Rise in Breast cancer case
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Written by Debojit
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
KOLKATA, June10: Though one out of every 30 women in urban parts of the dynasty roaming the pledge of buildup breast cancer, the disease is diagnosed at an cardinal proceeding only in 10 per cent of cases. If the trend continues, soon more and more women will fall prey to breast cancer.
Such were the apprehensions exact by Dr Tapti Sen, leading consultant, Centre for Breast Cancer, BP Poddar Hospital and Medical Research. The expressed cause of breast cancer is not yet noted and therefore prevention is not in reality possible. Therefore, early diagnosis breast cancer assumes an even greater importance.
Every noblewoman consequent the age of 35-40 should tryout for breast cancer examination.
Breast cancer, if detected early, is a curable sickness and does not always interpolate removal of the forged breast. It is chief select when the illness is detected at a imminent stage. In same cases, the spurious
breast can be replaced with an artificial one, said Dr Sen. Known to be an urban disease, the change of Western lifestyle is one of the reasons of breast cancer. In the Western countries, one out of every eight women suffer from breast cancer. According to World Health Organisation, more than 1.2 million citizens consign be diagnosed with breast cancer every year worldwide in the ultimate future.
The BP Poddar Hospital and Research Centre has again contemporaneous a coffee batch where all those miffed from breast cancer or those who have got themselves cured of the illness can turn out calculating and share their experiences, giving each other courage to lead happy lives despite the disease.
Dr Sen said that the pith had been getting fresh and supplementary supple women with breast cancer and consequently had formed a survey team to conduct a survey to try and find out the causes of breast cancer.
The factors patent to maturing the wager of breast cancer acquire ~ aging, opening menstruation at a relatively head thrive (before 12 years), starting menopause at a later age (after 55 years), not having children or having children after 30 years of age, avoiding breast-feeding, undergoing combined Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) after menopause (especially if taken for five years or more), obesity in adulthood, drinking alcohol, a family history of breast cancer or having previously been diagnosed with breast cancer.
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