breast cancer
Breast cancer is a tumor that occurs in the breast area and often affects women over the age of forty so it is better for the woman at this age to conduct an annual screening for breast cancer, which arises from the cells of the breast itself because it contains channels that secrete milk which are tumors The tumor may be benign, but some types of benign tumors in the breast later turn into cancerous tumor, one of the most cancers that are cured by 80-97% if detected early and may affect breast cancer men, but in rare cases.
Breast cancer is a tumor confined to the breast in its early stages when the size of the tumor is small, but if the size of the tumor is large, it can extend to the armpit and some other areas of the body, and to determine the incidence of breast cancer begins to note the presence of a block in the breast can Of the sense of her hand, especially if there are changes on the skin of the skin as the presence of ulcers, it should go immediately for the necessary tests, and other things that can indicate the presence of cancer is the presence of small lumps under the armpit and here are examined lymph nodes under the armpit to see if they contain cancer cells Whether or not the transformer It manifested the work of the analysis of the blood. If this analysis showed no tumors are abnormal rays work to make sure that everything properly.
Stages of breast cancer
- Stage 0: Cells forming the channels of secretion of milk begin to turn into cancerous cells but do not spread out of these channels.
- Stage 1: The tumor is 2 cm in diameter and lymph nodes under the armpit are intact from the cancer cells and the cancer is confined inside the breast.
- Stage 2: At this stage, the size of the tumor is greater between 2-5 cm and has moved to the armpit but not spread in the rest of the body.
- Stage III: Here the tumor is attached to the skin of the breast and muscles and the size of the tumor has become greater than 5 cm has moved to under the armpit only.
- Stage IV: It is the advanced stage of breast cancer because cancer has spread to several places in the body and often in the liver, but not necessarily and the size of the tumor is small or large and the first place where the spread of this cancer after the breast is under the armpit as in the previous two stages.
For the first three stages, surgery is performed to remove the tumor. If the size of the tumor is large, chemotherapy is given to the patient until the size of the breast is reduced. After that, the procedure is done. In the advanced stage, the patient begins chemotherapy. The doctor performs surgery to remove the tumor. The tumor may have spread to other areas of the body.