Every 22 seconds, 1 woman is diagnosed with breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. If every year in Vietnam there are 164,671 new cases of cancer, of which breast cancer is 15,229 cases (accounting for 9.2%). And now, the age of breast cancer is rejuvenating over time. Melanoma aggregates cancer cells that can proliferate very quickly in surrounding tissues, or can spread (metastasize) other parts of the body. Let’s find out about this type of cancer is this sister’s quintessence!

What is breast cancer?

Breast cancer is a malignant form of breast lump. A tumor may be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer). Most breast cancer cases start in milk ducts, a small portion develops in the milk sac or lobules.

Breast cancer, if detected and treated late, may have spread to the bones and other organs, the pain will multiply. Breast cancer mostly occurs in women. However, in a few cases, men can completely get this disease.

Breast cancer classification

Currently, there are 2 types of large breast cancer: invasive and uninvasive.

Uninvasive breast cancer: Cancer cells remain in a specific place of the breast, without dispersing into surrounding tissues, lobes or ducts.
– Invasive breast cancer: Cancer cells cross the barrier of normal breast tissue and spread to other parts of the body through blood vessels and lymph nodes.
– Breast cancer is also categorized based on where the tumor began to form, how the disease develops and other factors. Some other types of breast cancer include Paget’s nipple disease, breast sarcoma, myeloma, renal tubular carcinoma, mucosal cancer, metaplastic UT, adenocystic UT.

Signs and symptoms of breast cancer

Pain and tightness in the chest

The chest area feels dull. Specifically, there is a sharp pain from the left to right chest, due to the swelling that makes the breast tissue push and makes you feel a sharp pain. Track the time and location of pain and contact the doctor for an accurate consultation.

Itchy chest area

When cancerous cells grow quickly, they will interfere with blood circulation and stimulate the skin, making the skin red and rough, causing itchy pain in the chest area.

Breast shape and size change

Women should examine their breasts themselves. Breasts that are large, flowing and have an unusual shape are a “warning” for breast cancer, especially for women with dense breast tissue.

Manifestations of breast cancer

The nipple is indented and secreted, and the skin around the nipple is lumpy and scaly

You should be careful with this dangerous disease and pay attention to the above expression. In some other cases, if the nipple has bloody fluid, the earlier you should go to the clinic.

Swollen or swollen glands on the chest

Swollen lymph nodes are a sign of common illnesses like the flu and infection but not except that it is breast cancer. So, if you have a lump or painful sore under the skin that lasts for several days and you don’t know the cause, go to the clinic right away for quick identification.

Back, shoulder and neck pain

Many people easily confuse this symptom with other medical conditions. However, experts explain, breast tumors grow on the ribs and spine so can cause back pain.

The causes of breast cancer

– It often acquired in people who give birth late, are unable to reproduce or not breastfeed.
– Genetic inheritance: if a family member has a mother or grandmother, or siblings with this disease, other family members should also go to the hospital for a checkup. Because the disease can be inherited in family members.
– Having premature menstruation or late menopause can also cause the disease.
– Living in a toxic environment, pollution also creates conditions for breast cancer.
– People with a history of breast diseases such as cystic fibrosis …
– Obesity, lack of exercise, eat foods poor in vitamins, smoke, drink alcohol.

Subjects suffering from breast cancer

– If someone in the family has had cancer, other female members of the same bloodline are also at risk.
– People over 50 years old are often at higher risk than younger groups.
– Early menopause, late menopause, late childbirth, breastfeeding or nursing babies under 6 months. In addition, contraceptive abuse is also among the group of people at risk.
– Person who used radiation treatment in chest area.
– People who have had or currently have ovarian cancer or endometrial cancer.
– Smokers, abusers of alcohol, beer, obese people …
– A person who has had breast cancer on one side.
– Diet is high in fat, sedentary.

Stages of breast cancer

Stage 0 

At this early stage, breast cancer cells are discovered by the doctor in the milk ducts. We call this non-invasive breast cancer. Or another way is called local mammary carcinoma. If the disease is found during this stage, the patient will be treated for breast cancer to prevent the spread of the disease. Often the patient just needs to remove the tumor and use additional radiation treatment. This is the easiest phase to treat, so be mindful of your body’s manifestations for timely medical examinations and conclusions and treatment from your doctor.

Stage 1 

At stage 1A, the tumor is still small from 2cm in size and the lymph nodes have not been affected. When the disease has progressed to stage 1B there will be not only breast lumps but also tumors in the axillary lymph nodes. These are still two stages of early disease detection. Your doctor will use a surgical procedure that incorporates a number of therapies to treat the disease. Do not worry if you are concluded in stage 1 of the disease.

Stage 2

In stage 2, the tumors are 2 – 5cm in size and may not have spread to lymph nodes or to axillary nodes. This phase is divided into 2 phases: 2A and 2B.
– Stage 2A: There is no primary tumor and less than 4 lymph nodes. The tumor size is less than 2cm and less than 4 lymph nodes. The tumor is 2-4 cm and has not spread to lymph nodes and lymph nodes under the arm.
– Stage 2B: At stage, the tumor is from 2 to 4cm in size and finds cancer cell clusters in lymph nodes, from 1-3 lymph nodes in the armpit or near the breastbone. Or, the tumor size is greater than 5cm and has not invaded the lymph nodes.
Patients who detect disease in stage 2 will be combined with surgical treatments, radiation, chemotherapy and hormones.
When you detect stage 3 disease, the tumors in the body have spread 4 to 9 lymph nodes in the armpits or lymph nodes inside the breast.

Stage 3 breast cancer

In stage 3, the therapy for patients is similar to phase 2. However, it will take time and great effort from the patient and the whole medical team. If the doctor discovers a large primary tumor, chemotherapy may be needed to shrink the tumor before proceeding with surgery. This has been a dangerous period of warning for this wicked disease.

End stage 

This stage is considered the final stage of cancer. Cancer cells have spread and metastasized to many organs in the patient’s body. Breast cancer often spreads to the bones, brain, lungs and liver. At this stage, your doctor will prescribe you full body treatment. This is a common method for patients being treated for advanced breast cancer.

How to prevent breast cancer

– Maintain a healthy body weight (BMI <25)
– Breastfeeding should be used.
– Avoid or limit drinking and smoking
– Eat as much fruit and vegetables as possible.
– Add soy products at meals
– Exercise regularly, control your body fat properly.
– Control the body’s blood sugar

– Carefully explore carefully when replacing estrogen supplements
– Should release the chest at home and at bedtime to reduce inhibition and pressure on the chest.
– Do not interfere with unnecessary breast tissue organization such as cosmetic surgery for breast augmentation.
– Maintain a positive life of optimism: Always keep a relaxed spirit, build good and healthy relationships, get enough sleep.
– Prevention of breast cancer by self-examining breast daily before bathing, women over 40 years old must necessarily screen for early detection of breast cancer every 6 months.

Conclusion
Hope to provide you with useful information about the dangerous disease especially for women. Remember, do the examination promptly and do not overlook the abnormal signs of the body. The disease will have a lower percentage of cure at an increasing stage of the disease.
“A woman must live for herself, whether life is rich or not, it is not for love, to let loose, to collapse, to lose oneself. A person who does not know how to love herself is have no right to love others. “