Breast cancer

Breast cancer is a disease which occurs excessive growth or uncontrolled growth of cells (tissue) breast, This can happen to women and men. From around the world, penyakir breast cancer (Breast Cancer / mammary carcinoma) is reported as one of the causes of cancer death number five (5) after; kaker lung, uterus cancer, liver cancer and colon cancer.

Cause Breast Cancer Disease

Countless breast cancer disease the most common cancer attacking women, yet men also have the possibility of having this disease with a ratio between 1 in 1000. Until now has not known for certain what causes this cancer occurs, but several factors likely are:

1. Age, disease increases breast cancer at young age and above.

2. Genetic, There are 2 types of genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) that may be a risk Sagat. If the mother or female relatives of breast cancer, then you likely have an increased risk of breast cancer than 2 times the other women in her family did not have any patients.

3. The use of drugs, for example a woman who uses hormone replacement therapy drugs (hormone replacement therapy (HRT)) as exogenous hormones can cause increased risk of getting breast cancer.

4. Other factors suspected as the cause of breast cancer is; not married, married but no children, gave birth to their first child after age 35 years, never feed a child.

Some studies reveal that breast cancer increased in people who often deal with stress conditions (shock soul) and also for women who menstruate before age 11 under.

Signs and Symptoms of Breast Cancer Disease

For those of you who felt a strange lump surrounding breast tissue or even one of your breasts look bigger, better consult a doctor quickly. These bumps are generally painless, ranging from small size would become huge and palpable as attached to the skin. Several cases of breast skin changes around the lump or change in the nipple.


When the lump started to grow, then cause pain (pain) when pressed. If you feel pain in the breast and nipple that does not go away, you should immediately consult a medical. The nipple into the contract, which was pink and finally become brown and even the existence of edema (swelling) around the nipple is one strong sign of breast cancer. Another thing is the frequency of discharge from the nipple when not nursing your baby.

Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Disease

Breast cancer can be ascertained by taking samples of breast tissue that has pembenjolan (action biopsy). In this way will know what kind of growth experienced by cells, whether the tumor is benign or malignant tumors (cancer).

Type Breast cancer

Through the examination of the call with mammograms, so this type of breast cancer can be categorized in two parts, namely:


1. Non-invasive breast cancer, cancer that occurs in the bag (tube) milk (link between the alveoli (milk producing glands) and nipples). In the language of medicine called 'ductal carcinoma in situ "(DCIS), in which the cancer has not spread to the outside of the network milk bag.

2. Invasive breast cancer, cancer that has spread out the bag of milk and attack the surrounding tissue may even lead to the spread (metastase) such other body gets lympa and other glands through the blood circulation.

Handling and Breast Cancer Medicine

Handling and treatment of breast cancer depends on the type and stage experienced by the patient. Generally known someone new breast cancer after stepped-up stadium severe enough, this is due to a lack of knowledge or shame, so too late for medicine to pathology was examined at hand.

1. Surgery, in the known breast cancer early so surgery was the right thing. The doctor will remove the lump and a small area surrounding the then replace it with another muscle tissue (lumpectomy). Broadly speaking, there are 3 surgery or breast cancer surgery among others;

- Radical Mastectomy, the surgical removal of part of the breast (lumpectomy). This operation is always followed by the provision of radiotherapy. Lumpectomy is usually recommended in patients with large tumor less than 2 cm and located on the edge of the breast.
- Total Mastectomy, the surgical removal of the entire breast, but not the glands in the armpit.
- Modified Radical Mastectomy, the surgical removal of the entire breast, breast tissue in the sternum, collarbone and ribs, and lump around the armpit.

2. Radiotherapy (radiation / radiation), the irradiation process in the affected area of cancer using X-rays and gamma rays are aimed at killing cancer cells remaining in the breast after surgery. These actions have bad effects as the body becomes weak, decreased appetite, skin color around the black breast, as well as hemoglobin and leukocytes tended to decline as a result of radiation.

3. Hormone Therapy, This is known as 'anti-estrogen Therapy' that the system works memblock ability of estrogen hormone in menstimulus breast cancer development.

4. Chemotherapy, This is the process of providing medicine in the form of anti-cancer pills or capsules or liquid through the infusion aimed at killing cancer cells. This system is expected to reach the target in the treatment of cancer that may have spread gets another body. The impact of the patients experienced kemoterapy nausea and vomiting and hair loss due to the influence of drugs given during chemotherapy.

5. Herceptin treatment, is known biological therapy effective against HER2-positive in women who have breast cancer stage II, III and IV with the spread of cancernya cells.

Breast Cancer Prevention

For those of you who feel there are things that look different in the breast, get it checked out to the doctor not to be late. For example the next enlargement, the surrounding breast lump, pain constantly on the nipple and so on as the information signs and symptoms of breast above.

Other actions you can do is to avoid obesity, Eat less fat, try lots of foods containing vitamin A and C, do not eat too much of marinated and smoked, exercise regularly, and check-up breasts since the age of 30 years on a regular basis .