Because there is no specific cause of breast cancer, monitoring is the only tool to prevent it, so doctors recommend starting it from the age of 18; There is also risk factors that you should take into account. We talk to you!
The military doctor Ithamar Arroyo Martínez, head of the Breast Cancer Early Detection Center (Docma), of the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), explained that the main risk factor for developing breast cancer is age and sex.
In this way, women are the most likely to suffer from it, as well as oldermore risk of suffering it, although there are cases in people under 20 years of age.
Genetic inheritance is also an important factor, as there is more predisposition to develop this type of cancerhowever, it also occurs, although in a family no cases have been known before.
The use of hormones for more than five years is also a risk factoras well as not having children, because the maturation of the mammary gland occurs until it reaches to breastfeed.
However, there are women who, after having children, suffer from cancer, even during lactationwhich is known as “cancer associated with pregnancy”, which develops because, during this period, the body makes hormoneswhich look for the mammary gland to mature and prepare to produce milk, but at sometimes they cause mutations.
Although they are very rare, these cases are of great impact for those who suffer from it because, in addition to the psychological shock, they are more aggressive and fast, so that in even months they can wreak havoc on the body of the sick, in contrast to some who have up to ten years to start showing symptoms.
Women must be explored from 18 years
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Therefore, she explained that women should start with the examinations from the age of 18, which can be done by themselves and go to a doctor for an annual assessment, while, at 40, start imaging studies, that is, mammograms, to monitor any changes that may occur in the body, since the Timely intervention is critical to saving lives.
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