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AUTOTEST - BREAST CANCER

INTRODUCTION
The breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in the women, being the most important cause of death for cancer between the ages between 15 to 54 years of age. One of the 9 women can develop breast cancer in his life, as it is accumulative it comes to 1,5 of every 9 for 65 years. It is more frequent in women older than 50 years but a third of the cancers is between 39 and 49 years of age. The mutations of the gene p53 gene, BRCA 1 gene, BRCA 2 gene produces a high breast cancer incidence.
Other factors	Alert signs	Precocious detection	To see

Questionnaire for the breast cancer risk

IMPORTANT: ALL THE QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED

Factors of risk of the breast cancer

1. - Mother or hermana/s with breast cancer	Yes Not
2. - To have no had children	Yes Not
3. - To Have had children later than 30 years	Yes Not
4. - Breast cancer Precedents in another occasion	Yes Not
5. - To Endure fibrosis quística of breast	Yes Not
6. - Menarche (the first rule) before 12 years	Yes Not
7. - High socioeconomic Level	Yes Not
8. - Women born in the North of Europe or the North of America	Yes Not
9. - To Live in city	Yes Not
10. - White Race	Yes Not
11. - Late Beginning of the menopause (more than 55 years)	Yes Not
12. - Obesity (more than 35 % of the ideal)	Yes Not

Other most controversial factors that increase the breast cancer risk

To eat diets rich in fats To have taken contraceptive oral. The thin and tall women have the double of frequency of cancer.

(National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md in 1996)

Alert signs

Nodule of spontaneous appearance and that does not disappear, even in the armpit. Fixation of the skin to the breast Secretion in the nipple Withdrawal of the nipple All that that modifies the form or thickness of the breast

Precocious detection of the breast cancer

90 % of the located cancers of breast is curable. The autoexamination of the breasts is recommended monthly from 19 years of age. The examination is recommended by the doctor every 3 years between 20 and 40 years, and annually every year on this age. Mamografías, the first one between 35 and 40 years, every 1 ó 2 years between 40 and 49 years, and annual from 50 years.

To see also

Breast cancer Surgery for the breast cancer Autoexamination of the breasts Mamografía