5 celebrities outgrow breast cancer

• April 24, 2024

Currently, the breast cancer is the second cause of death among adult Mexicans between 20 and 59 years of age, only below diabetes . So far in 2012, 1,100 new cases have been registered.

On October 19, the World Day Against Breast Cancer , and what is intended is to raise awareness among all women about the importance of an early diagnosis guaranteeing more possibilities to control the disease .

In the middle of the show, many celebrities have suffered breast cancer However, they have known how to fight against it and defeat it. These are examples of women full of courage, hope and love for life:

On May 17, 2005, the Australian singer Minogue Kylie announced that he suffered breast cancer . Four days later it was operated on Catholic Hospital Cabrini in Malvern , Victoria, in Australia.

After this detection , the artist submitted to a masterectomy and chemotherapy to eradicate disease; after a fight of several months exceeded the Cancer and he has been in good health for six years.

Since then he has maintained a dissemination campaign based on his personal experience. It has achieved a media impact that has resulted in an increase in the number of mammograms among young women. Doctors began calling the phenomenon "the Kylie effect."

On the other hand, Christine Applegate is free Cancer after a double mastectomy and a prolonged and painful medical treatment. Now he declares himself a survivor; is a spokesperson for the struggle of women against Cancer .

The Puerto Rican actress Adamari López they made a mastectomy ; they removed a tumor in the breast As of 2006, she is the spokesperson for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation . He is currently touring Tapas for Life of Yoplait, an awareness campaign about breast cancer , in the Hispanic community of the United States.

The Australian singer and actress,Olivia Newton-John, who suffered from breast cancer at 43 years old He survived the disease thanks to his early detection . Today, at almost 60 years old, she is an avid activist in the fight against Cancer .

Mexican actress Lorena Rojas he was detected tumor at breast right, in a routine checkup in 2008. "I did three biopsies, two MRIs, three ultrasound Y biopsies directed, eight mammograms and one mastectomy "He declared. She is currently a spokesperson for the Livestrong Foundation to help the people who suffer from this disease.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every 30 seconds, somewhere in the world, a case of breast cancer . 

To talk about this topic, the doctor Héctor Martínez Said , of the National Institute of Cancerology (INCan), indicated that thebreast cancer is the tumor more frequent in the female population in Mexico. In recent years, its incidence has increased, so all women should have an assessment, mainly the oncologist, to rule out tumors malignant of the breast.

Risk factor's

1. Women older than 45 years and after the menopause , who had their first child after the age of 30 or who, on the contrary, never had a pregnancy.
2. Women with relatives who have already suffered breast cancer , as well as those that presented early menstruation or late menopause, are more likely to develop it than others.
3. Lifestyle and environmental factors; habits such as smoking and sedentary lifestyle increase the chances of suffering disease .

Martínez Said affirmed that the best strategy of early detection recommended is the combination of the recognition of the first signs and symptoms, the Breast self-examination , the analysis through image studies (mammography from the age of 35).

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