For early detection of breast cancer and other breast diseases, more convenient and practical approach is to promote breast self-examination. Many experts believe that the implementation of breast self-examination found that women with early breast cancer can improve the cure rate of breast cancer. Today introduced the self-examination as follows:
I depending on attending: room temperature must be appropriate to take standing position (or sitting) as the main, take off clothes, face the mirror, visual bilateral breast. Normal nipple and areola symmetry, the nipple a little under the lateral bias, no abnormal retraction; breast size, location, color, shape, contour, curvature were normal, bilaterally symmetrical. Arms akimbo, arms slowly on the move too far, then slowly put down for several consecutive weeks to observe whether the various parts of pairs of breast abnormalities, such as the nipples shrink, raising, partial rough skin desquamation, skin flushing, orange peel-like change , edema, uplift or subsidence, curvature, and irregular contour, but also pay attention to whether the upper and lower armpit and collarbone symmetry or uplift. Whether Furu and abnormal mass. Whether the nipple secretion of fluid.
Ii touch (palpable) consultation: Take seating or supine, fingers stretched, palms flat placed on the chest, right hand check the left breast, left hand check the right breast. Check the order is outside the top of the first breast examination, and then check the bottom of the breast outside, and then check in the bottom and inner top of the armpit in the gradually to the direction of inspection of axillary tail, armpits and finally check the Department of nipple and areola. Gently touching in sequence, repeated several times, such as large breasts or those with marked hyperplasia of mammary glands in order to check the best supine. Normal mammary glands of quality and tough, uniform, non-specific nodule or tumor.
Iii focus attention on the following types of exceptions:
The breast or axillary nodules or lumps.
Breast deformation, not the same level on both sides of the nipple.
The new nipple retraction occurred, or any part of the breast are the phenomenon of depression.
There secretions or bloody nipple discharge.
Breasts are difficult to heal wounds.
Iv check the most suitable time: breast self-examination to make the most appropriate time is exhausted of each menstrual period within one week into the climacteric and menopause of women in the first day of each month, or custom on a certain day. Breast self-examination once a month.
When the self-examination found that the breast tumor and other abnormal, not negligence, should be timely and in the cancer hospital or oncologist for further examination, the nature of the tumor diagnosis of clear, when required to make fine needle aspiration cytology or surgical resection for pathological examination . If it is breast cancer as soon as possible to receive formal treatment.