Breast cancer is a disease where there is excessive growth or uncontrolled growth of cells (tissue) breast, This could happen to women and men. From all over the world, breast cancer (Breast Cancer / Carcinoma mammae) reported as one cause of cancer death number five (5) after : lung cancer, uterine cancer, liver cancer and colon cancer.Breast Cancer Causes
Breast Cancer was regarded the most common cancer attacking women, though men also have the possibility of having this disease with a comparison between the 1000. Up to now still unknown what causes this cancer occurs, but several factors likely are :
Age, disease increases breast cancer at the age of teenagers and upwards.
Genetically, there two types of genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) that sagat might as risk. If the mother or female relatives of breast cancer, then you likely have an increased risk of breast cancer two-fold compared to the other women in her family there was no single patient.
Use of drugs, for example a woman who uses hormone replacement therapy drugs (hormone replacement therapy (HRT)), such as exogenous hormones can cause increased risk of getting breast cancer.
Other factors suspected to cause breast cancer are : not married, married but no children, first child after age 35 years, never breastfeed.
Some studies reveal that breast cancer increased in people who often face stressful conditions (shaking the soul) and also for women who previously suffered under the age of 11 years of menstruation.
Signs and Symptoms of Breast Cancer
For those of you who feel any strange lumps around the breast tissue or even one of the breasts look bigger, better consult a doctor quickly. These bumps are generally painless, ranging from small size that became large and palpable as embedded in the skin. Some cases of breast skin changes around the lump or change in the nipple.
When the lump started to grow, then cause pain (pain) when pressed. If you feel pain in the breast and nipple that does not go away, you should immediately consult a medical. Nipple into the contract, which was pink and finally become brown and even the existence of edema (swelling) around the nipple is one strong sign of breast cancer. Another thing is often out of fluid from the nipple when not nursing your baby.
Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer can be known with certainty by way of breast tissue samples that experienced pembenjolan (action biopsy). In this way they will know which type of cell growth is experienced, whether the tumor is benign or malignant tumor (cancer).
Type Breast Cancer
Through the examination of the call with mammograms, so this type of breast cancer can be categorized into two parts, namely :
Non-invasive breast cancer, cancer that occurs in the bag (tube) milk (a liaison between the alveoli (milk producing glands) and nipples). In medical language is called 'ductal carcinoma in situ "(DCIS), to which cancer has not spread to the outside of the network of the milk bag.
Invasive breast cancer, cancer that has spread beyond the milk bags and even attack the surrounding tissues may cause the spread (metastases) goto Other bodies such as the lymph lympa and others through blood circulation.
