PINK OCTOBE

Take care! Love yourself! Touch

yourself!
BREAST CANCER PREVENTION MONTH
 RISK FACTORS

BREAST CANCER IS CAUSED BY GENETIC

ALTERATIONS, DIRECTLY RELATED TO CELL
BIOLOGY, WHICH CAN BE STIMULATED BY
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS SUCH AS: SMOKING,
USE OF HORMONES (HRT - HORMONE
REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOR A LONG TIME),
OBESITY, AND ALCOHOLISM. IT IS MORE
FREQUENT IN WOMEN WHO START
MENSTRUATION AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND
LATE MENOPAUSE.

IN 5 TO 10% OF CASES, THE TUMOR

RESULTS FROM GENETIC MUTATIONS
FOUND IN FAMILY GROUPS, AND IS MORE
FREQUENT IN CERTAIN ETHNIC GROUPS,
SUCH AS WHITE AND CAUCASIAN WOMEN,
PARTICULARLY JEWISH WOMEN OF
EUROPEAN ORIGIN. ATTENTION SHOULD BE
GIVEN TO PATIENTS WITH AN IMPORTANT
FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER,
PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE ARE CASES
IN THE FAMILY OF AFFECTED WOMEN
BEFORE 35 YEARS OF AGE.
 HOW CAN WE PREVENT
BREAST CANCER?
THERE IS NO WAY TO PREVENT THE
APPEARANCE OF BREAST CANCER
ABSOLUTELY. IN THIS SENSE, WHAT CAN BE
DONE IS THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF THE
DISEASE. THE EARLIER IT IS DIAGNOSED, THE
GREATER THE CHANCES OF SUCCESSFUL
TREATMENT.

THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF

THESE ASPECTS NOT ONLY
INDICATES THE PROPER
COURSE OF TREATMENT, BUT
ALSO DECISIVELY INFLUENCES
THE CURE. IT IS IMPORTANT
TO EMPHASIZE THAT BREAST
CANCER CAN INDEED BE
CURED.

ADOPTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HABITS IS ESSENTIAL FOR

THE ORGANISM AS A WHOLE TO FUNCTION BETTER. SOME
MEASURES CAN BE TAKEN.

• WEIGHT CONTROL;
• PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;
• AVOID ALCOHOL ABUSE;
• AVOID USING HRT FOR A LONG TIME
• AVOID SMOKING
 THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOM OF
BREAST CANCER IS THE APPEARANCE OF
LUMPS, WHICH ARE USUALLY PAINLESS,
OFTEN HARD AND IRREGULAR, AND LESS
OFTEN SOFT AND ROUNDED. THAT'S WHY
IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR
AND HAVE YOUR EXAMS DONE
REGULARLY.

SOME SIGNS OBSERVED BY SYMPTOMS

PATIENTS CAN HELP IDENTIFY
BREAST CANCER, BUT THEY NODULE IN THE BREAST
NEED TO BE EVALUATED BY THE
DOCTOR: SWELLING IN PART OF THE BREAST
SIMILAR TO ORANGE PEEL.

IRREGULARITIES OR RETRACTIONS
IN THE SKIN OF THE BREAST.

PAIN OR INVERSION OF THE NIPPLE.

REDNESS AND SCALING OF THE
NIPPLE, OR ON THE SKIN OF THE
BREAST.

OUTLET FROM THE NIPPLE,

PARTICULARLY IF IT IS BLOODY OR
TRANSLUCENT.

NODULE IN THE ARMPITS.

 IMPORTANCE OF PINK
OCTOBER
THE MOVEMENT AIMS TO PROMOTE
THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE
OF WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD. ITS
FOCUS IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION
AND EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST
CANCER, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO
REDUCE MORTALITY RATES AND THE
A SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY THE VARIOUS SUFFERINGS CAUSED BY
GLOBAL CANCER OBSERVATORY THE DISEASE.
(GCO) FOUND THAT, IN 2020, 2.26
MILLION CASES OF BREAST
CANCER WERE REGISTERED IN THE
WORLD. IT IS THE MOST
RECURRENT TYPE OF CANCER
AMONG WOMEN, BUT THE
POPULATION STILL HAS LITTLE
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT IT.

LACK OF INFORMATION LEADS TO

INATTENTION, WHICH, IN TURN,
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE
CHANCES OF A LATE DIAGNOSIS.
THE SOONER IT IS IDENTIFIED, THE
BETTER THE TREATMENT AND THE
GREATER THE CHANCES OF CURING
THIS DISEASE, WHICH MAKES THE
THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD GO
PINK OCTOBER ACTIONS ESSENTIAL
DEEPER INTO SOME
— THEY TEACH AND ENCOURAGE
FUNDAMENTAL THEMES, SUCH AS
CARE THAT CAN SAVE COUNTLESS
THE SO-CALLED SELF-
LIVES.
EXAMINATION, RISK FACTORS AND
APPROPRIATE PRACTICES FOR
EACH AGE GROUP. IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT TO ENCOURAGE
PERIODIC EXAMINATIONS, SUCH AS
PREVENTIVE OR DIAGNOSTIC
MAMMOGRAPHY.