BREAST CANCER BASE

On the 17th, the newly formed Eng. Charitable Foundation officially announced that 87 version of the television series "Dream of Red Mansions" Lin Daiyu, the actor Eng. Invalid due to the treatment of breast cancer on the 13th of this month, died aged 42.

Breast Cancer What is the kind of disease? Is a "very deadly"?

One, the incidence of breast cancer
From a global perspective, the incidence of breast cancer in 2002 to 1.2 million in 2005, new cases of breast cancer more than 110 million, is expected in 2006 to the new breast cancer cases will reach 1.4 million. Europe and the United States the incidence of breast cancer is higher among women 78 will be a risk of breast cancer. China is not a high incidence of breast cancer, but the incidence is higher than the growth rate in countries with high 1 to 2 percentage points. Now in our country, some cities have accounted for female breast cancer incidence in the first one, but some cities accounted for the second place. Shanghai and Wuhan, women accounted for the first one tumor, Beijing, Tianjin, Harbin accounted for the second place.

What is more worrying is that compared with Western countries, China breast cancer patients are younger and the peak incidence in the age 40 to 49 years old, than Western women, as early as 10-15 years. Attendance at the relatively late stage patients, preoperative III, IV patient ratio is about 30%, while the proportion for the United States during the same 15%. Although the anti-cancer people of enhanced awareness, early detection of an improvement, but still not enough.

2, an early manifestation of breast cancer
Early breast cancer have no obvious symptoms, occasionally found breast nodules, mostly painless, minorities have pain, so patients often lose their vigilance, that of early inflammation or changes in the breast of delay in treatment, we must learn a lesson from this. Breast cancer is the most common tumor in the other breast and above the central part (about 70%), sometimes can be found there unilateral bloody nipple discharge, except in this case should immediately seek medical treatment. Sometimes breast lumps less clear, but axillary found a tumor should also seek medical treatment because of axillary lymph node metastasis of breast cancer in the earliest parts.

3, the high-risk groups for breast cancer
If your mother and sister have more than one person suffered from breast cancer, then you risk of breast cancer more likely;
In addition, the age of first pregnancy than women aged over 30 and has never given birth to the women;
Excessive consumption of animal fats, excess body weight in postmenopausal women;
Breast with certain chronic diseases (such as atypical ductal hyperplasia, papillomatosis, etc.);
The age of menarche before age 12 or stop by the 55-year-old before the women are more prone to breast cancer.
Long-term use of estrogen to control the symptoms of menopause women, breast cancer many years for the risk will increase.
The side of breast cancer patients, the contralateral breast cancer health opportunities were higher than 5-7 times.

4, the early detection of breast cancer
Recommendations women over the age of 40 should be under the guidance of doctors in the Institute of breast self-checking regularly to the hospital for a medical examination done once a year mammography. The second is the B-examination. B-breast X-ray examination of the most important supplement can be used to assess young women, or pregnancy and breastfeeding women breast lesions. There are other more special inspections, such as breast MRI, PET-CT.

Beijing Union Medical College Hospital, Professor Sun Qiang : the self-censorship is mainly two methods : one is to look at, one is confused. "Look" is in the bath after facing the mirror to see whether the shape of the breast changes, symmetrical? Are there mass? Nipple whether depression, etc.. "Touch" means lying in bed or standing with the left hand touch right breast with his right hand touch the left breast, check whether there are any lumps, nipple whether changes in the water. Generally speaking, the self-censorship of time should be chosen after menstruation seven to ten days, if for postmenopausal women, should be doing a regular monthly self-examination.

A medical examination to the hospital we propose no symptoms of the breast in women before age 39 should be checked every three years. 40-50 years of age, should be done once a year inspection. Over the age of 50 should be an annual medical examination, but should be done in each X-ray examination.

PLA 307 Hospital Professor JIANG Ze-fei : So far the breast X-ray examination is internationally recognized as an early screening tool. It can accurately detect early disease, and relatively economically feasible. However, the relatively young compared to the dense breasts of women, ultrasound is a viable means. When conditions are ripe, they can do an MRI. Infrared inspection because of its shortcomings in Europe and the United States is rarely used, the perception is that the infrared inspection of the relative sensitivity and specificity than some less.

5, the treatment of breast cancer
Breast cancer is a high cure rate, a relatively good prognosis tumor. The main treatment for breast cancer is to follow a standardized treatment programs, in a standardized basis for personalized treatment. Patients were diagnosed with breast cancer, doctors will formulate a detailed treatment program.

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences hospital River Professor Xu Bing : The major breast cancer treatment with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and biological therapy, surgical resection of primary tumor and radiotherapy can enhance the effectiveness of local treatment in early breast cancer chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and biological treatment. eradication can spread to the whole body of occult metastatic lesions increase the cure rate.

While the main treatment of advanced breast cancer is chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and biological therapy, no treatment other than a means of better treatment, or some kind of treatment a priority practice, that should be used for breast cancer treatment, is the only reasonable use of the existing the treatment, in order to achieve the best effect.

PLA 307 Hospital Professor JIANG Ze-fei : For other tumor, the treatment of relapse after five years is not a very good thing for breast cancer, the five-year recurrence is not as obviously not cured, it should be said that if a good grasp to be able to achieve long-term survival can be achieved even cured. Early detection of some people, after reasonable treatment, the relapse rate can be 10 years in control of 10% or 20%, so it should be said that early detection and treatment can indeed create more opportunities for cure.