That Enemy Lurking
"Breast cancer"
In certain months of the year the campaigns related to the pink ribbon overflow
All the means. However, this and according to the WHO 36% of the population
female is apathetic and poorly informed due to lack of a clear message.
According to the same World Organization, the succulent percentage of 61.6% of the female population under 21 years of age and up to 18 reaches the level of total misinformation (this is considered in that 89% of those consulted did not respond to more than 1.5 questions of the poll.
However, these alarming percentages are accentuated in the Central American and Caribbean region.
According to the International Society to Fight Breast Cancer, campaigns should be emphasized more in prevention than in the specific time of the Campaign of the Pink tape.
Breast cancer (or breast cancer) starts when cells in the breast start to grow out of control.
These cells normally form a tumor that can often be seen on an X-ray or can be felt as a lump (mass or lump).
The tumor is malignant (cancer) if cells can grow by invading surrounding tissues or by spreading (metastasizing) to distant areas of the body.
Breast cancer occurs almost exclusively in women, but men can get it too.
Almost any cell in the body can become cancer and spread to other areas. To learn more about cancer and how all cancers start and spread.
Where does breast cancer start?
Breast cancers can start in different parts of the breast. Most breast cancers start in the tubes that carry milk to the nipple (ductal cancers).
A small number of cancers start in other tissues of the breast. These cancers are called sarcomas and lymphomas, and they are not actually considered breast cancers.
