Breast cancer is a type of cancer which is mostly seen among the women. Cancer can be summarized as the spinning out of control of the body cells and accruing of them without control and destroying their surroundings.

    Breast Cancer is the increase of breast fatigue without control and continues to increase by spreading out to different parts of the body.

The risk of incurring breast cancer is great in women who
- Are over age of 40,
- Have a relative having breast cancer in her family,
- Have baby in older age or not having a baby,
- Are having estrogen treatment
- Use birth control pill,
- Use alcohol and cigarette.

    Early diagnosis in breast cancer is an important factor. With early diagnosis, great success can be achieved in the treatment.

    To make early diagnosis of breast cancer, the most important mission of women is to make a monthly control by themselves. In these controls, in case there is any changing in the breast tissue, immediately a doctor should be consulted.

    By the way, another point is that every hardness and swelling felt with hand control is not cancer tumor. For that reason, do not make hurry but inform to a doctor and have treatment.

    Breast inspection by hand includes the inspections with eye, while lying down or while standing up with hand. By examining breast tissue against the mirror, whether there is change that stands out -new colors formed on the breast tissue, swellings, a sight of resembling to an orange peel is seen.

Main changing that needs to be given importance are with self diagnosis with eye or hand can be listed as follows:

- Thickening of breast skin, swelling, changing of color,
- Hardness or chunk felt at breast for more than two weeks,
- Thickening or redness or injuries of breast heads,
- Change of shape of breast,
- Change of position of breast heads,
- Flow coming out of breast heads.

    The most important thing here to be taken care is that these formations are new. In another words, for example, if the size difference between the breasts is current since the past, there is no need to worry. But if it is a new condition, it can be evaluated as an indicator.

    These indications either can be messenger for Breast Cancer or they can not be caused by cancer. For that reason, precautions needs to be taken and a doctor should be consulted without omitting, but do not worry.

    If with the advance examination of doctor, breast cancer diagnosis is given, disease is treated with various methods. Here the most important thing is in which phase the disease is detected.

    Today, many different methods are being used for the treatment of this disease.

    The risk of breast cancer can be decreased. The advised activities for this are doing exercise frequently, frequent and balanced nourishment -eat a lot of fruit and vegetables, avoid heavy foods, and not use cigarette and alcohol, being protected from excessive weigh.