According the American Cancer Society, “The most common symptom
of Breast Cancer is a new lump or mass.”
Despite increased use of screening mammography, a large
percentage of breast cancers are detected by women themselves. (1)
·
Approximately 50% of cases of breast cancer in women 50 years
and older and 71% of cases of breast cancer in women younger than 50 years are
detected by women themselves. (2)
Despite this information, most women are in denial about feeling
their breasts for potential lumps. Most don’t know what to feel for and others
just don’t want to go there.
·
Even if you are getting yearly Mammograms, there are still 364
days of the year in which changes can occur. A significant number of women are present
with palpable breast cancer even with a normal mammogram within 1 year. (3)
·
According to the American Cancer Society, “women should be
familiar with how their breasts normally look and feel and report any changes
to a health care provider right away”.
So … if finding a lump is so important and finding it through
touch is so effective, then it only makes sense that the better you are at it,
the higher the chances are that you will find your lump sooner than later and
smaller than bigger.
Is there a method that helps you to perform a better Breast
Self-Exam and increase your chances to find your lump?
The MammaCare Method®, which is the recognized standard for
performing and teaching clinical and personal breast examination and has
trained 1,000’s of doctors around the globe for over 30 years.
The Mammacare Method® was developed at the University of Florida
with grants from the National Cancer
Institute.
There are two critical components to this method. Only when you combine both, can
you expect to achieve the most effective Breast Self-Exam. The two components
are:
1. Your fingers must be
taught what to feel for, what a suspicious lump might feel like. This can only
be accomplished by palpating a tactually accurate breast model. It cannot be
done by watching a video or reading a pamphlet.
2. The educated fingers must
then be brought into contact with ALL of the breast tissue where an unhealthy
lump might reside.
Would you rather find a lump the size of a ping-pong ball or the size of a pea?
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This is one way in which you can be Proactive, Protective and
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Please remember to practice self-care for yourself during your
healing journey. Learning how to properly do a self-breast massage can be a
potential life saver!
With love,
Rhonda Larson
(1) Journal of Women’s Health, Self
Detection Remains a key Method of Breast Cancer Detection for U.S. Women. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21675875
(2) Practice Bulletin No 179
of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Breast Cancer Risk Assessment
and Screening in Average-Risk Women
(3) Am J. Surg 2010
Dec;200(6):712-7. Haakinson DJ, Stucky CC, Dueck AC, Gray RJ, Wasif N, Apsey
HA, Pockaj B.g 2010 Dec;200(6): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21146009
