Prevention strategies

In principle, prevention strategies, prevention strategies are grouped into three major groups, namely the prevention of the environment, on pejamu, and the milestone. Almost every epidemiolog agree that the most effective prevention for the disease is not contagious health promotion and early detection. Similarly, in breast cancer, the prevention of other forms:

Primary prevention in the primary prevention of breast cancer is one form of health promotion as is done in the "healthy" through efforts to avoid the resignation of keterpaparan on various risk factors and implement healthy lifestyles.

Prevention of secondary made against individuals who have exposed to the risk of breast cancer. Each woman is normal and have normal menstrual cycle is a population at risk of breast cancer. Secondary prevention is done by making early detection. Some methods of early detection continues to progress. Screening through mammografi have claimed accuracy of 90% of all breast cancer sufferer, but keterpaparan continuously on mammografi in healthy women is one of the risk factors, the occurrence of breast cancer.

Therefore, screening with mammografi still can be done with some consideration include:

• Women who have reached the age of 40 years is recommended to do cancer risk assessement survey.
• In women with risk factors to get a referral to mammografi done every year.
• Women normally receive a referral mammografi every 2 years to reach the age of 50 years. Foster and Constanta found that breast cancer mortality by fewer women on the inspection realized (Breast Self-Examination) than not. Although aware of sensitivity to detect breast cancer is only 26%, when combined with mammografi the sensitivity to detect the early to be 75%.

Prevention participations usually directed at individuals who have suffered positive breast cancer. Handling the right people with breast cancer in accordance with stadiumnya will be able to reduce kecatatan and extend life expectancy sufferer. Prevention is an important place to improve the quality of life of people with the disease and prevent complications and to continue treatment.

Actions treatment can be the operation although no effect on the resilience of many people live. When the cancer has bermetastasis far, the action is done with chemotherapy sitostatika. At the stadium, the only form of treatment given simptomatik and are encouraged to seek alternative treatment.