Actions that are always echoed regarding cancer, including breast cancer, are the importance of early prevention. This is because early detection at an early stage will provide patients with more therapeutic options than if the patient arrives at an advanced stage. Until now there is nothing in particular that can cause breast cancer, although several risk factors have been raised by experts such as a family history of breast cancer, never being pregnant, early menstruation, late menopause, obesity, use of hormonal contraceptives, fatty foods and other.
Cancer is the result of a complex series of events in cells that result in mutations or uncontrolled cell division. This event can happen at any time and so far no way has been found to prevent it. Breast cancer also undergoes this series of processes, so that no single factor can be identified as the main cause.
As something that cannot be predicted and totally prevented, what can be done is to reduce or eliminate the risk factors that make it possible to do so. For example, those who have breast cancer risk factors in the family are not advised to choose hormonal contraception, eat 4 healthy 5 perfect foods, ensure a body mass index of less than 25, do regular exercise 5 times a week for half to an hour, get adequate and quality sleep, avoid pollution and always think positive. Until now, there are no specific types of dietary restrictions recommended by experts, although several previous reports suggest reducing consumption of red meat.
Among the various suggestions from experts, regular breast checking is the most important. This action of course cannot prevent breast cancer, but can detect it at an early stage. The BSE method needs to be done regularly. Simple, easy and can be applied anywhere. Performed about 7 to 10 days after the first day of menstruation or on the same date every month in women who have menopause.
With a conscious way, women can recognize changes or not with their breasts. Although the change in shape does not always lead to cancer, further diagnosis is needed. If you find a lump, it could be a benign tumor that is not cancerous. There are several examinations that doctors can do to support a clinical diagnosis, including a physical examination by a doctor and supporting examinations such as: mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound. If cancer is suspected, the doctor may recommend a biopsy, which can be done openly or using a large needle (core biopsy / VABB) with ultrasound guidance. With this biopsy, the certainty of breast cancer can be obtained under a microscope analysis along with the type of cancer which can later be used for the benefit of further types of therapy and prediction of life expectancy.
Surgery is currently the treatment of choice for breast cancer which allows it to be removed according to oncology requirements. Now, even after the breast has been operated on and completely removed, the breast can be reconstructed to resemble the breast before surgery. In some patients, breast cancer surgery does not require removal of the entire breast tissue. In this operation, called breast conserving surgery, it is carried out with several special requirements, for example, whether there is a frozen cutting facility that assesses whether the area of operation is free from cancer and the need for radiation as an additional therapy. Chemotherapy and or radiation becomes a series of therapies that are generally followed after the patient has undergone surgery.
In an advanced local stage, chemotherapy is often given before surgery, with the aim of shrinking the tumor size and preventing the spread of cancer cells throughout the body. Hormonal therapy is given if the patient has a certain type of cancer that is thought to respond well to this drug. Immunotherapy is currently still under development, given its very high price and clinical benefits are still being studied. Breast cancer therapy like other cancers is very individual. There is no absolute standard the same for all patients, because each patient has characteristics of the disease and his own body. What responds well to one patient may not necessarily respond well to other patients and this is what the doctor will evaluate during the follow-up process.
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