• May 3, 2024

With the purpose of raising awareness about the "real situation" that a woman with breast cancer , the staging was presented Dialog between breasts, which reflects a little the emotions, fears, doubts and uncertainty of those who live with this disease.

At a press conference, Mariana Méndez , franchise manager of breast cancer HER 2 of laboratories Roche , he pointed:

"Our task is to innovate in personalized medicine and provide a better quality of life to patients; Proof of this is the success we have in antiangiogenic therapies with more than 1 million patients treated worldwide. "

According to Méndez, a quarter of Roche's programs focus on developing innovations for the oncology area.

In Mexico, the breast cancer It is the leading cause of death in women. It is estimated that every year, 5 thousand die from this disease. Is neoplasia It has different subtypes, which present different characteristics in each patient, such as: the stage of the disease, symptoms and mainly the biological markers.

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About, Miguel Lázaro León , oncologist General Hospital of Mexico notes that one of the main risks of this type of Cancer it is not timely detection; in about 70% and 80% of cases, patients already come to consultation in advanced stages.

Lázaro León states that from the formation of the first cancer cells, and even the development of one centimeter nodules, they can elapse seven years : "From there they spend between 4 to 24 months to cause severe complications and even damage organs such as liver, bone and lung."

At Histopathological Registry of Malignant Neoplasms , this tumor affects mainly women between 40 and 60 years, with an average age of death of 58 years.

The risks increase when there is a family history of this type of cancer, the absence of pregnancies, early menarche (first menstruation) and late menopause, as well as the alcohol and the smoking .

It is known that for every 100 cases of breast cancer in women there is one in man, in whom it is more aggressive because they do not have estrogen, which are hormones of the female sex. Break fears and say yes to self-exploration!

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