It very important to know what early detection of breast cancer disease can save your life. Breast cancer is a disease in which the cells of the body start to grow and multiply abnormally and form a tumor in a specific area or part of the body.

Sometimes, these tumors are benign means they do not have the ability to travel and spread to other parts of the body whereas some of the cancers are malignant which means they can travel and move to other parts of the body.

Benign cancers are treatable and are much favorable as compared to malignant cancers which can travel and spread to other parts of the body.

Importance of early detection of breast cancer

In case of cancer and especially breast cancer, the earlier the disease is detected, the better are the chances of treatment and cure and the patient can be recovered and lead a normal life.

Previously, breast cancer used to play havoc with the lives of women and so many deaths were caused due to this disease but now, the treatment of breast cancer has become easy and very much possible.


The death ratios due to breast cancer among women have also been lowered. If cancer is detected in the initial or early stage, the treatment measures can be adopted soon and recovery can also be fast and easy.

If detection takes place when cancer has reached the last stage, then complication arises and the treatment and cure gets difficult. Since breast cancer can spread to other parts such as liver, bones, brain, therefore there should be no wastage of time.

Physicians and doctors due to the same reason suggest breast cancer detection tests to women over 40 and girls above 20 such as SBE self breast examination, mammography, screening tests, CBE etc.

Early symptoms of breast cancer

Breast cancer is easy to detect and also displays symptoms like redness or swelling in breast, unusual pain in breast or nipple, discharge from breast etc. The best way to treat cancer is to remove the tumor through surgery so that it becomes harmless.

The next thing to do is to kill the cancerous cells existing in the body so that the cells will not start to multiply and form another tumor. The removal of cancerous cells can take place through radiation as well as chemotherapy.

Through radiation therapy, the doctors destroy the caner cells through powerful rays.

Through chemotherapy, the cancer cells are killed by the dose of medicines which helps a lot to kill the cancer cells in order to prevent it from recurring.

Hope now you understand importance of annual mammogram for women and checkups for breast cancer early detection.

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