【Popular Science】About breast cancer, 6 truths have to be said!

Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in women, and its incidence is increasing year by year, even becoming the world's largest cancer, and the age of onset is young. Due to the influence of many film and television works or hearsay around them, many people regard malignant tumors as "incurable diseases", and even talk about "cancer" discoloration.

In fact, with the development of medical science, new drugs and new treatment methods continue to appear, many malignant tumors can be cured, even if it is advanced breast cancer, after reasonable drug or biological treatment can extend the survival time of patients and improve the quality of life of patients.

Therefore, although you suffer from breast cancer, do not panic, avoid medical treatment, and should go to a regular hospital for treatment as soon as possible to obtain the best treatment effect.

The breast glands are the surface organs of the body, and signs of breast cancer such as breast lumps, bloody nipple discharge, and changes in the skin of the breast can be detected by self-examination.

Therefore, many people mistakenly believe that breast cancer can be detected early by "self-touching" frequently. Although self-examination is important, many breast cancers, because of the small lesions, have no obvious clinical symptoms and need to be detected by imaging examinations. And you can get breast cancer without touching the lump! The results of the study showed that breast self-examination was not effective in reducing breast cancer mortality.

Studies have shown that people with a family history of breast cancer have a 2-3 times higher incidence of breast cancer than people without a family history. So, is it that grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers, aunts, and sisters have not suffered from breast cancer, and they will definitely not have breast cancer?

Undoubtedly, the answer is no. The causes of breast cancer are complex, genetic factors are only one of the factors affecting the occurrence of breast cancer, and most breast cancers are the result of multifactorial action. Such as estrogen stimulation, ionizing radiation, eating habits and other breast diseases.

Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in women, in contrast, the incidence of male breast cancer is low, only about 1% of female breast cancer, accounting for about 0.7%~1.2% of all breast cancer. As with female breast cancer, the incidence of male breast cancer is increasing year by year.

Relevant data show that the age of onset of breast disease in China is 10~15 years younger than the average in Europe and the United States, and the peak incidence of breast cancer in Western women is 60~70 years old, while the age of onset of breast cancer patients in China shows "double peaks" characteristics:

The first high incidence age is 45~54 years old, and the second high incidence age is 65~70 years old. Clinically young faces are also becoming more and more common, and even some teenage female students have breast cancer, but parents do not pay attention to it, and the treatment is not timely, thus delaying to the middle and advanced stages. Don't be careless about thinking that you won't get breast cancer when you are young!

Although more than 80% of breast cancers present clinically as breast lumps, not all breast lumps are breast cancer; In fact, many breast lumps are benign.

Breast cancer masses are generally painless, hard, poorly circumscribed, and poorly motilated. Most masses with smooth surfaces and good mobility may be benign. Through ultrasonography, mammogram, etc., the benign and malignant breast mass can be preliminarily identified, and histopathological examination is required for the final diagnosis.

Of course, it is difficult for a person without professional training to preliminarily determine whether a breast lump is benign or malignant. Therefore, if a breast lump is found, it is necessary to go to a breast specialist for further diagnosis to avoid delaying diagnosis and treatment.