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The more we age, the greater the risk of a woman’s cancer. This makes us worry. Even so, we can turn fear into a real action to prevent the scourge of the disease so these women.

1. Actively engaged
No word old to start exercising. The study mentions, exercise will lower levels of the hormone estrogen, which is associated with cancer. Do exercise at least 30 minutes a day.

2. Reduce weight
After menopause, women who are obese have a greater risk of developing breast cancer than peers who had normal weight. Even so, the increase in body weight in women who had an ideal weight also bring the same risk.

3. Inadequate vitamin D needs
The study, which confirms the benefits of vitamin D as an anti-cancer continue to emerge. The last mentioned, 94 percent of breast cancer patients who lack vitamin D, the cancer spread more quickly than those who were enough vitamin D.

4. Limit alcohol
Recent data from the National Cancer Institute showed women who drank one or two glasses of alcohol every day had a risk of developing breast cancer 32 percent greater. Experts suggest limiting alcohol to not more than one drink per day.

5. Note symptoms
The early symptoms of breast cancer can be a lump that is usually perceived differently than the surrounding breast tissue, painless, and usually have irregular periphery. Another sign that may arise is a lump in the armpit, change size or shape of the breast, abnormal fluid out of the nipple, and changes in skin color or texture of the breast.

Pap Smear tests are examinations to detect signs of cervical cancer at an early stage (pre cervical cancer).
Pre ca cervix easily in therapy so it does not progress to cervical cancer.
Pap smear:

* This test is very simple, painless, requires no more than 10 minutes, and relatively cheap
* Eliminate evenly on the glass objects and immediate fixation in 95% alcohol at least 30 minutes
* Drain and send to laboratory

Usefulness of pap smears:

* To detect early cervical cell changes that can lead to cervical cancer a few years later
* Snacks can be done early to avoid cervical cancer.

When to start checking pap smear?

* Pap smear examination should be performed by a woman who had sexual contact.
* All women are encouraged to do a pap smear every 12 months.
* If ever detected an abnormal pap smear results or have a history of PD warts vaginal examinations every 3 – 6 months.

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Breast cancer is a type of cancer that was feared by women, especially those who have family members affected by breast cancer but there are several ways to prevent or reduce the risk of cancer by natural means, namely:

* Exercise regularly
Regular exercise causes decreased levels of estrogen which can prevent the occurrence of breast cancer.

* Reduced fat diets
* Total fat and types of fat consumed to note because there are fats that can trigger the occurrence of breast cancer that is saturated fat found in meat, butter, foods containing full cream milk and fatty acids in margarine. Consumption of too much saturated fat makes estrogen levels in the blood increases, one of the causes of breast cancer is estrogen. While the fat that can reduce the risk of breast cancer is an unsaturated fat such as those found in olive oil and omega 3 fatty acids, found in salmon and tuna

* Do not eat charred meat during roasting

Meat cooked in a way that is baked to produce karsinogenik amino heterocyclic compounds.

* A lot of eating vegetables and fruits

In vegetables and fruits contain many vitamins and nutrients that are antioxidants are substances that can kill and suppress cancer cell growth.

Preventing breast cancer is something that must be done by every woman. One way to prevent is to set a balanced diet. Here is a healthy eating behavior to prevent breast cancer.

1. Wise eat meat

we will eat red meat, choose a thin and no fat white or commonly called lard. Because these fats can trigger your body weight increase. According to the journal Cancer, women who have overweight or obese at greater risk for breast cancer than women who have normal weight.

2. Reduce consumption of canned foods and fast food

Busyness often makes us want to fast-paced everything, including the selection of food. The reason often wakes up late to make some of your breakfast with a lot of instant noodles, canned food or other junk food. It should be reduced or even eliminated. You should eat breakfast with the quality of food intake such as milk and bread wheat. Please remember, that canned or instant foods contain preservatives that act as triggers of breast cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

• Stage I (early stage)

The size of the tumor is not more than 2 to 2.25 cm, and there is no distribution (metastase) in the armpit lymph nodes. At this stage I, the possibility of perfect healing was 70%. To check or not there metastase to other parts of the body, must be examined in the laboratory.

