| Breast Cancer can be treated effectively if it is | | | | self-examination just after the menstrual period, |
| detected early enough. Some 95 percent of breast | | | | continuing every month after the menopause. |
| cancers are discovered by the patient herself when | | | | The procedure consists of carefully looking at and |
| she notices a lump. In all too many cases the | | | | feeling the breasts, and takes only a few minutes. |
| discovery is made by chance and the lump may be | | | | However, most cancers are diagnosed only after |
| quite large. The good news, though, is that most | | | | they have begun to cause symptoms, and the |
| cities have a breast cancer treatment center. | | | | diagnostic method most used is the biopsy. |
| The cure rate for breast cancer could be greatly | | | | Currently, the American Cancer Society recommends |
| improved if all women made a routine of monthly | | | | scheduling mammography-X-ray examination that |
| self-examination and then consulted a physician | | | | detects breast cancers too small to feel (less than |
| immediately if they found the least indication of a | | | | 1cm)-every 2 years for women between 40 and 49 |
| thickening or lump. Most such lumps are benign, but it | | | | years old and yearly thereafter. |
| is most important that the ones that are malignant | | | | A breast cancer treatment center would provide |
| be identified without delay. Nearly every city has a | | | | patients for information or facts about handling |
| breast cancer treatment center that would provide | | | | breast cancer. They have support programs and |
| patients of services for full diagnosis and various | | | | services that would help patients and also their family |
| options of the treatment of their breast cancer. | | | | in managing and coping with their cancer experience. |
| Cancer of the breast is a leading cause of death in | | | | Treatment opportunities like chemotherapy, surgery, |
| American women. One woman in 8 will develop this | | | | and radiation therapy with corresponding medicine |
| condition. The American Cancer Society and the | | | | therapies, including healthy nutrition for patients as |
| National Cancer Institute recommend that every | | | | well as mind, body and spirit development. |
| woman follow a prescribed method of | | | | |