Every October 19th is commemorated Day International of the fight against Breast Cancer with the clear focus of increasing the survival rate of cases and detecting this disease in a timely manner.
According to the Organization World of the Health (WHO) it is estimated that, every year in the Americas, more than 462 thousand women are diagnosed with breast cancer. motherand almost 100 thousand die from this disease.
In America Latin and the Caribbean, the highest percentage of deaths occur in women under 65 years of age, 56 percent, compared to the United States and Canada, 37 percent.
According to him Ministry of HealthIn the Dominican Republic, 35% of the malignant tumors diagnosed are cancer of the mother and 70% of the Dominican women detected begin receiving treatment when the disease is already very advanced.
Compared to the rest of Latin Americathe country ranks 13th in incidence, but number four in mortality for cancer mother for every 100,000 women.
Cancer of mother It is defined as a condition in which cells of the mother Altered diseases multiply uncontrollably and form tumors that can spread throughout the body and cause death.
According to the WHO, the main factor of risk in the case of cancer mother is to be women. 99% of cancer cases mother They affect women and 1% of cases affect men.
The factors that increase the risk of suffering from this disease are: aging, obesity, harmful alcohol consumption, family history of breast cancer, motherradiation exposure history, reproductive history (such as age at onset of menstrual periods and age at first pregnancy), tobacco use, and postmenopausal hormone treatment.
To treat this condition, specialists at the health combine treatments which may include: surgery to remove the tumor of the breast, radiation therapy to reduce risk of recurrence (the reappearance of tumor) in the breast and surrounding tissues, medications to eliminate cells cancerous like treatments with hormones, chemotherapy or treatments specific with biological products.
