Early Breast Cancer Do not worry “blanket”

A 27-year-old female white-collar workers two years ago due to breast cancer, removal of the entire left breast. The medical records of doctors on her terms, complete with breast-conserving treatment of the condition, and she had no choice, because they do not know of such treatment. With the emergence of early diagnosis of breast cancer, after breast-conserving treatment technology and comprehensive treatment of the increasingly mature, and some patients with early breast cancer may choose to complete tumor resection under the premise, retain most of the breast, breast shape and remained.

However, the awareness rate of breast conservation surgery is still disappointing, even in the breast cancer population. Doctors and journalists in the exchange with netizens found that 70% of women with breast cancer before surgery did not know that they have breast-conserving surgery options, including a number of Miss Bai Ling. The reason is removal of the more they think the more “clean”, the only way to “life.” Experts say doctors should fully respect the patient’s right to know, so that a conditional line of breast-conserving treatment of the patient’s own choice of treatment method, and patients should be enhanced, “conserving” awareness, eliminating the “conserving” the concept of inadequate treatment for their own make the best choice of treatment.

For a woman, the loss of the breast mean? Related survey: The average age of patients is only 52 years old, but 92 of them no sex life, more than 70% of the people, then there exists a wide range of psychological problems. Breast-conserving therapy in comparison with the traditional radical mastectomy, not only retained the breast, improved quality of life, more importantly, improved limb function, reduced surgical complications, and get the same with the modified radical mastectomy The long-term survival.

Patients with breast cancer, “conserving” the sooner the better

Effect of early treatment of breast cancer is good, the survival rate high, to the relatively poor prognosis of late. Similarly, the “conserving” surgery also called for early breast cancer patients, tumor size, preferably no more than 3cm, tumor location should be more than 2cm away from the areola, the best is located in the surrounding breast lesions, but also through various means of checking is also no multiple lesions. Some special circumstances such as patients with large breasts or after preoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer has been reduced, that may consider “conserving.” Finally, in operation quickly frozen pathologic examination confirmed that the scope of the resection margin Department does not have cancer.

As the present patients with breast cancer than were generally found to late, so in line with the clinical condition of breast-conserving surgery less than 10%. Many terminally ill that his own lack of knowledge about breast cancer, that is just an ordinary mass, not hurt does not itch with no heart, no doubt the best treatment time delay. Women should care for their own breasts, regular self-examination or to the hospital for examination. It is worth emphasizing that the main purpose of breast self-test to detect abnormal breast changes, rather than trying to judge condition. If you find abnormal changes, or as soon as possible to the hospital for examination, early diagnosis and treatment the prognosis of breast cancer is fundamentally a decisive role.

The need for regular breast checks

Self-breast examination is a very effective early detection of breast cancer, the method is generally best to menstruation each month within one week to conduct a regular inspection.

The first step, solve underwear, the face of full-length mirror, his hands naturally relaxed droop, and then observe the bilateral breast shape, contour, size, whether the symmetry; whether elevated tumor, skin, whether depression, edema, point-like depression (orange peel-like change ), erosion, ulcers; whether nipple discharge or bleeding, erosion, retraction; areola whether eczema.

The second step, arms Gaojuguotou, pay attention to whether the irregular appearance of breasts sag or bulge.

The third step is supine, shoulder Xiadian a soft pillow, raised his right arm too much and feet close together and in a clockwise direction with the left fingers massage the right side of platen whether the various parts of the breast tumor.

The fourth step is to lay down his right arm with his left hand Zaimo whether the tumor on the right armpit. Check the left side in the same way.

These “signals” Tip of breast cancer: pain, quality hardware, ill-defined mass, sometimes associated with local skin changes, such as “dimple sign” – local skin stretch, shrink; “orange peel” sign skin edema. There are other symptoms of nipple discharge, nipple and areola changes, axillary lymph node enlargement. However, there is a part of early breast cancer patients do not have any clinical signs of change have passed the breast X-ray or B-ultrasound can be found.