breast cancer

Often comes suddenly. Examination early age, especially in the age below 30 years, it is recommended to prevent the occurrence of cancer malignancy that was already residing payuadra unnoticed.

Breast cancer usually begins in cells in the lobules, the milk-producing glands, or the ducts of the mammary gland duct, the tube that connects the lobules to the "nipple". Rarely, breast cancer start in the stromal tissues, including the connective tissue of the breast.

Over time, cancer cells can spread to healthy breast tissue makes its way into the lymph nodes in the armpit, a small organ that filters objects small organs that filter out foreign substances foreign object in the body. If the cancer cells have spread to the lymph nodes, then this becomes the way to other parts of the body.

Breast cancer is always caused by:
Abnormalities in the gene (a "mistake" in the genetic material). Only 5-10% of kenker inherited from the mother or father. Kirakira kenker 90% of the breast is the breast because they adala for genetic abnormalities that happen as a result of the aging process and others.

A person affected by this disease should be willing to do barbagai kinds of tests, undergo a series of examinations and treatments are super intense.

All this is done in order wildly perkembanagn cancer cells spreading rate can be determined. This is what is called the "stage". The first stage sampa with stage 4 that at this stage, usually the breast had to be removed.


Stage 1
At this stage, the cancerous lump no more than 2 cm and can not be detected from outside. Very systematic treatment will be given at this stage of cancer, the goal is that cancer cells can not spread and does not continue on selanjurnya stage. At this stage, the chances of full recovery of patients was 70%.

Stasium 2
At this stage, the possibility of recovery of patients is 30-40% depending on the extent of spread of cancer cells. Usually the cancer lump size was more than 2 cm even up to 5 cm and diffusion rate was suda to the armpit area. Or it could be the size of the cancer has reached 5 centimeters but has not spread everywhere. Usually performed surgery to remove cancer cells that exist in all parts of the distribution and radiation after surgery performed to ensure there are no more cancer cells left behind.

Stage 3A
According to data from the Ministry of Health, 87% of breast cancers are found at this stage. Cancerous lump is larger than 5 centimeters and has spread to the lymph glands.

Stage 3B
Cancer has spread to all parts of the breast, even reaching the skin, chest wall, ribs and chest muscles. In addition, spillover has invaded the lymph glands completely. If it is so tiadk no alternative other than the removal of the breast.

Stage 4
Cancer cells have spread to attack parts of the body, usually the bones, lungs, liver or brain. Or it could also attack the skin, lymph glands in the neck. Same as stage 3, the actions that should be done is removal of the breast.

Source: The Green Darmo Hospital Magazine, Issue: October-December 2010