• April 20, 2024

In Mexico , women diagnosed with breast cancer they take, on average, seven months in receiving your first treatment .

Fernando Mainero, member of the Mexican Council of Oncology , states that for a patient to be treated, little more than seven months passes; since registering the first data of the disease until he receives the first treatment " .

Add that the time ideal to receive timely attention is 30 days and the tolerable of 60 , that is, between one and two months. Lapse in which the breast cancer It can be cured and prevent it from reaching more advanced stages.

The foregoing is relevant, especially when more than 60% of the cases diagnosed are they detect in late stages , with not very encouraging forecasts and few treatment options, confirms Mayra Galindo, president of the Mexican Association for the Fight against Cancer (AMLCC) .

An inexhaustible struggle!

October is the month that commemorates the Fight against breast cancer . The objective is to remember and awaken the consciousness of women about the need for periodic self-examination , first step to meet best.

Nobody is an expert of their own breast until they have reviewed for several years. Hence, the importance of self-exploration be for know how is this organ. After time, if you notice something different there is the opportunity to detect it to weather ", Explains the Oncologist Maneiro .

The breast cancer encompasses many diseases that are characterized by increase uncontrolled of cells that can generate a tumor . It forms in the tissues of the mammary gland, usually in the ducts that carry milk to the nipple.

This disease is the most common among women. It affects different age groups. From 10% to 12% of young people up to 40 years old. From 15% to 20% in adults over 40 to 60 years of age. Only in 2013 there were around 15,000 new cases, of which 5,600 were deaths.

Fernando Mainero explains that there is between 30 to 40 different types breast cancer Recommends, as part of the prevention,  self-review , go with the doctor and perform an annual mammogram.

To these cares is added to lead a healthy lifestyle that implies a good nutrition , avoid obesity and the consumption of beverages alcoholic and perform exercise . In addition to having an accessible health system.

Carry out the self-exploration it does not take more than 4 minutes , time that makes the difference to keep your health in good condition.

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