What are the ways to check for breast cancer

With the increase of social and work pressures, more and more patients are suffering from breast cancer. This disease is a common and frequently occurring disease among women. For women, it must be taken very seriously, otherwise it will threaten our lives. So what are the methods for checking breast cancer? Let's listen to the introduction given by gynecologists.

1. Early diagnosis of breast cancer, from the perspective of skin surface and nipple analysis, most benign lesions have no skin changes, no nipple inversion (except congenital nipple inversion), a few patients have secretions on the nipples, the secretions are mostly water-like or milk-like, such as cystic breast hyperplasia and plasma cell mastitis; malignant lesions have lumps, "orange peel-like" and "dimple-like" changes appear around the skin, nipple inversion (except congenital nipple inversion), and nipple secretions are mostly bloody, light yellow, serum-like discharge, etc.

2. From the growth rate, benign lesions grow slowly, with a course of one to several years, while malignant lesions grow rapidly, and may grow to the size of a fist in a few months. The above-mentioned benign and malignant lesions are distinguished from each other in terms of morphology, activity, skin, nipples, texture, growth rate, etc., and clinically, they must be combined with other signs and symptoms for comprehensive analysis to make a correct diagnosis.

3. Pay attention to the particularity of breast disease history, especially menstrual history, marriage and childbearing history, previous breast disease history and family history of breast cancer, because these medical histories are of great significance for physical examination and further examination. This is one of the examination methods for breast cancer.

4. For patients with breast diseases who are newly diagnosed, if the physical examination is not satisfactory, the patient can be asked to cooperate and re-examination at the best time, such as around the 10th day of the menstrual cycle, to avoid interference caused by physiological changes of the breast during the menstrual cycle. This type of breast cancer examination is more common.

Through the above experts' introduction, everyone also knows the examination methods for breast cancer. Finally, the experts remind everyone that the diagnosis of breast cancer is a very important process. Doing a good job of this examination can effectively guide the next step of treatment.