See through stealth method of breast cancer

Breast cancer is harmful to women’s health, its main symptoms is suffering from milk can touch painless, a single, edge blur, the activity of small lumps, and some may have nipple discharge, nipple inversion, orange peel-like changes in the breast skin and other symptoms. However, some patients have neither the above-mentioned typical symptoms, and no whole body discomfort, only axillary lymph nodes as the first symptom, this breast cancer in medicine called “occult breast cancer.”

The incidence of occult breast cancer, like breast cancer, age and common to middle-aged women, mostly, of which 45 ~ 49 years old and 60 ~ 69-year-old majority. This explains its causes and female sex hormone disorder closely related. Due to the lack of typical symptoms of occult breast cancer, is often neglected by patients, clinical diagnosis is also very difficult, therefore more harmful, should cause the majority of patients and clinicians are highly valued.

As for the hidden causes of breast cancer, some scholars believe that the incidence of breast cancer early, because the immune system strong and can effectively control the growth of carcinoma, so the primary tumor could be brought under control;, but along the lymphatic tumor metastasis the process, may be due to antigen changed, the body’s immune function useless against metastasis only to axillary lymph nodes as the first symptom.

To increase the vigilance of occult breast cancer, for middle-aged women, is to always carefully around the breast changes, with particular attention to palpable, thickened, ill-defined mammary glands, especially glands showed progressive increases, but can not be careless, because the limitations of those who thickening of the gland, 15% of hidden precancerous lesions. At the same time, we must pay great attention to whether there is palpable axillary lymph nodes.

Because occult breast cancer is characterized by only axillary lymph nodes, which leads to the cause of axillary lymph nodes are very complicated, so the body of patients a doctor must first conduct a comprehensive inspection of all systems in order to exclude respiratory, digestive, urinary and reproductive system tumors. Second, whether or not discovered breast lumps, enlarged lymph nodes were carried out on biopsy; should be accompanied by determination of estrogen receptor, which will not only assist in diagnosis, but also to guide treatment. About 50% of occult breast cancer can be discovered X-ray film demonstrated to have specific micro-calcification, or dense shadow. If necessary, respond to suspected sites Zuohuo physical examination to confirm the diagnosis.