatment (HRT). Am I at risk of developing breast cancer?

If an increased risk of breast cancer in women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been confirmed, it proved less statistically significant that some authors had originally announced. These cancers were probably not generated by the HRT has an effect, however, revealing. Without hormone replacement therapy, breast cancer pre-existing and undiagnosed would be published later. Regular monitoring of patients allows for support earlier, associated with features of less aggressive tumor, it often leads to better cancer prognosis.

? What if my family members have developed breast cancer?

In this case, it may be a cancer gene which represents about 5% of cancers. The two major genes that have been implicated in these cancers are called familial BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. A woman carries a mutation in one of these genes has a risk of developing cancer during his life, 6 to 8 times higher than the general population. The risk of genetic mutation should be sought when three members of the same lineage (paternal or maternal) developed breast cancer: mother, grandmother and aunt, for example. In this case, the woman will be followed very regularly by his doctor who will direct, with his consent, to a genetic oncology consultation to assess their genetic risk of developing a tumor.

Breast cancer: 4 signs that should alert you ? Why early detection allows it to improve the management of breast cancer?
Early detection has a 30% reduction in mortality from breast cancer: it detects small cancerous lesions that are supported early, with lighter treatments.

Currently, women 50 to 74 years are eligible every two years of free mammography screening through their health insurance. This organized screening offers the advantage of having two readings, two interpretations of photographs of mammography. Women may also be prescribed a mammogram by their doctor (general practitioner or gynecologist): the individual screening. Women who have more dense breasts have a higher risk of developing cancer, so I advise them to be prescribed a mammogram every 12 to 18 months (instead of every two years). It is recommended that they also undergo a reference from 40 years or 45 years, consisting of a clinical examination, mammography and ultrasound. Before 50 years, breast cancers are more invasive and often poorer prognosis.

And remember that a psychological support in dealing with your fears and anxieties, you will make you stronger in avoiding denial.

Possibly Related Articles:

• Ovarian cancer: hormone replacement therapy increases risk
  According to a study published in the weekly Journal of the American Medical Association, women who use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increase vulnerability for exposure to breast cancer but a...
• Three simple health habits will protect against breast cancer
  The prevention of breast cancer is in your hands. No matter if you have a history of this cancer in your family. If you follow three simple tips, you can prevent breast cancer from developing in your ...
• Breast Cancer | Lifestyle factors to reduce the recurrence
  As a breast cancer survivor, you can take steps to help reduce the risk of recurrence. These measures are to maintain a healthy weight, exercising regularly and restrict the amount of alcohol you cons...
• Breast Cancer | Prevention
  Also, remember that there are many habits you can adopt to prevent the occurrence of breast cancer, especially if you know your mother, your grandmother or some woman in your family have had. The t...
• Breast cancer and how it affects Hispanic women
  Is there any relationship between the rate of breast cancer mortality and ethnicity of the patient? Here we have a study that was presented at a conference, in which Hispanic women may be more likely ...
• How to Recognize and Brain Tumor Symptoms
  A tumor is an alteration in any type of tissue, which results in increased volume in a particular body part. The brain tumor, meanwhile, is an abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells derived from br...