• Stage II

Tumor was larger than 2.25 cm and has happened metastase lymph nodes in the armpit. At this stage, the possibility to recover only 30 – 40% depending on the extent of the spread of cancer cells. In stage I and II are usually performed surgery to remove cancer cells that have spread to all parts, and radiation after surgery performed to ensure there are no more cancer cells left behind. Read the rest of this entry »

Surgery Breast Cancer
The surgery aims to remove the tumor and assess its seriousness and its extent.
The nodes near the tumor were immediately analyzed.

The surgical tecchniques being less invasive, the procedure preserves more affected part by scraping the tumor.

* For very small localized tumors, such as endoscopic surgery allows for smaller openings and cause less post-operative complications.
* A single ablation may be sufficient for certain cancers, such as the skin slowly evolving.
* Surgery is usually followed by other treatments such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy to prevent recurrence and the onset or development of metastases. Read the rest of this entry »

The breast cancer (breast cancer) is one of the greatest murderers of women in the world. In USA, one in seven women will develop breast cancer. The best weapon we have right now is to detect it early. If detected at early stages can tratársele and chances of defeating them are great. In USA 97% of patients to detect early breast cancer survivors.

It is therefore very important to have frequent blood tests. Although controversial at present the most mammograms are recommended to detect breast cancer. There are two main types of traditional mammography and digital. In women under 50 digital mammograms have proven more accurate.

Doctors recommend mammograms after age 35. The physician indicates the frequency of these tests depending on the risk of each patient. The risk depends on the family heritage, lifestyle and age. In women over 50 years the risk is higher. But although the incidence of cancer is lower in young women does not mean that women under 35 are immune to this disease.

Doctors also recommend having self-exams. The frequency depends on the age and potential risk of the patient. Usually once a month is recommended. Have this self-breast exam is easy and only takes a few minutes. You can ask your doctor how to do it or you can follow the steps recommended by the associations for cancer in USA.

Self Breast Exam

1. Standing in front of a mirror, look at your breasts, size, shape, color and direction of your nipples and breasts. Raise your arms and back notes.
2. Raise one arm and place it beside the body separately. With the other hand felt around the breast. With an open hand palpated the entire area of the breast, including the armpits and breasts themselves. Try to identify dense areas. If you notice a lump, ball or lump do not panic but check with your doctor soon.
3. Now go to bed with an outstretched hand to his head and tries to feel again. As in the previous case are trying to look for lumps or new formations.
4. Repeat with each breast

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Most cancer treatments affect fertility, both men and women, as they act on rapidly reproducing cells such as those which produce semen in man and ova in women, and therefore fertility. The damage that will occur will depend on the type of agent used for chemotherapy, radiotherapy dose and location, patient age, and individual susceptibility, which varies from one person to another.

The first problem with is whether we can have sufficient time needed to perform their fertility-sparing procedures prior to treatment, for use at a later stage it. In many cases it is possible to have time to proceed with these techniques before starting treatment, because the cancer must be treated immediately. In some tumors this is possible.

Normally, men who receive chemotherapy will lose much of their sperm, or all (azooespermia) to receive the treatment, but depends on the type of drug used and the dose received. If you receive radiotherapy to the lower abdomen or pelvis, especially in doses above 40 Gy, also be induced as a side effect the loss of sperm. It is not possible to predict which patients will regain their sperm function and which will remain a residual azooespermia.

Therefore the most logical option is to freeze and store semen samples from patients before starting treatment. Some time ago I did not take into account this possibility, but currently is offered to most young patients, leaving the pitfall of adolescents in which there may be some legal problems to be minor.
If it is not possible, and after treatment is important sperm present a problem, you can try to get through sperm extraction by puncture-biopsy of the testicle of the male, and inject them into the woman’s egg (this technique called intracytoplasmic sperm or ICSI), and then implanted into the uterus.

To be sure that the drug effect has passed, because although they can be retrieved sperm of poor quality and still have chromosomal abnormalities, contributing to the occurrence of early abortion or fetal malformations occur. Thus it is generally recommended to wait until a year and a half.