Okay, I am happy to back again on this platform. Remember we have not exhausted the topic we started last about the common cancer locations in the body. We are starting from where we stopped last time, so read on.
The breast is another area of the body that you can locate cancer. In U.S.A. breast cancer related deaths annually is about 25, 000, and there are more than 60,000 reported cases of breast cancer. This makes breast cancer the most common case of cancer among women today. Thanks to the awareness to this problem, there has been a remarkable improvement in the reduction of the deaths from breast cancer because a lot of people now turn up for medical check up, and when this problem is detected early, treatment can be successful. Cancer of the breast usually appears in the form of lumps in the breast area, and this will later spread to the nymph nodes of the armpit, then to other parts of the body. Because of this spread, qualified surgeons while operating on this disease, tends to remove a substantial part of the tissue. This is done in the hope that if there are some virus of the breast cancer that has spread to these tissues, they will be cut off through this system, and also prevent a re-occurrence of the cancer.
There are two types of lumps that can be noticed in the breast of a woman. One is called benign tumor. This is a harmless tumor, and the other type is the malignant tumor which breeds cancer. So it is important to really identify which type is noticed when there is a tumor to avoid any costly miscalculations. If the lump is just a benign tumor, only a small quantity of tissue will be removed, unlike when the case is discovered to be malignant.
A simple lump in the breast can have some tragic consequence if ignored, and that is the reason why a lot of women don't take it lightly when they notice any lump in their breast. They have to report to their doctors immediately who will diagnose them to know whether it is a case of cancer or not, and this has saved many lives. If this level of awareness is maintained or improved upon and women becomes more conscious of any change in their breast area or even other parts of their body, we will achieve a considerable result in this war against breast cancer. And I have the hope that this battle must be won by us, and not by cancer.
Ikechukwu Eze is a pastor, motivator and inspirational speaker. He owns many successful websites among which is http://www.yourhealthandfitnessguide.com
